Cryptographic computing engine for memory load and store units of a microarchitecture pipeline
Abstract:
A processor comprises a first register to store an encoded pointer to a memory location. First context information is stored in first bits of the encoded pointer and a slice of a linear address of the memory location is stored in second bits of the encoded pointer. The processor also includes circuitry to execute a memory access instruction to obtain a physical address of the memory location, access encrypted data at the memory location, derive a first tweak based at least in part on the encoded pointer, and generate a keystream based on the first tweak and a key. The circuitry is to further execute the memory access instruction to store state information associated with memory access instruction in a first buffer, and to decrypt the encrypted data based on the keystream. The keystream is to be generated at least partly in parallel with accessing the encrypted data.
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