The VIPER Microprocessor
The work
| Authors | J. Kershaw |
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| Editors | |
| Type | techreport |
| Year | 1987 |
| Citekey | kershaw1987viper |
Where it appeared
| Publisher | Royal Signals and Radar Establishment |
|---|---|
| Number in series | 87014 |
| School | Royal Signals and Radar Establishment |
Identifiers
| report_number | AD-A194561 |
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Access
| Landing page | https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA194561 |
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From bibtex.
Abstract
Most accidents are caused by human error. Computer control systems in aircraft, chemical plant, nuclear reactors and so on could in principle prevent many accidents, but in practice they are not reliable enough to be put in charge of human lives. This Report describes some of the developments in computer hardware and software which are needed before this situation can change, and introduces the VIPER microprocessor which has been designed specifically for ultra-reliable systems. In conjunction with a number of other RSRE Publications (see references) it defines the VIPER architecture formally and describes some of its supporting software.
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| How it got here | agent via bibtex |
|---|---|
| Added | 2026-10-23 00:49 UTC |
| Approved by | a person 2026-10-23 07:47 UTC |
Cite it as
@techreport{kershaw1987viper,
title = {The VIPER Microprocessor},
author = {J. Kershaw},
year = {1987},
publisher = {Royal Signals and Radar Establishment},
school = {Royal Signals and Radar Establishment},
}
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