Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
Write filter cache method and apparatus for protecting the microprocessor core from soft errors
A write filter cache system for protecting a microprocessor core from soft errors and method thereof are provided. In one aspect, data coming from a processor core to be written in primary cache memory, for instance, L1 cache memory system, is buffered in a write filter cache placed between the primary cache memory and the processor core. The data from the write filter is move to the main cache memory only if it is verified that main thread's data is soft error free, for instance, by comparing the main thread's data with that of its redundant thread. The main cache memory only keeps clean data associated with accepted checkpoints.
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Jude A. Pradip Xiaodong Zhigang
Rivers Bose Li Hu