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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Tzu-Lan Shen, Taoyuan, TW;
Assignee:
NUVOTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Hsinchu Science Park, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); H04L 9/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); H04L 9/50 (2022.05); H04L 2209/463 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for updating firmware is provided. The method includes dividing the firmware into a plurality of sections, and assigning the sections to a plurality of block segments. The method includes generating a firmware chain by generating a series of blocks corresponding to the block segments and creating links between the blocks, and publishing the block segments onto the firmware chain. The method includes obtaining the sections from the firmware chain, and updating the sections to a first storage bank of the target device.