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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. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Mark E. Eidson, Tempe, AZ (US);
Bruce L. Fleming, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Mark E. Eidson, Tempe, AZ (US);
Bruce L. Fleming, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Boot up instructions may be stored on a memory coupled to the peripheral component interconnect (PCI) bus. These instructions may be accessed, despite the fact that peripheral component interconnect devices are normally not active during the boot up sequence. As a result, both the basic input/output system and other information may be stored on a reprogrammable memory coupled to the PCI bus. In some embodiments, this may reduce costs by avoiding the need for two semiconductor memories, one on the PCI bus and the other on a legacy bus.