• DocumentCode
    1221277
  • Title

    Fault-Tolerant Design of the IBM Power6 Microprocessor

  • Author

    Reick, Kevin ; Sanda, Pia N. ; Swaney, Scott ; Kellington, Jeffrey W. ; Mack, Michael J. ; Floyd, Michael S. ; Henderson, Daniel

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Syst. & Technol. Group, Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, NY
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    30
  • Lastpage
    38
  • Abstract
    The IBM Power6 microprocessor extends the capabilities of the Power5, dramatically increasing its ability to recover from hard and soft errors without increasing system downtime. The Power6 adds new mainframe-like features for enhanced reliability, availability, and serviceability, including instruction retry and processor failover. Optimized for performance and power, the Power6 implements these RAS enhancements without compromising ultrahigh-frequency operation.
  • Keywords
    fault tolerant computing; integrated circuit reliability; microprocessor chips; IBM Power6 microprocessor; RAS enhancements; fault-tolerant design; Availability; Costs; Error correction codes; Fault tolerance; Microprocessors; Power system management; Power system reliability; Silicon devices; Silicon on insulator technology; Switches; Hot Chips 19; RAS; fault isolation; fault tolerance; instruction retry; reliability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Micro, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1732
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MM.2008.22
  • Filename
    4523357
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1221277