Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Supporting secure memory intent
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Application No.: US14738037Application Date: 2015-06-12
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Publication No.: US09875189B2Publication Date: 2018-01-23
- Inventor: Krystof C. Zmudzinski , Siddhartha Chhabra , Uday R. Savagaonkar , Simon P. Johnson , Rebekah M. Leslie-Hurd , Francis X. McKeen , Gilbert Neiger , Raghunandan Makaram , Carlos V. Rozas , Amy L. Santoni , Vincent R. Scarlata , Vedvyas Shanbhogue , Ilya Alexandrovich , Ittai Anati , Wesley H. Smith , Michael Goldsmith
- Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F13/00 ; G06F13/28 ; G06F12/1009 ; G06F12/1027 ; G06F12/1036 ; G06F12/109 ; G06F12/14 ; G06F9/455 ; G06F12/1045

Abstract:
A processor for supporting secure memory intent is disclosed. The processor of the disclosure includes a memory execution unit to access memory and a processor core coupled to the memory execution unit. The processor core is to receive a request to access a convertible page of the memory. In response to the request, the processor core to determine an intent for the convertible page in view of a page table entry (PTE) corresponding to the convertible page. The intent indicates whether the convertible page is to be accessed as at least one of a secure page or a non-secure page.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160364338A1 SUPPORTING SECURE MEMORY INTENT Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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