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Storage device, storage device controlling method, and program

US7007140B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 2003
Grant dateFeb 28, 2006
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/26
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first storage unit is accessed randomly in a unit equal to or greater than a predetermined data unit. The first storage unit stores a target program required to be read randomly in a unit smaller than the data unit to execute. A second storage unit stores a reading program for reading the target program from the first storage unit. A control unit reads the target program from the first storage unit according to the reading program of the second storage unit. The control unit stores the read target program to a third storage unit that can be accessed in a unit smaller than the data unit. The control unit executes the target program stored in the third storage unit to gain access randomly to the first storage unit in a unit smaller than the data unit in a quasi manner.

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