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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jiewen Yao, Shanghai, CN;
Vincent J. Zimmer, Federal Way, WA (US);
Rajesh Poornachandran, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with managing a computing platform in view of an expiration date are described herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a computing platform that includes one or more processors to execute applications; and a trusted execution environment that includes a tamper-proof storage to store an expiration date of the computing platform, and a firmware module to be operated in a secure system management mode to regulate operation of the computing platform in view of at least whether a current date is earlier than the expiration date. Other embodiments may be described or claimed.