Systems and methods for reducing boot up latency in systems that run automotive operating systems

A system for reducing latency in rebooting a system that runs an Automobile Operating System (Auto OS), the system being embedded in a mobile vehicle, the system comprising:

• a memory controller comprising:
• logic configured to determine, before performing a suspend-to-disk (S2D) process, whether or not an amount of storage space of a volatile memory device of the system that is currently in use exceeds a preselected threshold (TH) value;
• logic configured to select one or more computer programs that are stored in the volatile memory device for termination if the amount of storage space of the volatile memory device of the system that is currently in use exceeds the preselected TH value;
• logic configured to terminate the selected one or more computer programs and to delete the selected one or more computer programs and data associated with the selected one or more computer programs from the volatile memory device;
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• logic configured to perform the S2D process after deleting the selected one or more computer programs and data associated with the selected one or more computer programs from the volatile memory device.

A computer program for reducing latency in rebooting a system that runs an Automobile Operating System (Auto OS), the system being embedded in a mobile vehicle, the computer program being embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising instructions for execution by a processor or controller, the computer program comprising:

• a first set of computer instructions for determining, before performing a suspend-to-disk (S2D) process, whether or not an amount of storage space of a volatile memory device of the system that is currently in use exceeds a preselected threshold (TH) value;
• a second set of computer instructions for selecting one or more computer programs that are stored in the volatile memory device for termination if the amount of storage space of the volatile memory device of the system that is currently in use exceeds the preselected TH value;
• a third set of computer instructions for terminating the selected one or more computer programs and deleting the selected one or more computer programs and data associated with the selected one or more computer programs from the volatile memory device;
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• a fourth set of computer instructions for performing the S2D process after deleting the selected one or more computer programs and data associated with the selected one or more computer programs from the volatile memory device.

A system for reducing latency in rebooting a system that runs an Automobile Operating System (Auto OS), the system being embedded in a mobile vehicle, the system comprising:

• means for determining, before performing a suspend-to-disk (S2D) process, whether or not an amount of storage space of a volatile memory device of the system that is currently in use exceeds a preselected threshold (TH) value;
• means for selecting one or more computer programs that are stored in the volatile memory device for termination if the amount of storage space of the volatile memory device of the system that is currently in use exceeds the preselected TH value;
• means for terminating the selected one or more computer programs and for deleting the selected one or more computer programs and data associated with the selected one or more computer programs from the volatile memory device;
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• means for performing the S2D process after deleting the selected one or more computer programs and data associated with the selected one or more computer programs from the volatile memory device.