Reproducibility in a multiprocessor system

Title: Reproducibility in a multiprocessor system

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Fixing a problem is usually greatly aided if the problem is reproducible. To ensure reproducibility of a multiprocessor system, the following aspects are proposed; a deterministic system start state, a single system clock, phase alignment of clocks in the system, system-wide synchronization events, reproducible execution of system components, deterministic chip interfaces, zero-impact communication with the system, precise stop of the system and a scan of the system state.

Inventors:: Bellofatto, Ralph A; Chen, Dong; Coteus, Paul W; Eisley, Noel A; Gara, Alan; Gooding, Thomas M; Haring, Rudolf A; Heidelberger, Philip; Kopcsay, Gerard V; Liebsch, Thomas A; Ohmacht, Martin; Reed, Don D; Senger, Robert M; Steinmacher-Burow, Burkhard; Sugawara, Yutaka

Issue Date:: 2013-11-26

Research Org.:: ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States))

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1108971

Patent Number(s):: 8,595,554

Application Number:: 12/774,475

Assignee:: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

DOE Contract Number:: B554331

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

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                    Bellofatto, Ralph A, Chen, Dong, Coteus, Paul W, Eisley, Noel A, Gara, Alan, Gooding, Thomas M, Haring, Rudolf A, Heidelberger, Philip, Kopcsay, Gerard V, Liebsch, Thomas A, Ohmacht, Martin, Reed, Don D, Senger, Robert M, Steinmacher-Burow, Burkhard, and Sugawara, Yutaka. Reproducibility in a multiprocessor system.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
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                    Bellofatto, Ralph A, Chen, Dong, Coteus, Paul W, Eisley, Noel A, Gara, Alan, Gooding, Thomas M, Haring, Rudolf A, Heidelberger, Philip, Kopcsay, Gerard V, Liebsch, Thomas A, Ohmacht, Martin, Reed, Don D, Senger, Robert M, Steinmacher-Burow, Burkhard, & Sugawara, Yutaka. Reproducibility in a multiprocessor system.  United States.

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                    Bellofatto, Ralph A, Chen, Dong, Coteus, Paul W, Eisley, Noel A, Gara, Alan, Gooding, Thomas M, Haring, Rudolf A, Heidelberger, Philip, Kopcsay, Gerard V, Liebsch, Thomas A, Ohmacht, Martin, Reed, Don D, Senger, Robert M, Steinmacher-Burow, Burkhard, and Sugawara, Yutaka. Tue .  
        "Reproducibility in a multiprocessor system".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1108971.

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  title        = {Reproducibility in a multiprocessor system},

  author       = {Bellofatto, Ralph A and Chen, Dong and Coteus, Paul W and Eisley, Noel A and Gara, Alan and Gooding, Thomas M and Haring, Rudolf A and Heidelberger, Philip and Kopcsay, Gerard V and Liebsch, Thomas A and Ohmacht, Martin and Reed, Don D and Senger, Robert M and Steinmacher-Burow, Burkhard and Sugawara, Yutaka},

  abstractNote = {Fixing a problem is usually greatly aided if the problem is reproducible. To ensure reproducibility of a multiprocessor system, the following aspects are proposed; a deterministic system start state, a single system clock, phase alignment of clocks in the system, system-wide synchronization events, reproducible execution of system components, deterministic chip interfaces, zero-impact communication with the system, precise stop of the system and a scan of the system state.},

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