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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2024
Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mahmut Yilmaz, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Smbat Tonoyan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sailendra Chadalavada, Saratoga, CA (US);
Mengyun Liu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
NVIDIA Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the IC comprises a memory and at least one processing core coupled to the memory. In one embodiment, the operations the at least one processing core operatively coupled to the memory perform comprise storing final hashes of each block chain authentication (BCA) section of an in-system test (IST) image in a write-protected portion of the memory; receiving at least one Public Key Authentication (PKA) signature; authenticating the at least one PKA signature using public key cryptography (PKC) algorithm; once the PKA signature is authenticated, using the final hash for each BCA section to authenticate a portion of the IST image associated with each BCA section using a hash engine of the at least one processing core skipping any PKA signature checks for any of the final hashes; and testing portions of the IC with the authenticated IST image portion.