Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Reconfiguration
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-11
2006-07-11
Butler, Dennis M. (Department: 2115)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Reconfiguration
Reexamination Certificate
active
07076649
ABSTRACT:
A microcomputer which is an integrated circuit including an electrically erasable and programmable nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a central processing unit is used for control of a disk drive. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory holds an application program such as a recorded information reproducing control program in an application program area, and holds a reboot program used for updating the application program in a reboot program area. The central processing unit executes the reboot program to rewrite the application program in whole or part, in response to a rewrite command for the application program which is supplied from the outside.
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Hagiwara Mitsuo
Ishii Tsutomu
Shibasaki Nobuo
Takahashi Hiromasa
Yamato Satoshi
Butler Dennis M.
Hitachi ULSI Systems Co. Ltd.
Mattingly ,Stanger ,Malur & Brundidge, P.C.
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