公开(公告)号：US20240146546A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18278374

申请日：2022-02-25

Applicant: Rambus Inc.

Inventor： Scott C. BEST ,  Thomas VOGELSANG ,  Michael Alexander HAMBURG ,  Mark Evan MARSON ,  Helena HANDSCHUH ,  HAMPEL E. Craig ,  Kenneth Lee WRIGHT

IPC: H04L9/32 ,  G06F21/73

CPC classification number: H04L9/3268 ,  G06F21/73

Abstract: An asymmetric key cryptographic system is used to generate a cryptographic certificate for authenticating a memory module. This certificate is generated based on information, readable by the authenticator (e.g., host system), from at least one device on the memory module that is not read in order to obtain the certificate. For example, the certificate for authenticating a module may be stored in the nonvolatile memory of a serial presence detect device. The certificate itself, however, is based at least in part on information read from at least one other device on the memory module. Examples of this other device include a registering clock driver, DRAM device(s), and/or data buffer device(s). In an embodiment, the information read from a device (e.g., DRAM) may be based on one or more device fingerprint(s) derived from physical variations that occur naturally, and inevitably, during integrated circuit manufacturing.