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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Joseph Tardo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Buer, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Jianjun Luo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Don Matthews, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Zheng Qi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ronald Squires, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Joseph Tardo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Buer, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Jianjun Luo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Don Matthews, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Zheng Qi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Ronald Squires, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for an entity such as a CPU to efficiently call a cryptography accelerator to perform cryptographic operations. A function call causes the cryptography accelerator to execute multiple cryptographic operations in a manner tailored for specific processing steps, such as steps during a handshake phase of a secured session. The techniques provide efficient use of hardware processing resources, data interfaces, and memory interfaces.