Abstract:
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to perform address translation. A table structure is indexed by a source identifier of an input/output (I/O) transaction specifying a guest physical address and requested by an I/O device to map the I/O device to a domain assigned to the I/O device. An address translation structure translates the guest physical address to a host physical address corresponding to the I/O transaction.
Abstract:
A method, chip multiprocessor tile, and a chip multiprocessor with amorphous caching are disclosed. An initial processing core 404 may retrieve a data block from a data storage. An initial amorphous cache bank 410 adjacent to the initial processing core 404 may store an initial data block copy 422. A home bank directory 424 may register the initial data block copy 422.
Abstract:
An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to enhance address translation performance. A register stores capability indicators to indicate capability supported by a circuit in a chipset for address translation of a guest physical address to a host physical address. A plurality of multi-level page tables is used for page walking in the address translation. Each of the page tables has page entries. Each of the page table entries has at least an entry specifier corresponding to the capability indicated by the capability indicators.
Abstract:
Embodiments of an invention for hardening data transmissions against power side channel attacks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a first agent and a second agent. The first agent is to transmit an encoded datum through an interface in a plurality of encoded packets. The second agent is to receive each of the plurality of encoded packets from the interface and decode each of the encoded packets to generate a plurality of decoded packets. Each of the encoded packets has the same Hamming weight. The Hamming distance between any two consecutively transmitted encoded packets is constant.
Abstract:
Method, apparatus, and system for qualifying CPU transactions with security attributes. Immutable security attributes are generated for transactions initiator by a CPU or processor core that identifying the execution mode of the CPU/core being trusted or untrusted. The transactions may be targeted to an Input/Output (I/O) device or system memory via which a protected asset may be accessed. Policy enforcement logic blocks are implemented at various points in the apparatus or system that allow or deny transactions access to protected assets based on the immutable security attributes generated for the transactions. In one aspect, a multiple-level security scheme is implemented under which a mode register is updated via a first transaction to indicate the CPU/core is operating in a trusted execution mode, and security attributes are generated for a second transaction using execution mode indicia in the mode register to verify the transaction is from a trusted initiator.
Abstract:
Apparatuses, methods, and systems for reconfiguring a secure system are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a configuration storage location, a lock, and lock override logic. The configuration storage location is to store information to configure the apparatus. The lock is to prevent writes to the configuration storage location. The lock override logic is to allow instructions executed from sub- operating mode code to override the lock.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a system on a chip (SoC) that has a first agent with an intellectual property (IP) logic, an interface to a fabric including a target interface, a master interface and a sideband interface, and an access control plug-in unit to handle access control policy for the first agent with respect to incoming and outgoing transactions. This access control plug-in unit can be incorporated into the SoC at integration time and without any modification to the IP logic. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
A method and system for enforcing access control to system resources and assets. Security attributes associated with devices that initiate transactions in the system are automatically generated and forwarded with transaction messages. The security attributes convey access privileges assigned to each initiator. One or more security enforcement mechanisms are implemented in the system to evaluate the security attributes against access policy requirements to access various system assets and resources, such as memory, registers, address ranges, etc. If the privileges identified by the security attributes indicate the access request is permitted, the transaction is allowed to proceed. The security attributes of the initiator scheme provides a modular, consistent secure access enforcement scheme across system designs.
Abstract:
Embodiments of an invention for hardening data transmissions against power side channel attacks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a first agent and a second agent. The first agent is to transmit an encoded datum through an interface in a plurality of encoded packets. The second agent is to receive each of the plurality of encoded packets from the interface and decode each of the encoded packets to generate a plurality of decoded packets. Each of the encoded packets has the same Hamming weight. The Hamming distance between any two consecutively transmitted encoded packets is constant.
Abstract:
Embodiments of an invention for hardening data transmissions against power side channel attacks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a first agent and a second agent. The first agent is to transmit an encoded datum through an interface in a plurality of encoded packets. The second agent is to receive each of the plurality of encoded packets from the interface and decode each of the encoded packets to generate a plurality of decoded packets. Each of the encoded packets has the same Hamming weight. The Hamming distance between any two consecutively transmitted encoded packets is constant.