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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Kahraman D. Akdemir, Franklin, MA (US);
Tolga Nihat Aytek, Framingham, MA (US);
MARVELL WORLD TRADE Ltd., , BB;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with implementing security functions in a read-only memory (ROM) are described. According to one embodiment, an device includes a read-only memory (ROM) that stores (i) a plurality of security functions and (ii) a mapping of locations of the plurality of security functions in the ROM. The device also includes a processing unit configured to, in response to a request by a process being executed by the processing unit, determine a location in the ROM of a security function using the mapping, and execute the security function for the process from the ROM.