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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. 15, 2005

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2000
Applicants:

Nagasubramanian Gurumoorthy, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Raul Yanez, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Mark J. Sullivan, Tempe, AZ (US);

Javier A. Galindo, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Nagasubramanian Gurumoorthy, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Raul Yanez, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Mark J. Sullivan, Tempe, AZ (US);

Javier A. Galindo, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F011/00 ; G06F015/177 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method of using of diagnostic procedures through a firmware interface in a processing system are described. A first physical area of a memory may store one or more diagnostic modules comprising machine-readable instructions for performing one or more diagnostic procedures of a processing system. A second physical area of the memory may store an operating system capable of initiating execution of the one or more diagnostic procedures through the firmware interface.


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