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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Shi-Tron Lin, Taipei, TW;
Winbond Electronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method of processing memory, suitable for loading an executable object code compiled from a source code into the memory that includes defective memory cells. At first, set up a plurality of pre-compiled object codes that correspond to a source code, each pre-compiled object code having at least a skipped-code-address range. Then, test the memory and locate the defective addresses therein. According to the result of the test, the code-loading system selects an executable object that has the matching skipped-code-address range from the pre-compiled object codes, and loads the executable code into the memory. Since the skipped-code-address range covers the defective addresses in the memory, the defective memory cells in the memory won't affect the operation of loading a program.