Patent ID: 9547328
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F,G21D,Y02E

Claim:
1. A computing system for executing a task according to different clock rates in order to reduce common mode failures in a nuclear safety system configured to monitor a nuclear reactor, the computing system comprising: at least a first division and a second division, the first division associated with a first clock rate and the second division associated with a second clock rate, the first division and the second division each including a respective instrument; the first division including a first processor configured to generate first output data based on executing a task on the first division to process signals from one or more nuclear reactor sensors generating sensor data associated with the nuclear reactor according to the first clock rate; and the second division including a second processor configured to generate second output data based on executing the task on the second division to process signals from one or more nuclear reactor sensors generating sensor data associated with the nuclear reactor according to the second clock rate, wherein each respective instrument of the first division and second division is configured to,