Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supporting configurable security levels for memory address ranges
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Application No.: US15946401Application Date: 2018-04-05
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Publication No.: US10671740B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Binata Bhattacharyya , Raghunandan Makaram , Amy L. Santoni , George Z. Chrysos , Simon P. Johnson , Brian S. Morris , Francis X. McKeen
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: G06F21/62
- IPC: G06F21/62 ; G06F21/64 ; G06F21/78 ; G06F21/74 ; G06F12/14 ; G06F21/60

Abstract:
A processor implementing techniques for supporting configurable security levels for memory address ranges is disclosed. In one embodiment, the processor includes a processing core a memory controller, operatively coupled to the processing core, to access data in an off-chip memory and a memory encryption engine (MEE) operatively coupled to the memory controller. The MEE is to responsive to detecting a memory access operation with respect to a memory location identified by a memory address within a memory address range associated with the off-chip memory, identify a security level indicator associated with the memory location based on a value stored on a security range register. The MEE is further to access at least a portion of a data item associated with the memory address range of the off-chip memory in view of the security level indicator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180365438A1 SUPPORTING CONFIGURABLE SECURITY LEVELS FOR MEMORY ADDRESS RANGES Public/Granted day:2018-12-20
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