Method for sharing firmware across heterogeneous processor...

Details Method for sharing firmware across heterogeneous processor... Method for sharing firmware across heterogeneous processor...

2006-11-07

2006-11-07

Lee, Thomas (Department: 2115)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Digital data processing system initialization or configuration

C713S002000, C713S100000

Reexamination Certificate

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07134007

ABSTRACT:
A method for sharing firmware across heterogeneous processor architectures. Respective sets of firmware are stored on a platform, including a first set of native firmware designed to execute on a first processor, a second set of native firmware designed to execute on a second processor; and a third set of firmware written in an intermediate language that may be processed via respective virtual machines executing on the first and second processors. The intermediate language is processor instruction set independent, while the native firmware is specific to the instruction sets of each of the first and second processors.

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