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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2006
Iue-shuenn I. Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian F. Schoner, Fremont, CA (US);
Iue-Shuenn I. Chen, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian F. Schoner, Fremont, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for securely handling processing of information may include controlling from within a chip, access to at least one portion of an on-chip memory by a plurality of on-chip clients that have pre-determined access to the at least one portion of the on-chip memory. The pre-determined access may be governed by pre-determined access rules that are hard-coded within the chip. At least one of the plurality of on-chip clients may access at least a portion of the on-chip memory. The on-chip memory may be accessible by at least another one of the plurality of on-chip clients. The pre-determined access rules may comprise at least one address range within the on-chip memory corresponding to at least one of the plurality of on-chip clients.