MStar Semiconductor Assigned Patent

MStar Semiconductor, Inc., Hsinchu Hsien, Taiwan, has been assigned a patent (10,275,159) developed by Huang, Chien-Hsing, and Tseng, Hsin-Hsiung, Hsinchu Hsien, Taiwan, for “embedded device, RAM disk of embedded device and method of accessing RAM disk of embedded device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An embedded device, a RAM disk of an embedded device and a method of accessing a RAM disk of an embedded device are provided. The embedded device includes: a processing unit, configured to execute an operating system, a first memory, for the processing unit to access required system data when the processing unit executes the operating system, a function module, configured to perform a predetermined function, a second memory, for the function module to access required functional data through direct memory access when the function module performs the predetermined function, and a RAM disk driving module, configured to incorporate a first part of the first memory with the second memory to one RAM disk, and to control access of the RAM disk.”

The patent application was filed on April 16, 2015 (14/688,059).