STORAGE ACCESS CONTROL

STORAGE ACCESS CONTROL

A system and device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a processor, system memory, chipset, flash memory, and flash memory controller. The flash memory controller includes a base address register for a flash memory hidden protected area (HPA) to store a flash memory HPA base addre...

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Hauptverfasser: ZIMMER VINCENT J, ORAM ISAAC W, ROTHMAN MICHAEL A
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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COMPUTING
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ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
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Zusammenfassung:A system and device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a processor, system memory, chipset, flash memory, and flash memory controller. The flash memory controller includes a base address register for a flash memory hidden protected area (HPA) to store a flash memory HPA base address, a size register for a flash memory HPA to store a size of the flash memory HPA, and control logic to allocate a portion of the flash memory as a flash memory HPA using the flash memory HPA base address and the flash memory HPA size address.