Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!hubcap!mark From: mark@hubcap.UUCP (Mark Smotherman) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Definition of Fault Tolerant Architectures Summary: short definitions Keywords: fault tolerant Message-ID: <2656@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 88 18:04:58 GMT References: <433@otc.oz> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 23 In article <433@otc.oz>, ronb@otc.oz (Ron Barrett) writes: > I'm looking for CONCISE definitions of the following Fault Tolerant > architectures. > 1) tightly coupled. shared memory, lockstep operation from one clock (e.g. FTMP, STAR) 1A) closely coupled shared memory, separate clocks (e.g. SIFT, C.mmp) > & 2) loosely coupled. separate memories, separate clocks (e.g. AIPS, ESS) (Can't find the reference for these distinctions, probably Avizienis or Siewiorek) -- Mark Smotherman, Comp. Sci. Dept., Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 INTERNET: mark@hubcap.clemson.edu UUCP: gatech!hubcap!mark