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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:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2004
Applicants:
William S. Gaskins, Durham, NC (US);
Kevin M. Jackson, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
William S. Gaskins, Durham, NC (US);
Kevin M. Jackson, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and system for loading processor boot code from a serial flash memory device. A code fetch request is received from a processor, the code fetch request requesting a portion of boot code to be executed by the processor. The code fetch request is translated into a memory request providing random access to the serial flash memory device, and the memory request is sent to the serial flash memory. The portion of boot code is read from the serial flash memory device and provided to the processor.