Nvidia Corporation

Varun Kumar

Tony Yuhsiang Cheng

Apoorv Gupta

Ryan Speiser

Erik Zuroski

A game cloud server, a method of operating a cloud server, and a method of playing a game on a game cloud server are disclosed. In one example, the game cloud server includes: (1) one or more processing units that virtually supports different gaming applications according to a gaming operating mode, and (2) an operating mode selector that is coupled to the one or more processing units and has (2A) a virtual fusing register that selects the gaming operating mode for executing the different virtually supported gaming applications, and (2B) a security processor that enables a secure virtual fusing based on documented security files authorizing selection of the gaming operating mode, separately from executing an operating system of the one or more processing units, wherein the gaming operating mode is a reconfigurable operating mode selectable from at least one signed license file of the documented security files.

Secure reconfiguration of hardware device operating features

A secure reconfigurable operating mode system includes a hardware device having multiple operating modes and an operating mode selector that is coupled to the hardware device. The operating mode selector has a virtual fusing register that selects an operating mode for the hardware device and a security processor that enables a secure virtual fusing based on documented security files authorizing selection of the operating mode. A method of secure hardware device operating mode reconfiguration is also provided.

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Varun Kumar