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US08261054B2 Method and apparatus for virtualization of a multi-context hardware trusted platform module (TPM) 有权
用于虚拟化多上下文硬件可信平台模块(TPM)的方法和装置

  • Patent Title: Method and apparatus for virtualization of a multi-context hardware trusted platform module (TPM)
  • Patent Title (中): 用于虚拟化多上下文硬件可信平台模块(TPM)的方法和装置
  • Application No.: US13222382
    Application Date: 2011-08-31
  • Publication No.: US08261054B2
    Publication Date: 2012-09-04
  • Inventor: Ned M. Smith
  • Applicant: Ned M. Smith
  • Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
  • Assignee: Intel Corporation
  • Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
  • Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
  • Agency: Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
  • Main IPC: G06F1/24
  • IPC: G06F1/24 G06F9/00
Method and apparatus for virtualization of a multi-context hardware trusted platform module (TPM)
Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a request for a trusted platform module (TPM) operation from a virtual machine, determining whether the request is for a modification of a TPM version, and associating part of a multi-context hardware TPM with a virtual TPM (vTPM) to enable the modification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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