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US 2006/0224377 A1Published application
ROM emulator
OwnerJing Wang, Chia-Hsing Yuinventors
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Abstract
A ROM emulator for testing basic input/output system (BIOS) includes a memory, an emulation controller, and a download interface controller, and can download various versions of BIOS from a computer. When the inventive ROM emulator is connected to a computer motherboard of a computer, it can secure the mastership of the PCI bus of the computer upon the startup of the motherboard so as to test various versions of BIOS.
Claims7
A read-only memory emulator, comprising
- a memory for storing a basic input/output system waiting to be tested;
- a PCI connector for coupling to a motherboard;
- an emulation controller connected to said memory and said PCI connector for translating between said PCI interface standard and a transmission interface standard of said memory and governing said operation of said read-only memory emulator;
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- a download interface controller connected to said emulation controller and having a download interface connector for connecting to a computer to download said basic input/output system waiting to be tested.
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