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In this paper, we give an overview of the PUMA system, a fault-sensitive, object-based computer architecture. The primary goal in designing PUMA was to build up a system in which hard- and software errors are either avoided beforehand or definitely detected and corrected. Additionally, PUMA is intended to overcome some drawbacks of the von Neumann approach and to provide a basis for the efficient implementation of high-level languages.
We describe PUMA’s object and process concept and sketch the architectural design of the processor. Moreover, the implementation of object-oriented languages and the structure of the storage hierarchy are discussed.
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Vogt, C. (1990). PUMA — A Capability-Based Architecture to Support Security and Fault Tolerance. In: Rosenberg, J., Keedy, J.L. (eds) Security and Persistence. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3178-6_15
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