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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Richard A. Dayan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Scott N. Dunham, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Dayan, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Scott N. Dunham, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A flash memory is provided that includes a primary flash bank and a secondary flash bank. The primary flash bank includes CRTM logic and BIOS logic and the secondary flash bank comprises a backup copy of the CRTM logic and the BIOS logic. A switching mechanism is configured to selectively activate the primary flash bank or the secondary flash bank.