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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2020
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Vinupama Godavarthi, Folsom, CA (US);
Andrzej Mialkowski, Pomorskie, PL;
Kar Leong Wong, Folsom, CA (US);
Aditya Katragada, Austin, TX (US);
Maciej Kusio, Folsom, CA (US);
Prashant Dewan, Portland, OR (US);
Karunakara Kotary, Portland, OR (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus to implement an IP independent secure firmware load into an IP agent without a ROM to establish hardware root of trust is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of agents, at least one agent including an isolated memory region accessible only to a trusted entity of the at least one agent and a main memory, and a processor to allocate a section of the isolated memory region of the at least one agent, verify a first stage firmware module, the first stage firmware module comprising instructions to enable the at least one agent to load and verify a second stage firmware module, place the first stage firmware module into memory of the at least one agent without a ROM to establish the hardware root of trust.