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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Sukha R. Ghosh, Lilburn, GA (US);
Paresh Chatterjee, Fremont, CA (US);
Stephen Scott Piper, McDonough, GA (US);
Marc C. Karasek, Duluth, GA (US);
Basavaraj Gurupadappa Hallyal, Fremont, CA (US);
LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A transportable memory apparatus including cache memory and a backup battery is provided that is capable of being removed from a first computer system and installed within a second computer system. The transportable memory apparatus includes a control bus that provides appropriate signals such that the presence and status of the transportable memory apparatus can be detected in order to permit the computer system that includes the transportable memory apparatus to be appropriately initialized. As such, methods for initializing a computer system that may include a transportable memory apparatus are also provided.