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Method for functionality downloading directly from a computer to a volatile memory of a PCMCIA card using direct memory access

US6125409A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 7, 1998
Grant dateSep 26, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 7, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/28
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for downloading functions between a personal computer including one or more processors, a memory, an input/output unit and a communication unit, and a memory or input/output PCMCIA card having a buffer memory, a PCMCIA Interface is provided between the computer and the cared. The method loads into the buffer memory, through fast access to the memory, a function which is directly sent to the processor of the PCMCIA card for execution.

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