Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Specific memory composition
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-01
2008-04-01
Sparks, Donald (Department: 2187)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Specific memory composition
C365S185330, C714S042000, C714S718000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07353323
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for simultaneously updating the contents of multiple memory devices in a computer system. The contents of each of the memory devices are organized as a series of blocks. One of the memory devices is selected as a current device. A determination is then made as to whether the blocks of the current device need to be updated. The blocks of the current device are updated until a memory wait state is generated by the current device. In response to the memory wait state being generated by the current device, a determination is made as to whether the blocks contained in any of the other memory devices remain to be updated. If there are blocks in any of the other memory devices remaining to be updated, a next memory device is identified having blocks to be updated. The identified memory device is then selected as the current device. Finally, the steps of the method are repeated for each current device until all of the blocks contained in each of the multiple memory devices have been updated. The memory devices may be utilized to store a basic input/output system (BIOS) for the computer system.
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American Megatrends Inc.
Diller Jesse
Hope Baldauff Hartman LLC
Sparks Donald
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