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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2021
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vidyashankar Viswanathan, Boxborough, MA (US);

Richard E. George, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Michael Y. Chow, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/317 (2006.01); G01R 31/3183 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/287 (2013.01); G01R 31/2879 (2013.01); G01R 31/31718 (2013.01); G01R 31/318314 (2013.01);
Abstract

A technique for operating a processing device is disclosed. The method includes irreversibly activating a testing mode switch of the processing device; in response to the activating, entering a testing mode in which normal operation of the processing device is disabled; receiving software for the processing device in the testing mode; based on whether the software is verified as testing mode-signed software, executing or not executing the software.


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Viswanathan, Vidyashankar. (2024). Secure testing mode (U.S. Patent No. 12105139). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12105139

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