Nonvolatile BIOS memory refers to a small memory on PC motherboards that is used to store BIOS settings. It is traditionally called CMOS RAM because it...
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computing, BIOS (/ˈbaɪɒs, -oʊs/, BY-oss, -ohss; Basic Input/Output System, also known as the System BIOS, ROM BIOS, BIOS ROM or PC BIOS) is a type of...
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students. Glossary of computer hardware terms Memristor Microdrive Nonvolatile BIOS memory Sneakernet USB dead drop USB Flash Drive Alliance Disk enclosure...
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example, IBM PC's and successors beginning with the IBM PC AT used nonvolatile BIOS memory, often called CMOS RAM or parameter RAM, and this was a common...
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BIOS in typical personal computers often has an option called "use shadow BIOS" or similar. When enabled, functions that rely on data from the BIOS's...
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– One type of nonvolatile RAM. Flash memory – In this type the writing process is intermediate in speed between EEPROMS and RAM memory; it can be written...
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Extended System Configuration Data (category BIOS)
consists of a method for storing configuration information in nonvolatile BIOS memory and three BIOS functions for working with that data. The ESCD data may...
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needed] The ROM is typically a nonvolatile BIOS memory chip, which can only be written once with special technology. The BIOS (Basic Input Output System)...
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Hayashi, Y.; Nagai, K. (1972). "Electrically reprogrammable nonvolatile semiconductor memory". IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. 7 (5): 369–375. Bibcode:1972IJSSC...
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original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2015. "Zinc Air Batteries". Memory Protection Devices. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved...
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used for firmware (e.g., BIOS/UEFI) flash storage access. Nonvolatile BIOS memory. The system CMOS (BIOS configuration memory), assisted by battery supplemental...
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List of MOSFET applications (section MOS memory)
storage BIOS storage – nonvolatile BIOS memory (CMOS memory) Cache memory – CPU cache Digital memory – digital storage Floating-gate memory – non-volatile...
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provided by the processor itself. The chipset also contains the Nonvolatile BIOS memory. With the northbridge functions integrated to the CPU, much of...
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provide standard software and hardware programming interfaces for nonvolatile memory subsystems, including the "flash cache" device connected to the PCI...
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a class of integrated circuits. CMOS may also refer to: Nonvolatile BIOS memory, in a personal computer, historically known as CMOS with a CMOS...
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computers to connect low-bandwidth devices to the CPU, such as the BIOS ROM (BIOS ROM was moved to the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus in 2006)...
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p. 10. ISBN 9781439893739. Li, Hai; Chen, Yiran (19 April 2016). Nonvolatile memory design: Magnetic, resistive, and phase change. CRC press. pp. 6, 7...
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Bootloader (section Legacy BIOS)
CPU, motherboard, memory, storage and other I/O devices, to access the nonvolatile device (usually block device, e.g., NAND flash) or devices from which...
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a new "BIOS Update Data Block", which the BIOS would partially validate and save to nonvolatile BIOS memory; this could be supplied to the installed processors...
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contents of their nonvolatile memory are incorrect can be "un-bricked" using separate hardware (a debug board) that accesses this memory directly.[better source needed]...
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the BIOS, and mounting a remote image (IDER). Not all Core i5 and i7 processors with vPro may support KVM capability. This depends on the OEM's BIOS settings...
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plug and play (autoconfiguration) is based on the PCI BIOS Specification in 1990s, the PCI BIOS Specification is superseded by the ACPI in 2000s. In 1995...
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antispyware), BIOS, and protected memory. The plug-in and trust agent can store the security profile(s) in AMT's protected, nonvolatile memory, which is not...
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extremely low-power SRAM-based FPGAs with optional integrated nonvolatile configuration memory; acquired by Lattice in 2011 Microchip: Microsemi (previously...
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Memristor (redirect from Memory resistor)
switching characteristics and retention required to create functioning nonvolatile memory cells. They used a passive layer between electrode and active thin...
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of the design was the BIOS software embedded in ROM. Discovering how this worked was not difficult, since a full copy of the BIOS source code with comments...
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registers RBX, RBP, RDI, RSI, RSP, R12, R13, R14, and R15 are considered nonvolatile (callee-saved). For example, a function taking 5 integer arguments will...
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few ways: Write-ahead logging. Hardware RAID systems use an onboard nonvolatile cache for this purpose. mdadm can use a dedicated journaling device (to...
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from the keyboard's non-volatile memory to a file, uploading settings from the file to the keyboard's nonvolatile memory, and checking the file's integrity...
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without waiting on disks while virtual storage appliances use virtual nonvolatile memory. Implementers often organize two storage systems in a high-availability...
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