9.8 Error Protection Schemes Used by R10000

ECC


An error correcting code (ECC) is used to protect the secondary cache tag, the secondary cache data, and the System interface address/data bus. A distinct single-bit error correction and double-bit error detection (SECDED) code is used for each of these three applications.




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