Fungible, Inc.

Prathap Sirishe

Sunil Mekad

Satish Dattatray Deo

Yvonne Hou

Umar Badusha

A system root of trust device of a computing system authenticates boot images associated with data processing units of the computing system. The device includes at least one processor configured to determine whether a first set of boot code associated with a first processor of the computing system is authentic, in response to determining that the first set of boot code is authentic, reset the first processor to allow the first processor to boot and authenticate first executable code to be executed by the first processor, after resetting the first processor, determine whether a second set of boot code associated with a second processor of the computing system is authentic, and in response to determining that the second set of boot code is authentic, reset the second processor to allow the second processor to boot and to authenticate second executable code to be executed by the second processor.

Rapidly establishing a chain of trust in a computing system

In one example, a data processing unit (DPU) includes a host unit interface for communicatively coupling to second device via a serial input/output (I/O) connection, and a control unit implemented in circuitry and configured to initially configure the host unit interface of a data processing unit to operate in endpoint mode, determine that the host unit interface of the data processing unit is to switch from operating in the endpoint mode to root complex mode, in response to determining that the host unit interface is to switch from operating in the endpoint mode to the root complex mode: configure the host unit interface to operate in the root complex mode, and send data to an I/O expander unit to cause the I/O expander unit to issue a reset signal to the second device, the second device being configured to operate in the endpoint mode.

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Milpitas, CA, United States of America

Prathap Sirishe