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Using ECC memory to store configuration information

US8386885B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 26, 2010
Grant dateFeb 26, 2013
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1048
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A programmable processing device having a non-volatile memory that may comprise a first memory portion and a second memory portion, where the first section of the first memory portion is configured to store program instructions or data and the second memory portion of the memory word is configured to store either the configuration data or the error detection bits depending upon if an error detection scheme is implemented for the program instructions or data.

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