Patent ID: 7346712

Claim:
A semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus mounted on a predetermined circuit board, the apparatus comprising: semiconductor information storage means for storing semiconductor information unique to the semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus; and semiconductor information output means connected to the semiconductor information storage means for (1) reading out the semiconductor information from the semiconductor information storage means in response to a signal supplied by an external device that is external to, connectable to, and removable from the semiconductor integrated circuit apparatus, the external device storing an executable program and having a predetermined non-volatile storage region, and (2) writing the read-out semiconductor information to the predetermined storage region of the external device, wherein the semiconductor information output means includes first control means, which is configured to be connected to the external device storing the executable program, for controlling a read-out operation of the program stored in the external device, the program being used for executing the read-out operation of the semiconductor information, and second control means for controlling the read-out operation and external outputting operation of the semiconductor information by executing the read-out program read by the first control means.