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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2011
Applicants:

James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);

Toby Opferman, Beaverton, OR (US);

Blaise Fanning, Folsom, CA (US);

Inventors:

James B. Crossland, Banks, OR (US);

Toby Opferman, Beaverton, OR (US);

Blaise Fanning, Folsom, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/023 (2013.01); G06F 12/0866 (2013.01); G06F 2212/202 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes allocating several memory locations within a phase change memory and switch (PCMS) memory to be utilized as a Random Access Memory (RAM) Disk. The RAM Disk is created for use by a software application running in a computer system. The method also includes mapping at least a portion of the allocated amount of PCMS memory to the software application address space. Finally, the method also grants the software application direct access to at least a portion of the allocated amount of the PCMS memory.


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