A Self-Repairing Execution Unit for Microprogrammed Processors

  • Authors:
  • Alfredo Benso;Silvia Chiusano;Paolo Prinetto

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Micro
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

This processor dynamically reconfigures its internal microcode to execute each instruction using only fault-free blocks from the execution unit. Working without redundant or spare computational blocks, this self-repair approach permits a graceful performance degradation.