Intel Corporation

Won Lee

Sergiu D Ghetie

Neeraj S Upasani

Shahrokh Shahidzadeh

Scott P Bobholz

Samie B Samaan

Daniel G Borkowski

Arkadiusz Berent

David T Mayo

Wojciech S Powiertowski

Vasuki Chilukuri

Chukwunenye S Nnebe

Vinila Rose

Vijaya K Boddu

Shaila R Murty

Kenneth Young

Techniques and apparatuses for issuance of license upgrades for hardware components in the field, as well as the hardware components, are described. In one embodiment, for example an apparatus may include processor circuitry and memory in communication with the processor circuitry, wherein the memory contains a configuration data block and license data block, the configuration data block being read from the memory via a licensing apparatus and the licensing data block being written to the memory by the licensing apparatus. The processor may include executable code to process the licensing data block to facilitate an upgrade of the capabilities of the processor circuitry.

System and method for reconfiguring and deploying soft stock-keeping units

In one embodiment, a processor includes: a first die including at least one processor core to execute instructions and a non-volatile storage to store an identifier to be provisioned into the processor during manufacture; a second die to couple to the first die, the second die including a wireless circuit and a second non-volatile storage; and a wireless interface to couple to the second die to enable wireless communication with a wireless device. The processor may be disabled if the identifier is not stored in the second non-volatile storage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

System, apparatus and method for securely protecting a processor in transit

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Won Lee