METHOD AND APPARATUS COMBINING ONCE-WRITEABLE AND REWRITEABLE INFORMATION STORAGE TO SUPPORT DATA PROCESSING

摘要

An information storage arrangement that combines rewriteable storage with one- time programmable (OTP) storage is managed in a manner that makes judicious use of the OTP storage. It is therefore possible to exploit the economic advantage associated with OTP storage, while also avoiding storage capacity losses that would otherwise be associated with OTP storage.