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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2023
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Abeye Teshome, Austin, TX (US);
Alok Pant, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for kill pill management in heterogeneous computing platforms. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a heterogeneous computing platform having a plurality of devices and an Embedded Controller (EC) integrated into or coupled to the heterogeneous computing platform, where the EC is configured to receive a kill pill command, and, in response to the kill pill command, at least one of: (i) turn off one or more power domains and set a flag that prevents the one or more power domains from being turned on, or (ii) erase one or more portions of a storage device.