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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Tino Lin, Irvine, CA (US);
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for managing program code in a computing device, such as an embedded system. In a data storage device, a non-volatile memory array stores program code comprising initialization code designed to be executed a single time during device booting, and main program code separate from the initialization code and designed to be executed after execution of the initialization code. A controller loads the initialization code to a first portion of a volatile memory array and executes the initialization code. The controller further loads the main program code, separately from the initialization code, to a second portion of the volatile memory array at least partially overlapping the first portion, and executes the main program code.