Different software applications may use a set of instructions having critical timing paths less than a worst case critical timing path of a processor complex.

That is, partitions are allowed to share objects in order to preserve the timing path completeness and design structural integrity.

The synchronization scheme allows each microprocessor (300, 307) to ran its own diagnostics independently, and to synchronize itself with the other microprocessor of the pair.

Data blocks are enciphered using less computations in the critical timing path significantly reducing the time required for each round of ciphering.