Patents by Inventor Raghunandan Makaram

Raghunandan Makaram 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).

  • Patent number: 11455257
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for ultra-secure accelerators. New ISA enqueue (ENQ) instructions with a wrapping key (WK) are provided to facilitate secure access to on-chip and off-chip accelerators in computer platforms and systems. The ISA ENQ with WK instructions include a dest operand having an address of an accelerator portal and a scr operand having the address of a request descriptor in system memory defining a job to be performed by an accelerator and including a wrapped key. Execution of the instruction writes a record including the src and a WK to the portal, and the record is enqueued in an accelerator queue if a slot is available. The accelerator reads the enqueued request descriptor and uses the WK to unwrap the wrapped key, which is then used to decrypt encrypted data read from one or more buffers in memory. The accelerator then performs one or more functions on the decrypted data as defined by the job and writes the output of the processing back to memory with optional encryption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vinodh Gopal, Wajdi Feghali, Raghunandan Makaram
  • Patent number: 11392507
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 11379592
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a core and memory controller coupled to a last level cache (LLC). A first key identifier for a first program is associated with physical addresses of memory that store data of the first program. To flush and invalidate cache lines associated with the first key identifier, the core is to execute an instruction (having the first key identifier) to generate a transaction with the first key identifier. In response to the transaction, a cache controller of the LLC is to: identify matching entries in the LLC by comparison of first key identifier with at least part of an address tag of a plurality of entries in a tag storage structure of the LLC, the matching entries associated with cache lines of the LLC; write back, to the memory, data stored in the cache lines; and mark the matching entries of the tag storage structure as invalid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Stephen Van Doren, Gilbert Neiger, Barry E. Huntley, Amy L. Santoni, Raghunandan Makaram, Hormuzd Khosravi, Siddhartha Chhabra
  • Patent number: 11361093
    Abstract: First data is stored. A request for the first data is received from a communication device over a link established with a communication device. An access control engine comprising circuitry is to control access to the first data to the communication device based on an authentication state of the communication device and a protection state of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Harriman, Ioannis T. Schoinas, Kapil Sood, Raghunandan Makaram, Yu-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11237614
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a multicore processor includes cores that can independently execute instructions, each at an independent voltage and frequency. The processor may include a power controller having logic to provide for configurability of power management features of the processor. One such feature enables at least one core to operate at an independent performance state based on a state of a single power domain indicator present in a control register. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Malini K. Bhandaru, Eric J. Dehaemer, Scott P. Bobholz, Raghunandan Makaram, Vivek Garg
  • Publication number: 20220019667
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor to: receive a request to configure a secure execution environment for a first workload; configure a first set of secure execution enclaves for execution of the first workload, wherein the first set of secure execution enclaves is configured on a first set of processing resources, wherein the first set of processing resources comprises one or more central processing units and one or more accelerators; configure a first set of secure datapaths for communication among the first set of secure execution enclaves during execution of the first workload, wherein the first set of secure datapaths is configured over a first set of interconnect resources; configure the secure execution environment for the first workload, wherein the secure execution environment comprises the first set of secure execution enclaves and the first set of secure datapaths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kapil Sood, Ioannis T. Schoinas, Yu-Yuan Chen, Raghunandan Makaram, David J. Harriman, Baiju Patel, Ronald Perez, Matthew E. Hoekstra, Reshma Lal
  • Publication number: 20220012187
    Abstract: A cryptographic hash based on content of a Sideband Bus Device (SPD) Hub and serial number identifiers for components on a memory module is provided. The cryptographic hash provides the ability to mitigate various supply chain attacks by binding the SPD Hub content to a memory module certificate that is used for authentication. Based on the cryptographic signatures, a certificate is trusted by the platform so the binding of the SPD hub content to the memory module certificate creates a secure way to ensure the components on the memory module have not been tampered with and that the reported attributes of the memory module are correct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gustavo K. CONTRERAS MUNOZ, Raghunandan MAKARAM, George VERGIS
  • Patent number: 11204874
    Abstract: Secure memory repartitioning technologies are described. Embodiments of the disclosure may include a processing device including a processor core and a memory controller coupled between the processor core and a memory device. The memory device includes a memory range including a section of convertible pages that are convertible to secure pages or non-secure pages. The processor core is to receive a non-secure access request to a page in the memory device, responsive to a determination, based on one or more secure state bits in one or more secure state bit arrays, that the page is a secure page, insert an abort page address into a translation lookaside buffer, and responsive to a determination, based on the one or more secure state bits in the one or more secure state bit arrays, that the page is a non-secure page, insert the page into the translation lookaside buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Krystof C. Zmudzinski, Carlos V. Rozas, Francis X. McKeen, Raghunandan Makaram, Ilya Alexandrovich, Ittai Anati, Meltem Ozsoy
  • Publication number: 20210357214
    Abstract: A processor of an aspect includes a decode unit to decode a user-level suspend thread instruction that is to indicate a first alternate state. The processor also includes an execution unit coupled with the decode unit. The execution unit is to perform the instruction at a user privilege level. The execution unit in response to the instruction, is to: (a) suspend execution of a user-level thread, from which the instruction is to have been received; (b) transition a logical processor, on which the user-level thread was to have been running, to the indicated first alternate state; and (c) resume the execution of the user-level thread, when the logical processor is in the indicated first alternate state, with a latency that is to be less than half a latency that execution of a thread can be resumed when the logical processor is in a halt processor power state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Mishaeli, Jason W. Brandt, Gilbert Neiger, Asit K. Mallick, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Raghunandan Makaram, Benjamin C. Chaffin, James B. Crossland, H. Peter Anvin
  • Publication number: 20210344653
    Abstract: A protected link between a first computing device and a second computing device is set up, wherein communication over the protected link is to comply with a communication protocol that allows packets to be reordered during transit. A plurality of packets are generated according to a packet format that ensures the plurality of packets will not be reordered during transmission over the protected link, the plurality of packets comprising a first packet and a second packet. Data of the plurality of packets are encrypted for transmission over the protected link, wherein data of the first packet is encrypted based on the cryptographic key and a first value of a counter and data of the second packet is encrypted based on the cryptographic key and a second value of the counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Harriman, Raghunandan Makaram, Ioannis T. Schoinas, Kapil Sood, Yu-Yuan Chen, Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Siddhartha Chhabra, Reshma Lal, Reouven Elbaz
  • Publication number: 20210336767
    Abstract: A memory subsystem includes link encryption for the system memory data bus. The memory controller can provide encryption for data at rest and link protection. The memory controller can optionally provide link encryption. Thus, the system can provide link protection for the data in transit. The memory module can include a link decryption engine that can decrypt link encryption if it is used, and performs a link integrity check with a link integrity tag associated with the link protection. The memory devices can then store the encrypted protected data and ECC data from the link decryption engine after link protection verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Raghunandan MAKARAM, Kirk S. YAP, Rajat AGARWAL, George VERGIS, Bill NALE, Jacob DOWECK
  • Publication number: 20210255962
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 11070527
    Abstract: A protected link between a first computing device and a second computing device is set up, wherein communication over the protected link is to comply with a communication protocol that allows packets to be reordered during transit. A plurality of packets are generated according to a packet format that ensures the plurality of packets will not be reordered during transmission over the protected link, the plurality of packets comprising a first packet and a second packet. Data of the plurality of packets are encrypted for transmission over the protected link, wherein data of the first packet is encrypted based on the cryptographic key and a first value of a counter and data of the second packet is encrypted based on the cryptographic key and a second value of the counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Harriman, Raghunandan Makaram, Ioannis T. Schoinas, Kapil Sood, Yu-Yuan Chen, Vedvyas Shanbhogue, Siddhartha Chhabra, Reshma Lal, Reouven Elbaz
  • Publication number: 20210218548
    Abstract: Techniques for real-time updating of encryption keys are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, an encrypted link is established between a local and remote processor over a point-to-point interconnect. The encrypted link is operated for some time until the encryption key should be updated. The local processor sends a key update message to the remote processor notifying the remote processor of the change. The remote processor prepares for the change and sends a key update confirmation message to the local processor. The local processor then sends a key switch message to the remote processor. The local processor pauses transmission of encrypted message while the remote processor completes use of the encrypted message. After a pause, the local processor continues sending encrypted messages with the updated encryption key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Vinit Mathew Abraham, Raghunandan Makaram, Kirk S. Yap, Siva Prasad Gadey, Tanmoy Kar
  • Patent number: 11048800
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor to: receive a request to configure a secure execution environment for a first workload; configure a first set of secure execution enclaves for execution of the first workload, wherein the first set of secure execution enclaves is configured on a first set of processing resources, wherein the first set of processing resources comprises one or more central processing units and one or more accelerators; configure a first set of secure datapaths for communication among the first set of secure execution enclaves during execution of the first workload, wherein the first set of secure datapaths is configured over a first set of interconnect resources; configure the secure execution environment for the first workload, wherein the secure execution environment comprises the first set of secure execution enclaves and the first set of secure datapaths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kapil Sood, Ioannis T. Schoinas, Yu-Yuan Chen, Raghunandan Makaram, David J. Harriman, Baiju Patel, Ronald Perez, Matthew E. Hoekstra, Reshma Lal
  • Patent number: 11030120
    Abstract: A processor includes a cryptographic engine to control access, using an secure region key identifier (ID), to one or more memory range of memory allocable for flexible conversion to secure pages of architecturally-protected memory regions, and a processor core. The processor core is to, responsive to receipt of a request to access the memory, perform a walk of page tables and extended page tables to translate a linear address of the request to a physical address of the memory. The processor core is further to determine that the physical address corresponds to an secure page within the one or more memory range of the memory, that a first key ID located within the physical address does not match the secure region key ID, and issue a page fault and deny access to the secure page in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Krystof C. Zmudzinski, Simon P. Johnson, Raghunandan Makaram, Francis X. McKeen, Carlos V. Rozas, Meltem Ozsoy, Ilya Alexandrovich, Siddhartha Chhabra
  • Patent number: 11023233
    Abstract: A processor of an aspect includes a decode unit to decode a user-level suspend thread instruction that is to indicate a first alternate state. The processor also includes an execution unit coupled with the decode unit. The execution unit is to perform the instruction at a user privilege level. The execution unit in response to the instruction, is to: (a) suspend execution of a user-level thread, from which the instruction is to have been received; (b) transition a logical processor, on which the user-level thread was to have been running, to the indicated first alternate state; and (c) resume the execution of the user-level thread, when the logical processor is in the indicated first alternate state, with a latency that is to be less than half a latency that execution of a thread can be resumed when the logical processor is in a halt processor power state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael Mishaeli, Jason W. Brandt, Gilbert Neiger, Asit K. Mallick, Rajesh M. Sankaran, Raghunandan Makaram, Benjamin C. Chaffin, James B. Crossland, H. Peter Anvin
  • Publication number: 20210149704
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are disclosed for a per-process memory encryption system. At least one translation lookaside buffer (TLB) is configured to encode key identifiers for keys in one or more bits of either the virtual memory address or the physical address. The process state memory configured to store a first process key table for a first process that maps key identifiers to unique keys and a second process key table that maps the key identifiers to different unique keys. The active process key table memory configured to store an active key table. In response to a request for data corresponding to a virtual memory address, the at least one TLB is configured to provide a key identifier for the data to the active process key table to cause the active process key table to return the unique key mapped to the key identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Wajdi FEGHALI, Vinodh GOPAL, Kirk S. YAP, Sean GULLEY, Raghunandan MAKARAM
  • Patent number: 10972277
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides confidential verification for FPGA code. Confidential verification for FPGA code can include receiving the policy from a cloud service provider (CSP) computing device, wherein the policy comprises a plurality of policy requirements used to determine whether to configure the FPGA using the code, receiving the code and the code encryption key from the user computing device, determining whether the code fulfills the plurality of policy requirements, and when the code fulfills the plurality of policy requirements encrypting and integrity protect the code using the code encryption key and providing the encrypted and integrity protected code to an accelerator loader to configure the FPGA using the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Innis, Raghunandan Makaram, Ting Lu
  • Publication number: 20210089388
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: an integrity circuit to receive data and generate a protection code based at least in part on the data; a cryptographic circuit coupled to the integrity circuit to encrypt the data into encrypted data and encrypt the protection code into an encrypted protection code; a message authentication code (MAC) circuit coupled to the cryptographic circuit to compute a MAC comprising a tag using header information, the encrypted data, and the encrypted protection code; and an output circuit to send the header information, the encrypted data, and the tag to a receiver via a link. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: RAGHUNANDAN MAKARAM, KIRK S. YAP