US Patent 7529963 - Cell boundary fault detection system

Cell boundary fault detection system

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Document Number

US Patent 7529963

Issued Date

May 5, 2009

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Inventors

Archer; Charles Jens (Rochester, MN)

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Pinnow; Kurt Walter (Rochester, MN)

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Ratterman; Joseph D. (Rochester, MN)

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Smith; Brian Edward (Rochester, MN)

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Abstract

A method determines a nodal fault along the boundary, or face, of a computing cell. Nodes on adjacent cell boundaries communicate with each other, and the communications are analyzed to determine if a node or connection is faulty.

Owner

International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Published

May 5, 2009

Application Number

11/052,659

Filed

February 7, 2005

US Classification

714/4 709/223 709/224

Int'l Classification

G06F 11/00 (20060101)

Examiner

Wilson; Yolanda L

Attorney/Law Firm

Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP Government Interests This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. B519700 awarded by the Department of Energy. The Government has certain rights in this invention.

USPTO Field of Search

714/4

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