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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ramakrishna G. Poolla, Hyderabad, IN;
Yatharth K. Kochar, Hyderabad, IN;
Krishna C. Patakamuri, Hyderabad, IN;
XILINX, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In some disclosed implementations, a system-on-chip on a first IC die includes a boot loader circuit configured to search a first boot device, of a plurality of boot devices coupled to and external to the first IC die, for an uncorrupt boot image. The boot loader circuit is configured to search a second boot device of the plurality of boot devices for an uncorrupt boot image, in response to failing to find an uncorrupt boot image in the first boot device. The boot loader is also configured to load a set of instructions included in the uncorrupt boot image into a memory circuit of the SOC, in response to finding an uncorrupt boot image.