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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:
Jun. 10, 2008

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2004
Applicants:

Larry N. Mcmahan, Fremont, CA (US);

Dong Wei, Granite Bay, CA (US);

Richard Dickert Powers, Highland Village, TX (US);

Arad Rostampour, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Inventors:

Larry N. McMahan, Fremont, CA (US);

Dong Wei, Granite Bay, CA (US);

Richard Dickert Powers, Highland Village, TX (US);

Arad Rostampour, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Information objects and system firmware for a processor in a partitionable computing system are disclosed. One object comprises information corresponding to components of the computer system. The information comprises entries defining an address and a size for registers normally accessible to other partitions. The registers are capable of defining an address area such that in use the processor is arranged to permit other partitions to access at least one address area defined by the at least one register and to deny other partitions access to address areas other than the at least one accessible address area.


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