Patent ID: 7447846

Claim:
A non-volatile memory sharing system comprising: a plurality of processors comprising at least a first processor and a second processor; a non-volatile memory coupled to the first processor, the non-volatile memory for storing a plurality of program codes or data comprising at least a first program code for the first processor and a second program code or data for the second processor; and a processor bridge coupled between the first processor and the second processor; wherein the first processor is for executing the first program code directly from the non-volatile memory, the second processor is for sending an access request requesting data corresponding to the second program code to the processor bridge; the first processor is for retrieving the access request from the processor bridge, fetching the data from the second program code in the non-volatile memory according to the access request, and delivering the data to the processor bridge; and the second processor is further for fetching the data from the processor bridge.