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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2011
Frampton E. Ellis, Iii, Arlington, VA (US);
Frampton E. Ellis, III, Arlington, VA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A microchip, comprising an internal hardware firewall located between a protected portion of the microchip protected by the internal hardware firewall and a network portion configured to communicate with a network of computers located between the internal hardware firewall and a connection of the microchip to the network. The microchip also includes one or more microprocessors located in the network portion and separate from network communications components; and the microprocessors located in the network portion and the network communications components being separate from the firewall. The firewall is configured by its location to permit unrestricted access by the network to the network portion, and one or more shared processing operations conducted by the microchip with the network are executed at least by one or many microprocessors located in the network portion.