Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Protected runtime mode
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Application No.: US15852021Application Date: 2017-12-22
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Publication No.: US11138072B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Mohan J. Kumar , Murugasamy K. Nachimuthu , Sarathy Jayakumar , Sergiu D. Ghetie , Neeraj Upasani , Ronald N. Story
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Patent Capital Group
- Main IPC: G06F11/14
- IPC: G06F11/14 ; G06F11/07

Abstract:
There is disclosed in one example a processor, including: a protected runtime mode (PRM) module to receive a PRM interrupt and to: suspend operation of a software task executing on the processor; save processor state information; place the microprocessor into PRM; access a PRM handler in a designated PRM memory region, wherein the PRM handler comprises a platform specific task; restore the processor state; and resume operation of the software task.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190196866A1 PROTECTED RUNTIME MODE Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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