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Information processing apparatus, memory management apparatus, memory management method, and information processing method

US7418436B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 2003
Grant dateAug 26, 2008
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Expiry dateSep 10, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99931
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

It is an object to provide an information processing apparatus and a memory management method, which realize highly reliable writing and reading of data into/from a serial flash memory, and reduce the execution time of a CPU by booting at power-on. An information processing apparatus is composed of a memory management unit for storing files, and an information processing unit for performing processing on the basis of a program file supplied from the memory management unit, and the memory management unit is composed of a file flash for storing files, a file management unit for managing the files stored in the file flash, a work memory as a work area of the information processing unit, a flash I/F 12 for making access from the file management unit to the file flash, and a boot flash for storing a boot program.

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