Patent №
US 7,987,348
Granted
2011-07-26
Filed 2007
Owner
INTEL CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11731525
In some embodiments, the invention involves speeding boot up of a platform by initializing the video card early on in the boot process. In an embodiment, processor cache memory is to be used as cache as RAM (CAR). Video graphics adapter (VGA) card initialization uses the CAR instead of system RAM to perform initialization. A portion of the firmware code, interrupt vector tables and handlers are mirrored in the CAR, from flash memory to mimic the behavior of system RAM during the video initialization. VGA initialization may occur before system RAM has initialized to enable early visual feedback to a user. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
AI classification
Ownership
INTEL CORPORATION
assignment · 251560258
Assignors
SWANSON, ROBERT C., ROTHMAN, MICHAEL A., BULUSU, MALLIK, ZIMMER, VINCENT J.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.