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In the project PROFEMO (project for the design and implementation of a fault-tolerant multiprocessor system) objects are primarily regarded as an appropriate means to increase system reliability. Their contribution to reliability includes improved error detection, damage confinement, and recoverability features. This results from the well -defined object interface and the encapsulation aspect of objects. For error recovery, objects form meaningful entities for which recovery can be performed. This paper describes a memory management coprocessor which provides capability protected, typed objects by dedicated hard/firmware support, making the access to objects efficient and reliable. It also realizes the save/restore managent of recovery points for objects which forms the basic layer of the recovery mechanism.
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Kaiser, J., Nett, E., Kröger, R. (1987). Mutabor — An Intelligent Memory Management Unit for an Object Oriented Architecture supporting Error Recovery. In: Belli, F., Görke, W. (eds) Fehlertolerierende Rechensysteme / Fault-Tolerant Computing Systems. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 147. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45628-2_6
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