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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Dale E. Gulick, Austin, TX (US);
Geoffrey S. Strongin, Austin, TX (US);
William A. Hughes, San Jose, CA (US);
Dale E. Gulick, Austin, TX (US);
Geoffrey S. Strongin, Austin, TX (US);
William A. Hughes, San Jose, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer system includes a processor which may initialize a secure execution mode by executing a security initialization instruction. Further, the processor may operate in the secure execution mode by executing a secure operating system code segment. The computer system also includes a system memory configured to store data in a plurality of locations. The computer system also includes a memory controller which may selectively clear the data from a programmed range of the memory locations of the system memory when enabled in response to a reset of the processor.