RADIATION HARDENING ARCHITECTURAL EXTENSIONS FOR A RADIATION HARDENED BY DESIGN MICROPROCESSOR
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Mar 3, 2016
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Aug 27, 2015
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Aug 27, 2014
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This disclosure relates generally to processors and methods of operating the same. In particular, this disclosure relates to components for correcting soft errors in a processor. In one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction decoder and an exception handler. The instruction decoder is configured to receive one or more soft error correction instructions and decode the one or more soft error correction instructions. Additionally, an exception handler is configured to execute the one or more soft error correction instructions so as to correct one or more soft errors. In this manner, the processor is capable of correcting soft errors that are the result of radiation strikes.
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