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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Boaz Shahar, Raanana, IL;
Dan Beygelman, Lod, IL;
Oren Wolach, Kfar Saba, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for enabling booting from a NAND flash memory comprises a NAND flash controller connected to the NAND flash memory, wherein the NAND flash memory is configured to include at least a starter section for storing boot code, the starter section includes a predefined number of blocks to store copies of the boot code duplicated in a configurable number of blocks; and a fetch emulator for fetching a valid and complete starter block that includes the boot code.