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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Bealkowski, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Dhruvkumar M Desai, Boynton Beach, FL (US);
Robert B Haig, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Dennis L Moeller, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Essy Tashakori, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395164 ; 395162 ; 395575 ; 395700 ; 371 101 ; 371 12 ; 364268 ; 3642692 ; 3642802 ; 3642803 ;
Abstract
A personal computer is provided with primary and secondary non-volatile storage devices for initializing the system when power is turned on. The primary device is a flash RAM. A flash ROM memory controller include means to detect when the flash ROM becomes corrupted and to switch over to the secondary device for initialization allowing the flash ROM to be later reprogrammed.