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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2018
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Kenny T. Coker, Firestone, CO (US);
David A. Pohm, Windsor, CO (US);
Stephen P. Van Aken, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael B. Danielson, Longmont, CO (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for performing secure operations with a dedicated secure processor is described in one embodiment. The apparatus includes security firmware defining secure operations, a processor configured to execute the security firmware and perform a set of operations limited to the secure operations, and a plurality of secure hardware registers, accessible by the processor and configured to receive instructions to perform the secure operations, An apparatus for performing secure operations with a plurality of security assist hardware circuits is described in another embodiment. The apparatus comprises one or more secure hardware registers configured to receive a command to perform secure operations and one or more security assist hardware circuits configured to perform discrete secure operations using one or more secret data objects.