Abstract: This application provides a secure boot apparatus and method. A control circuit in the secure boot apparatus can obtain boot code in a nonvolatile memory by using a non-programmable circuit, and verify the boot code by using a root of trust. In this way, even if the root of trust is not built in a processor, the verification on the boot code can be implemented by using the control circuit. This effectively reduces dependency of a secure boot process on processor performance. In addition, because the non-programmable circuit can be respectively coupled to the control circuit and the nonvolatile memory through two interfaces of different types, a requirement for the secure boot process on an interface protocol type of the control circuit is reduced, and application flexibility of a secure boot solution is improved.

Abstract: A connector, a frame device, and a connector assembly method. Some terminal modules in the connector provided in the present disclosure are removed, or some terminal pairs in the terminal module are removed, so that a quantity of terminal pairs included in the connector is reduced without changing an outline dimension of the connector, thereby ensuring an original docking capability of the connector. In addition, a serial connector may be formed based on different quantities of removed terminal modules or removed terminal pairs. In this way, in the frame device, a user may select a connector of a corresponding specification based on an actual specification of a board, instead of selecting connectors of a high specification uniformly.