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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Chee How Goh, Perak, MY;
Eric Thian Aun Tan, Penang, MY;
Chai Huat Gan, Penang, MY;
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of utilizing NAND type memory is disclosed herein. Operating system type instructions executable by a processor can be stored in a NAND based memory. The instructions can have logical addresses that can be utilized by the processor to fetch the operating system instructions. The method can store address conversions in the NAND based memory, where the address conversions can relate logical addresses to a physical address. At least one validity flag can be assigned to the address conversions. The processor can perform a direct read of the operating system instructions from the NAND based memory in response to a first setting of a validity flag and the processor can perform an indirect read of the operating system instructions by fetching an address conversion from the NAND based memory in response to a second setting of the at least one validity flag.