US 12,124,832 B2
Semiconductor component update device
Ryan Albright, Beaverton, OR (US); William Andrew Mecham, Elk Grove, CA (US); Michael Thompson, Wilsonville, OR (US); Aaron Richard Carkin, Hillsboro, OR (US); William Ryan Weese, Portland, OR (US); and Benjamin Goska, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/154,654.
Prior Publication US 2022/0229650 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 1/266 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising one or more interfaces to establish a physical power connection and a physical data transfer connection with one or more semiconductor components arranged within a container to update firmware corresponding to the one or more semiconductor components, independent of an operational state of the one or more semiconductor components, the container comprising an access interface that enables the physical power connection and the physical data transfer connection with the one or more semiconductor components while the one or more semiconductor components remain within the container.