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US 4,045,661 AGranted
Apparatus for detecting and processing errors
AssigneeCompagnie Honeywell Bull (Societe Anonyme)
InventorsPierre Gabriel Antoine, Jean-Claude Marcel Cassonnet, Daniel Rene Vinot
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Abstract
The disclosure describes apparatus for handling detected errors in a data processing system. First means define and locate the detected errors and second means allow the attempted reexecution of the instruction being executed when the error is detected.
Claims3
In a data processing system comprising a central processor including functional devices capable of executing instructions stored in a memory, and means for detecting errors, improved apparatus for handling the detected error, comprising:
- a first register having a plurality of bit locations, each of said functional devices being connected to one of said bit locations so as to permit the location and detection of errors;
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- a second register operatively connected to selected of said functional devices, which are subject to several types of error for determining in which of said functional devices the detected error has occurred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.