Patent ID: 7166847

Claim:
A system comprising: a first cosmic ray detector to detect a first cosmic ray and to generate a first cosmic ray detection signal indicative of the detection of the first cosmic ray, and a second cosmic ray detector to detect a second cosmic ray and to generate a second cosmic ray detection signal indicative of the detection of the second cosmic ray; first circuitry to receive first input signals and perform first operations to produce first output signals, and wherein the first circuitry speculates that the first cosmic ray detector will not detect cosmic rays, but in response to the first cosmic ray detection signal, the first circuitry re-performs at least some of the first operations; and second circuitry to receive second input signals and perform second operations to produce second output signals, and wherein the second circuitry speculates that the second cosmic ray detector will not detect cosmic rays, but in response to the second cosmic ray detection signal, the second circuitry re-performs at least some of the second operations.