Examples of the present disclosure relate to a method for anomaly response in a system on chip. The method comprises measuring a magnitude of a transient anomaly event in an operating condition of the system on chip. Based on the magnitude it is determined, for each of a plurality of components of the system on chip, an indication of susceptibility of that component to an anomaly event of the measured magnitude. Based on the determined indications of susceptibility for each of the plurality of components, an anomaly response action is determined. The method then comprises performing the anomaly response action.

A system for code development and execution includes a client interface and a client processor. The client interface is configured to receive user code for execution and receive an indication of a server that will perform the execution. The client processor is configured to parse the user code to identify one or more data items referred to during the execution. The client processor is also configured to provide the server with an inquiry for metadata regarding the one or more data items, receive the metadata regarding the one or more data items, determine a logical plan based at least in part on the metadata regarding the one or more data items; and provide the logical plan to the server for execution.

A cache coherency protection system provides for data redundancy by sharing a cache coherence memory pool for protection purposes. The system works consistently across all communication protocols, yields improved data availability with potentially less memory waster and makes data availability faster in node/director failure scenarios. According to various embodiments, the cache coherency protection system may include a writer/requester director that receives a write request from host, a protection target director that is a partner of the writer/request director and a directory.

A data reading method includes receiving, by a controller of a memory, a read operation request carrying a first address; performing, by the controller, N read operations on the first address, and obtaining N pieces of data read by the N read operations; and determining, by the controller, whether the N pieces of data are consistent. The method further includes sending, by the controller, response information used to respond to the read operation request if the controller determines that the N pieces of data are consistent, where the response information includes any one of the N pieces of data. The controller may perform T random read operations between any two consecutive read operations of the N read operations to avoid data leakage during reading. If the N pieces of data obtained by performing the N read operations are inconsistent, the memory may send abnormal alarm information to respond to the read operation request to avoid data tampering. An apparatus including a controller and different modules for performing the operations of the method are also disclosed.

An apparatus comprising data processing circuitry for processing data in one of a plurality of operating states, an instruction decoder for decoding instructions and error checking circuitry for performing error checking operations. In response to a touch instruction being decoded by the instruction decoder, error checking operation is performed on selected architectural state. The architectural state is architecturally inaccessible to the operating state. As a result of the touch instruction, the architectural state remains unchanged, at least when no error is detected.

A method/device for recognizing a microprocessor hardware error, including comparing a first application's first result, running on a first microprocessor, with a second application's second result, running on the first/second microprocessor, with a microcontroller, providing comparison strategies, the hardware error being recognized as a function of the comparison, the microcontroller receiving a first message from the first microprocessor, and receiving a second message from the first microprocessor if the second application runs on the first microprocessor, or receives a first message from the second microprocessor if the second application runs thereon, the first message containing first comparison strategy information and first result information of a first function calculation, the second message containing second comparison strategy information and second result information of a second function calculation, the first and second strategy information being compared, the first and second result information being compared if the information about the comparative strategy coincides.

A system for code development and execution includes a client interface and a client processor. The client interface is configured to receive user code for execution and receive an indication of a server that will perform the execution. The client processor is configured to parse the user code to identify one or more data items referred to during the execution. The client processor is also configured to provide the server with an inquiry for metadata regarding the one or more data items, receive the metadata regarding the one or more data items, determine a logical plan based at least in part on the metadata regarding the one or more data items; and provide the logical plan to the server for execution.

A graphics processing system for operation with a data store, comprising: one or more processing units for processing tasks; a check unit operable to form a signature which is characteristic of an output from processing a task on a processing unit; and a fault detection unit operable to compare signatures formed at the check unit; wherein the graphics processing system is operable to process each task first and second times at the one or more processing units so as to, respectively, generate first and second processed outputs, the graphics processing system being configured to: write out the first processed output to the data store; read back the first processed output from the data store and form at the check unit a first signature which is characteristic of the first processed output as read back from the data store; form at the check unit a second signature which is characteristic of the second processed output; compare the first and second signatures at the fault detection unit; and raise a fault signal if the first and second signatures do not match.

A graphics processing system includes a plurality of processing units for processing tasks, each processing unit being configured to process a task independently from any other processing unit of the plurality of processing units; a check unit operable to form a signature which is characteristic of an output of a processing unit on processing a task; and a fault detection unit operable to compare signatures formed at the check unit; wherein the graphics processing system is configured to process each task of a first type first and second times at the plurality of processing units so as to, respectively, generate first and second processed outputs, wherein the check unit is configured to form first and second signatures which are characteristic of, respectively, the first and second processed outputs, and wherein the fault detection unit is configured to compare the first and second signatures and raise a fault signal if the first and second signatures do not match.

Embodiments for automated testing of a virtualization management system are described. According to one aspect, a method includes generating a test case including a plurality of instances of commands and sending the test case to a plurality of interfaces supported by the virtualization management system. The method also includes generating a response file corresponding to each command in the test case. The method also includes comparing results from each interface to an instance of a command and in response to the results from each interface being identical, storing, the results in the response file corresponding to the command. The method also includes reporting an error in response to the results from each interface of the virtualization management system not being identical. The present document further describes examples of other aspects such as systems, computer products.