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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephane Rodgers, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrew Dellow, Minchinhampton, GB;
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/12 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/123 (2013.01); G06F 21/72 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2113 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computing system includes a first security central processing unit (SCPU) of a system-on-a-chip (SOC), the first SCPU configured to execute functions of a first security level. The computing system also includes a second SCPU of the SOC coupled with the first SCPU and coupled with a host processor, the second SCPU configured to execute functions of a second security level less secure than the first security level, and the second SCPU executing functions not executed by the first SCPU.