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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Applicants:
Morten Stribaek, Frederiksberg, DK;
Jakob Schou Jensen, Copenhagen, DK;
Jean-francois Dhem, Aix-en-Provence, FR;
Inventors:
Morten Stribaek, Frederiksberg, DK;
Jakob Schou Jensen, Copenhagen, DK;
Jean-Francois Dhem, Aix-en-Provence, FR;
Assignee:
MIPS Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microprocessor including random cache line refill ordering to lessen side channel leakage in a cache line and thus thwart cryptanalysis attacks such as timing attacks, power analysis attacks, and probe attacks. A random sequence generator is used to randomize the order in which memory locations are read when filling a cache line.