Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration – Loading initialization program
Reexamination Certificate
2003-12-18
2008-09-09
Patel, Nitin C (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Loading initialization program
C713S001000, C713S100000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07424603
ABSTRACT:
Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus and method to store initialization and configuration information is provided. The method may include storing basic input/output system (BIOS) software in a polymer memory. The method may further include copying a first portion of the BIOS software from the polymer memory to a random access memory (RAM) buffer of a memory controller, wherein the RAM buffer has a storage capacity of at least about two kilobytes (KB).
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Brannock Kirk D.
Coulson Richard L.
Garney John I.
Intel Corporation
Patel Nitin C
Trop Pruner & Hu P.C.
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