Controller and a method for controlling a boot process

摘要

A computer, a computer system and a method of booting the computer and computer systems within 300 milliseconds of receiving power. The computer may be configured to simultaneously power sequence a controller, a processor and a chipset. The computer may be further configured to transfer a boot image from a non-volatile memory to a first volatile memory. The controller may be further configured to transfer the boot image from the first volatile memory to a volatile memory associated with the processor using a PCI-Express interface.

主权项

1. A method of booting a computer, including a processor and a controller, comprising:
transferring, by the controller, a boot image from a non-volatile memory to a first volatile memory, the first volatile memory comprising a static random access memory (SRAM); initializing, by the processor, a volatile memory interface between the processor and a second volatile memory, the second volatile memory comprising a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM); transferring, by the controller, the boot image from the first volatile memory to the second volatile memory; and booting the computer based upon the boot image stored in the second volatile memory.