DISCRETE AUTOMATA WITH MULTIPLE LINES,
Abstract
The paper examines the problem of designing reliable discrete automatic machines from unreliable components. In particular, it is shown that it is possible to design a reliable computer with three-unit redundancy if the constraints placed on components are not too strict. A means of increasing computer reliability is to check the performance of the individual elements and to provide for recovery of the faulty elements. Several methods of introducing such checking and recovery operations are examined and the reliability of a computer with recoverable elements is assessed. A method of designing a computer with three-unit redundancy is proposed, which makes it possible to detect the failure of any of the elements and to continue operation by substitution (or recovery) of the faulty element. The results obtained are readily extendable to computers with higher-order redundancy. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 26, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0696496
Entities
People
- V. B. Svechinskii
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center