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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Larry R. Seater, Portland, OR (US);

Benjamin Cheong, Tigard, OR (US);

Manishkumar T. Rana, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Stephen A. Fife, Hillsboro, OR (US);

James R. Hearn, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Kevin Liedtke, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 13/24 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

Examples described herein relate to a circuit board that includes a device, firmware memory, and a power controller. In some examples, the firmware memory is to store a firmware update and in response to a software-initiated command, the power controller is to reduce power to the device to cause a firmware update of the device and restore power to the device to cause execution of the firmware update. In some examples, the power controller is to reduce power solely to the device independent from power supply to at least one other device. In some examples, device configuration is saved prior to reduction of power to the device and restored to the device after power is restored to the device.


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