Abstract:
A power management system includes at least one device, at least one memory management unit (MMU), a processor, and at least one device controller, wherein the at least one MMU corresponds to the at least one device, respectively. The processor is arranged to execute at least one access control power manager, an operating system (OS), and a hypervisor, wherein the OS is arranged to generate a trigger signal, and the hypervisor is arranged to generate a first hint according to the trigger signal. The at least one device controller is arranged to control the at least one access control power manager according to the first hint, to manage at least one power of the at least one MMU.
Abstract:
A system is provided to perform secure operations. The system includes an I/O subsystem, a memory subsystem and processors. The processors are operative to execute processes in trusted execution environments (TEEs) and rich execution environments (REEs). Each of the TEEs and the REEs is identified by a corresponding access identifier (AID) and protected by a corresponding system resource protection unit (SRPU). The corresponding SRPU of a TEE includes instructions, when executed by a corresponding processor, cause the corresponding processor to control access to the TEE using a data structure including allowed AIDs and pointers to memory locations accessible by the allowed AIDs.
Abstract:
A system includes a memory addressable by addresses within a physical address (PA) space, and one or more processors that perform operations of virtual machines (VMs). The VMs are allocated with extended PA regions outside the PA space. The system further includes a memory interface controller coupled to the memory and the one or more processors. The memory interface controller receives a request for accessing an address in the extended PA regions from a requesting VM, and uses a remap circuit to map the address in the extended PA regions to a remapped address in the PA space. A memory protection unit (MPU) in the memory interface controller grants or denies the request based on stored information indicating whether the remapped address is accessible to the requesting VM.
Abstract:
A system includes a memory addressable by addresses within a physical address (PA) space, and one or more processors that perform operations of virtual machines (VMs). The VMs are allocated with extended PA regions outside the PA space. The system further includes a memory interface controller coupled to the memory and the one or more processors. The memory interface controller receives a request for accessing an address in the extended PA regions from a requesting VM, and uses a remap circuit to map the address in the extended PA regions to a remapped address in the PA space. A memory protection unit (MPU) in the memory interface controller grants or denies the request based on stored information indicating whether the remapped address is accessible to the requesting VM.
Abstract:
A system is provided to perform secure operations. The system includes an I/O subsystem, a memory subsystem and processors. The processors are operative to execute processes in trusted execution environments (TEEs) and rich execution environments (REEs). Each of the TEEs and the REEs is identified by a corresponding access identifier (AID) and protected by a corresponding system resource protection unit (SRPU). The corresponding SRPU of a TEE includes instructions, when executed by a corresponding processor, cause the corresponding processor to control access to the TEE using a data structure including allowed AIDs and pointers to memory locations accessible by the allowed AIDs.
Abstract:
An apparatus for performing secure memory allocation control in an electronic device and an associated method are provided. The electronic device may include a plurality of bus master circuits, each of which has capability of accessing data through a bus of the electronic device, and may further include a plurality of master side memory address filters (MAFs) that are coupled between the bus and the bus master circuits, where the apparatus may include a control circuit that is coupled to the master side MAFs. In addition, the control circuit may be arranged for controlling secure memory allocation of the electronic device through the master side MAFs, to restrict any unauthorized access to any portion of secure data within the electronic device. Additionally, the master side MAFs may be arranged for selectively restricting data accessing activities of the bus master circuits through memory address filtering.