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US 2006/0136657 A1Published application
Embedding a filesystem into a non-volatile device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsJohn Rudelic, Lance Dover
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Abstract
An integrated microcontroller is embedded with non-volatile memory to enhance host processor execution by transferring the computational load of the filesystem from the host processor to the integrated microcontroller. The integrated microcontroller allows the physical nature of the non-volatile memory to be changed without changing the host software.
Claims20
A memory device to interface to a host processor, comprising:
- an integrated microcontroller;
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- a non-volatile memory integrated with the integrated microcontroller to store a filesystem, wherein the integrated microcontroller provides a static logical interface to the host processor.
A memory system comprising:
- a non-volatile memory;
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- an integrated microcontroller integrated with the non-volatile memory to operate a filesystem stored in the non-volatile memory, wherein the integrated microcontroller provides a static logical interface to a host processor.
A wireless device comprising:
- first and second antennas;
- a host processor having first and second core processors, wherein the first core processor receives a modulated signal from the first and second antennas;
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- system memory coupled to the host processor, wherein the system memory includes,
- non-volatile memory to store a filesystem, and
- an integrated microcontroller integrated with the nonvolatile memory is coupled between the host processor and the non-volatile memory to provide the host processor with a static logical interface.
3 more elements
A method comprising:
- abstracting a physical flash interface of a flash memory device to hide flash process changes and provide a static logical interface to a host processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.