Abstract: A method and System on Chip (SoC) for adapting a reconfigurable hardware for an application kernel at run time is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of Hyper-Operations corresponding to the application. A Hyper-Operation performs one or more of a plurality of MIMO functions of the application. The method further includes retrieving compute metadata and transport metadata corresponding to each Hyper-Operation. Compute metadata specifies functionality of a Hyper-Operation and transport metadata specifies data flow path of a Hyper-Operation. Thereafter, the method maps each Hyper-Operation to a corresponding set of tiles in the hardware. The set of tiles includes one or more tiles and a tile performs one or more of the plurality of MIMO functions of the application.

Abstract: A method and System on Chip (SoC) for adapting a runtime reconfigurable hardware to decode a video stream, wherein the video stream is of one of a plurality of video types is disclosed. The method includes determining a video type of the video stream and identifying at least one functional block of a set of functional blocks in the runtime reconfigurable hardware in response to determining the video type. A functional block of the set of functional blocks corresponds to a decoding sub function of the video type. Thereafter, the method configures the one or more functional block based on a plurality of configuration parameters of the video type. Further, the method decodes the video stream using the one or more functional blocks in response of configuring the one or more functional block.

Abstract: A method and System on Chip (SoC) for adapting a reconfigurable hardware for an application at run time is provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of application substructures corresponding to the application. An application substructure performs one or more of a plurality of functions of the application. The method further includes retrieving compute metadata and transport metadata corresponding to each application substructure. Compute metadata specifies functionality of an application substructure and transport metadata specifies data flow path of an application substructure. Thereafter, the method maps each application substructure to a corresponding set of tiles in the hardware. The set of tiles includes one or more tiles and a tile performs one or more of a plurality of functions of the application.

Abstract: Fatal errors are uncorrectable errors in hardware, which cause entire applications to be restarted and at worst can cause machine reboots. A method of recovering from a fatal error in a system having a plurality of components, in which the system includes a processor for executing a plurality of processes, comprises detecting an error in the system, determining which of the components caused the error, isolating processes affected by the error and recovering from the error. Assistance in error recovery can be provided by designing processes using check pointing, in which a back up of data pages is taken at predetermined points in a process, so that minimal loss of transactions occurs in the case of a fatal error.

Abstract: The computer availability is predicted by determining a hazard fail rate for the computer system that is based on the hazard fail rate of the individual computer components and the computer system structure s6, as well as the mean repair rate for the system. The computer hazard rates of individual computer system components are based on the error monitoring of those computer components during the computer system operation in real time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dumping memory. More particularly a computer-implemented method of saving at least some data within volatile storage to non-volatile storage when a computer system panics is described. The method includes the steps of: the computer system defining a specified portion of volatile storage (1) containing data to be saved as a dump device (2), rebooting (8) the computer system without affecting the data within the dump device, and the computer system copying (12) the data in the dump device to non-volatile storage (13). A reboot of the computer system after copying the data to non-volatile storage is not necessary for the computer system to begin (14) normal operation.

Abstract: The computer availability is predicted by determining a hazard fail rate for the computer system that is based on the hazard fail rate of the individual computer components and the computer system structure s6, as well as the mean repair rate for the system. The computer hazard rates of individual computer system components are based on the error monitoring of those computer components during the computer system operation in real time.

Abstract: Fatal errors are uncorrectable errors in hardware, which cause entire applications to be restarted and at worst can cause machine reboots. A method of recovering from a fatal error in a system having a plurality of components, in which the system includes a processor for executing a plurality of processes, comprises detecting an error in the system, determining which of the components caused the error, isolating processes affected by the error and recovering from the error. Assistance in error recovery can be provided by designing processes using check pointing, in which a back up of data pages is taken at predetermined points in a process, so that minimal loss of transactions occurs in the case of a fatal error.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dumping memory. More particularly a computer-implemented method of saving at least some data within volatile storage to non-volatile storage when a computer system panics is described. The method includes the steps of: the computer system defining a specified portion of volatile storage (1) containing data to be saved as a dump device (2), rebooting (8) the computer system without affecting the data within the dump device, and the computer system copying (12) the data in the dump device to non-volatile storage (13). A reboot of the computer system after copying the data to non-volatile storage is not necessary for the computer system to begin (14) normal operation.