Qualcomm Incorporated

Tom Kuo

Arshad Bebal

Ajit B Patil

Rajeev Prabhakaran

Tarun Reddy Karra

Laura Yuan

Srini Maddali

Tun Yong Yang

Tarun Karra

Techniques for performing progressive boot to reduce perceived boot time for a wireless device are described. Program codes to be stored in a bulk non-volatile memory may be partitioned into multiple code images. A first code image may include program codes used to support basic functionality of the wireless device. A second code image may include the remaining program codes. For progressive boot, the first code image may be loaded first from the bulk non-volatile memory. Once the first code image has been loaded, the wireless device may be rendered operational and may appear as functional to a user. While the wireless device is operational, the second code image may be loaded from the bulk non-volatile memory as background task and/or on-demand as needed.

Progressive boot for a wireless device

Methods and apparatuses are presented for memory page size auto detection. A method for automatically determining a page size of a memory device includes receiving page size extents of the memory device, determining a bus width of the memory device, detecting a number of pages having an automatic detection marker, and determining the page size of the memory device based upon the detected number of pages and the received page size extents. An apparatus for automatically determining page size detection includes logic for performing the above presented method.

Memory page size auto detection

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