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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Method and apparatus to prevent unauthorized operation of an integrated circuit in a computer system
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Haifeng Gong, Shanghai, CN;
Vasudevan Srinivasan, Portland, OR (US);
Antonio J. Hasbun Marin, San Antonio de Belen, CR;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor coupled to an integrated circuit. The processor includes a non-volatile memory to store instructions to perform a boot process. The boot process is discontinued to prevent unauthorized use of the processor if a value received from the integrated circuit in response to a first value sent to the integrated is not valid.