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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2013
Via Technologies, Inc., New Taipei, TW;
VIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides an electronic device including a write-once-then-read-only register, a chipset, a read-only memory, a flash memory and a central processor. The write-once-then-read-only register is arranged to store a determination value. The chipset is arranged to produce a CPU reset signal. The read-only memory is implemented in the chipset, and has a first memory block which corresponds to a predetermined address and is used to store a first instruction. The flash memory is coupled to the chipset, and has a second memory block which corresponds to the predetermined address and is used to store a second instruction. The central processor is arranged to determine the location of the predetermined address according to the CPU reset signal and the determination value.