Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Retrieving boot instructions from nonvolatile memory
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Application No.: US12961449Application Date: 2010-12-06
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Publication No.: US08533448B2Publication Date: 2013-09-10
- Inventor: Stephen Wu
- Applicant: Stephen Wu
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel PC
- Main IPC: G06F9/00
- IPC: G06F9/00

Abstract:
Systems and processes for booting a device can be implemented by detecting a reset signal associated with the device and retrieving a predetermined page of data from a nonvolatile memory location into a register associated with the nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory may be designed and implemented such that each page of data is retrieved from the nonvolatile memory as a unit, and the page of data includes instructions for use in booting the device. A command to read data stored in the register is received, and the command can include an address identifying a location of one or more instructions within the register. In response, the one or more instructions are retrieved from the register for execution by a processor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110078432A1 RETRIEVING BOOT INSTRUCTIONS FROM NONVOLATILE MEMORY Public/Granted day:2011-03-31
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