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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2021
Applicant:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tan Peng, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Scott Swanstrom, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/76 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/76 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); G06F 21/107 (2023.08);
Abstract
A method includes, in response to a request to enable a set of firmware features in a processing device, performing a validation process based on a key certificate associating a first entity identifier with a firmware feature description file indicating the set of firmware features, and in response to a violation detected during the validation process, enabling a countermeasure in the processing device.