The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Applicant:
Phani B. Avadhanam, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Phani B. Avadhanam, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4403 (2013.01); G06F 9/4405 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems provide for activating a second processor by a first processor in a dual processor device early within an initialization routine to enable the second processor to help complete initialization operations. The first processor may prepare a second processor chip for start up, configure the second chip's pins, program the second processor, download a firmware image on the second processor, and initiate operations on the second processor. By performing this initialization early within the initialization routine, the second processor can assist in the initialization routine.