Patents by Inventor Tsvika Kurts

Tsvika Kurts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240110975
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques to provide secure remote debugging are described. In an embodiment, a debugging entity generates and transmits a host token to a device via an interface. The interface provides encrypted communication between the debugging entity and the device. The debugging entity generates a session key based at least in part on the host token and a device token. The debugging entity transmits an acknowledgement signal to the device after generation of the session key to initiate a debug session. The debugging entity transmits a debug unlock key to the device to cause the device to be unlocked for the debug session. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Vladislav Mladentsev, Elias Khoury, Rakesh Kandula, Reuven Elbaum, Boris Dolgunov
  • Patent number: 11754623
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of the present disclosure may provide remote debugging of an integrated circuit (IC) device while preventing unauthorized access of device intellectual property (IP). A system may include an IC device that generates an encrypted session key and an interface that enables communication between the IC device and a remote debugging site. The interface may enable the IC device to send the encrypted the encrypted session key to initiate a remote debug process, receive an acknowledgement from the remote debugging session, and authenticate the acknowledgement. Further, the interface may enable to the IC device to initiate a secure debug session between the IC device and the remote debugging site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Boris Dolgunov, Vladislav Mladentsev, Ittai Anati, Elias Khoury, Maor Kima, Eran Shlomo, Shay Gueron, William Penner
  • Patent number: 11544174
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for protecting trace data of a remote debug session for a computing system. In one embodiment, a method includes storing trace data received from one or more trace interfaces to a storage location of a target device, where the trace data is generated from execution at the target device, and where the trace data is protected from an unauthorized access. The method continues with transmitting the trace data to a debug host computer with encryption through a communication channel between the target device and the debug host computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Loren James McConnell, Tsvika Kurts, Boris Dolgunov, Vamsi Krishna Jakkampudi, Marcus Winston, Kevin David Safford
  • Publication number: 20210364571
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of the present disclosure may provide remote debugging of an integrated circuit (IC) device while preventing unauthorized access of device intellectual property (IP). A system may include an IC device that generates an encrypted session key and an interface that enables communication between the IC device and a remote debugging site. The interface may enable the IC device to send the encrypted the encrypted session key to initiate a remote debug process, receive an acknowledgement from the remote debugging session, and authenticate the acknowledgement. Further, the interface may enable to the IC device to initiate a secure debug session between the IC device and the remote debugging site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Boris Dolgunov, Vladislav Mladentsev, Ittai Anati, Elias Khoury, Maor Kima, Eran Shlomo, Shay Gueron, William Penner
  • Publication number: 20210303443
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for protecting trace data of a remote debug session for a computing system. In one embodiment, a method includes storing trace data received from one or more trace interfaces to a storage location of a target device, where the trace data is generated from execution at the target device, and where the trace data is protected from an unauthorized access. The method continues with transmitting the trace data to a debug host computer with encryption through a communication channel between the target device and the debug host computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Loren James MCCONNELL, Tsvika KURTS, Boris DOLGUNOV, Vamsi Krishna JAKKAMPUDI, Marcus WINSTON, Kevin David SAFFORD
  • Patent number: 11085964
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of the present disclosure may provide remote debugging of an integrated circuit (IC) device while preventing unauthorized access of device intellectual property (IP). A system may include an IC device that generates an encrypted session key and an interface that enables communication between the IC device and a remote debugging site. The interface may enable the IC device to send the encrypted the encrypted session key to initiate a remote debug process, receive an acknowledgement from the remote debugging session, and authenticate the acknowledgement. Further, the interface may enable to the IC device to initiate a secure debug session between the IC device and the remote debugging site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Boris Dolgunov, Vladislav Mladentsev, Ittai Anati, Elias Khoury, Maor Kima, Eran Shlomo, Shay Gueron, William Penner
  • Publication number: 20200349312
    Abstract: An apparatus, including: a deterministic monitored device; an interconnect to communicatively couple the monitored device to a support circuit; a super queue to queue transactions between the monitored device and the support circuit, the super queue including an operational segment and a shadow segment; a debug data structure; and a system management agent to monitor transactions in the operational segment, log corresponding transaction identifiers in the shadow segment, and write debug data to the debug data structure, wherein the debug data are at least partly based on the corresponding transaction identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Alexander Gendler, Larisa Novakovsky, Anwar Azaarura Zaa'Rura, Afik Sela, Genadi Kazakevich, Alexandra Shainshein, Ariel Sabba
  • Publication number: 20200348361
    Abstract: Systems and techniques of the present disclosure may provide remote debugging of an integrated circuit (IC) device while preventing unauthorized access of device intellectual property (IP). A system may include an IC device that generates an encrypted session key and an interface that enables communication between the IC device and a remote debugging site. The interface may enable the IC device to send the encrypted the encrypted session key to initiate a remote debug process, receive an acknowledgement from the remote debugging session, and authenticate the acknowledgement. Further, the interface may enable to the IC device to initiate a secure debug session between the IC device and the remote debugging site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Boris Dolgunov, Vladislav Mladentsev, Ittai Anati, Elias Khoury, Maor Kima, Eran Shlomo, Shay Gueron, William Penner
  • Publication number: 20200327041
    Abstract: A system can include a host machine connected to a device under test (DUT) by a serial link. The host machine can include a serial interface, such as a Thunderbolt interface, and a memory. The DUT can include a trace data source, a high-speed trace interface (HTI) to receive trace data from the trace data source, a serial interface (such as a Thunderbolt interface), and a PIPE interface connecting the HTI with the serial interface. The HTI is to send the trace data to the serial interface through the PIPE interface. The serial interface is to packetize the trace data into a conforming packet format, and send the trace data as a packet across the serial link to the host machine. The host machine can receive the trace data at the host-side serial interface, store the trace data in memory, and process the trace data for debugging the DUT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Gilad Shayevitz, Tsvika Kurts, Vladislav Kopzon, Reuven Rozic, Yaniv Hayat
  • Patent number: 10725848
    Abstract: Embodiment of this disclosure provides a mechanism to support hang detection and data recovery in microprocessor systems. In one embodiment, a processing device comprising a processing core and a crashlog unit operatively coupled to the core is provided. An indication of an unresponsive state in an execution of a pending instruction by the core is received. Responsive to receiving the indication, a crash log comprising data from registers of at least one of: a core region, a non-core region and a controller hub associated with the processing device is produced. Thereupon, the crash log is stored in a shared memory of a power management controller (PMC) associated with the controller hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Ki W. Yoon, Michael J. St. Clair, Larisa Novakovsky, Hisham Shafi, William H. Penner, Yoni Aizik, Kevin Safford, Hermann Gartler
  • Patent number: 10656697
    Abstract: A processor includes a trace unit to monitor activity by the processor and generate trace packets indicative of the activity by the processor. The trace packets may include four additional packets for processor event tracing including: a dormant state request packet, a code execution stop packet, a dormant state entry packet, and a dormant state exit packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Beeman C. Strong, Richard B. O'Connor, Michael W. Chynoweth, Rajshree A. Chabukswar, Avner Lottem, Itamar Kazachinsky, Michael Mishaeli, Anthony Wojciechowski, Vikas R. Vasisht
  • Patent number: 10628542
    Abstract: An apparatus, including: a deterministic monitored device; an interconnect to communicatively couple the monitored device to a support circuit; a super queue to queue transactions between the monitored device and the support circuit, the super queue including an operational segment and a shadow segment; a debug data structure; and a system management agent to monitor transactions in the operational segment, log corresponding transaction identifiers in the shadow segment, and write debug data to the debug data structure, wherein the debug data are at least partly based on the corresponding transaction identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Alexander Gendler, Larisa Novakovsky, Anwar Azaarura Zaa'Rura, Afik Sela, Genadi Kazakevich, Alexandra Shainshein, Ariel Sabba
  • Publication number: 20190243701
    Abstract: Embodiment of this disclosure provides a mechanism to support hang detection and data recovery in microprocessor systems. In one embodiment, a processing device comprising a processing core and a crashlog unit operatively coupled to the core is provided. An indication of an unresponsive state in an execution of a pending instruction by the core is received. Responsive to receiving the indication, a crash log comprising data from registers of at least one of: a core region, a non-core region and a controller hub associated with the processing device is produced. Thereupon, the crash log is stored in a shared memory of a power management controller (PMC) associated with the controller hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Ki W. Yoon, Michael J. St. Clair, Larisa Novakovsky, Hisham Shafi, William H. Penner, Yoni Aizik, Kevin Safford, Hermann Gartler
  • Patent number: 10372642
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a distributed arbitration system for an interconnect includes: a first transmitter to output first data and a transmit identifier associated with the first data; and a first arbiter coupled to the first transmitter to receive the first data and to arbitrate between the first data and second data from a second arbiter coupled to the first arbiter, based at least in part on a change in a state of the transmit identifier. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yanir Oz, Tsvika Kurts
  • Publication number: 20190050041
    Abstract: A processor includes a trace unit to monitor activity by the processor and generate trace packets indicative of the activity by the processor. The trace packets may include four additional packets for processor event tracing including: a dormant state request packet, a code execution stop packet, a dormant state entry packet, and a dormant state exit packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Beeman C. Strong, Richard B. O'Connor, Michael W. Chynoweth, Rajshree A. Chabukswar, Avner Lottem, Itamar Kazachinsky, Michael Mishaeli, Anthony Wojciechowski, Vikas R. Vasisht
  • Publication number: 20190005160
    Abstract: An apparatus, including: a deterministic monitored device; an interconnect to communicatively couple the monitored device to a support circuit; a super queue to queue transactions between the monitored device and the support circuit, the super queue including an operational segment and a shadow segment; a debug data structure; and a system management agent to monitor transactions in the operational segment, log corresponding transaction identifiers in the shadow segment, and write debug data to the debug data structure, wherein the debug data are at least partly based on the corresponding transaction identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Alexander Gendler, Larisa Novakovsky, Anwar Azaarura Zaa'Rura, Afik Sela, Genadi Kazakevich, Alexandra Shainshein, Ariel Sabba
  • Publication number: 20180089122
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a distributed arbitration system for an interconnect includes: a first transmitter to output first data and a transmit identifier associated with the first data; and a first arbiter coupled to the first transmitter to receive the first data and to arbitrate between the first data and second data from a second arbiter coupled to the first arbiter, based at least in part on a change in a state of the transmit identifier. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Yanir Oz, Tsvika Kurts
  • Patent number: 9910475
    Abstract: A processor includes a trace unit to monitor activity by the processor and generate trace packets indicative of the activity by the processor. The trace packets may include four additional packets for processor event tracing including: a dormant state request packet, a code execution stop packet, a dormant state entry packet, and a dormant state exit packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Beeman C. Strong, Richard B. O'Connor, Michael W. Chynoweth, Rajshree A. Chabukswar, Avner Lottem, Itamar Kazachinsky, Michael Mishaeli, Anthony Wojciechowski, Vikas R. Vasisht
  • Patent number: 9870301
    Abstract: A processing device comprises a debug port controller to monitor operations of the processing device to determine whether the processing device is operating in a first mode or a second mode and to collect trace information comprising operating characteristics of the processing device. The processing device further comprises a display engine logic to process display data for output to a display device. In addition, the processing device comprises a display engine interface to provide, to a plurality of existing platform connectors, the display data from the display engine logic when the processing device is operating in the first primary mode and the trace information from the debug port controller when the processing device is operating in the second mode as determined by the debug port controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Eilon Hazan, Sean T. Baartmans, Marcus R. Winston, Rony Ghattas, Arie Bernstein, Todd M. Witter, Marcelo Yuffe
  • Patent number: 9716646
    Abstract: In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there is provided systems and methods for using thresholds to gate timing packet generation in a tracing system (TS). For example, the method may include generating and outputting a trace data (TD) packet into a packet log. The method also includes generating and outputting a timing packet (TM) corresponding to the TD packet into the packet log when a number of clock cycles elapsed since an output of a previous TM packet exceeds a clock threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tsvika Kurts, Beeman C. Strong, Ofer Levy, Gabi Malka, Zeev Sperber