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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Nir Tasher, Tel Mond, IL;
Dan Morav, Herzliya, IL;
Inventors:
Nir Tasher, Tel Mond, IL;
Dan Morav, Herzliya, IL;
Assignee:
Nuvoton Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1416 (2013.01); G06F 2212/2022 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for Basic Input/Output System BIOS processing such as hashing are disclosed. In one embodiment, there is a direct interface between a security module and a non-volatile memory storing the BIOS in a computing system so that the security module may directly access the BIOS without using the central processing unit CPU as an intermediary. In one embodiment, the security module is powered by standby power and therefore can begin BIOS processing even if the computing system has not yet been turned on.