System and method of digital system performance enhancement
AssigneeThe Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantatins
InventorAugustus K. Uht
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AssigneeThe Board of Governors for Higher Education, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantatins
InventorAugustus K. Uht
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The present invention performs a digital computation with a lower than worst-case-required clock period (i.e., a faster clock), and at the same time performs the same computation with a larger, worst-case-assumed, clock period (i.e., a slower clock) on a second system with identical hardware. The outputs from the computations are compared to determine if an error has occurred. If there is a difference in the two answers, the faster computation must be in error (i.e., a miscalculation has occurred), and the system uses the answer from the slower system. In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes two copies of the slower system that each run half as fast as the main system. However, the two copies produce results in the aggregate at the same rate as the main system, which is running at a much faster rate than possible without the invention. Hence the present invention improves performance (e.g., speed), albeit with more hardware. Advantageously, the present invention dynamically adapts to achieve the best performance possible under the actual operating conditions.
A system for digital system performance enhancement that receives an input signal and a first clock signal, said system comprising:
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