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Providing dedicated resources for a system management mode of a processor

US10474596B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Sarathy Jayakumar · Portland, US
Ashok Raj · Portland, US
John G. Holm · Beaverton, US
Narayan Ranganathan · Bengaluru, IN
Mohan J. Kumar · Beaverton, US
Sergiu D. Ghetie · Hillsboro, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 25, 2015
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 25, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D10/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores including a first core to be reserved for execution in a protected domain, the first core to be hidden from an operating system. The processor may further include a filter coupled to the plurality of cores, where the filter includes a plurality of fields each associated with one of the plurality of cores to indicate whether an interrupt of the protected domain is to be directed to the corresponding core. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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