Patents Examined by Chan Cao
  • Bios having macro/effector pairs for hardware initialization
    Patent number: 6785806
    Abstract: A BIOS having a set of effectors to initialize harware within the system. The BIOS having a set of macros, each macro of the set of macros having a reference to an effector of the set of effectors, each macro of the set of macros having a set of arguments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Schaefer, Michael F. Kartoz, Robert L. Huff, Kimberly A. Davis, Kirk Brannock, Donald Hewett, Daniel A. Rich, William J. Chalmers