Operating systems can play a key role in keeping a system highly available. Most off-the-shelf OS vendors, however, are only starting to address fault-tolerance by offering hardened versions of their ...
Embedded electronic control units are finding their way into more and more complex safety critical and mission critical applications. Many of these applications operate in adverse conditions, which ...
The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of critical components, such as CPUs, ...
Though Automation World most often focuses its coverage on plant floor applications of automation technology, protecting the software applications that operate and control much of that shop floor ...
New x-by-wire systems (steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire) being developed by vehicle manufacturers and their suppliers require fault tolerance. There's no fail-safe state to which these systems can ...
Quantum computing has become one of the most hyped frontiers in technology, yet the companies most loudly promising breakthroughs are not always the ones best positioned to deliver. International ...
Embedded electronic control units are finding their way into more and more complex safety critical and mission critical applications. Many of these applications operate in adverse conditions, which ...
It was the proverbial dark and stormy night. The access control and security system master controller located on the fifth floor of a high rise building just experienced a total failure. It's totally ...