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In the past two chapters, we have discussed how to detect errors and recover from them. For transient errors, detection and recovery are sufficient. After recovery, the transient error is no longer present and execution can resume without a problem. However, if an error is due to a permanent fault, detection and recovery may not be sufficient.
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Sorin, D. (2009). Diagnosis. In: Fault Tolerant Computer Architecture. Synthesis Lectures on Computer Architecture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-01723-0_4
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