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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2005
Applicants:
Aron L. Wong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dennis K. MA, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonah M. Alben, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark S. Krueger, New Berlin, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Irwin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aron L. Wong, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dennis K. Ma, San Jose, CA (US);
Jonah M. Alben, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark S. Krueger, New Berlin, WI (US);
Jeffrey J. Irwin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/30134 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing additional storage, in the form of a hardware assisted stack, usable by software running an environment with limited resources. As an example, the hardware assisted stack may provide additional stack space to VBIOS code that is accessible within its limited allocated address space.