Abstract: In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method for managing applications in flash memory devices. In one example, an application manager is configured to manage data stored in an application partition of a flash memory device. The application manager may be configured to receive a request from an application processor to read a first application data stored on the application partition of the flash memory device partitioned into the application partition and a second partition, and manage one or more applications stored on the first partition according to a physical block mapping of the one or more applications.

Abstract: Certain aspects provide a computing system including a first CPU configured to load executable code for the computing system. The computing system further includes a first memory configured to store the executable code at an address range of the first memory. The first memory is local to a second CPU. The computing system further includes a one-time programmable or read-only register configured to store an indication of the address range. The computing system further includes a circuit configured to: determine if a first memory address associated with a first memory access command is in the address range based on the indication of the address range stored in the register; when the first memory address is in the address range, refrain from sending the first command to the first memory; and when the first memory address is not in the address range, send the first command to the first memory.