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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. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Applicants:
Richard L. Coulson, Portland, OR (US);
John I. Garney, Portland, OR (US);
Jeanna N. Matthews, Massena, NY (US);
Robert J. Royer, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Richard L. Coulson, Portland, OR (US);
John I. Garney, Portland, OR (US);
Jeanna N. Matthews, Massena, NY (US);
Robert J. Royer, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F012/14 ; G06F012/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method to reduce the time for system initializations is disclosed. In accordance with the invention, data accessed during a system initialization is loaded into a non-volatile cache and is pinned to prevent eviction. By pinning data into the cache, the data required for system initialization is pre-loaded into the cache on a system reboot, thereby eliminating the need to access a disk.