Storage system having a field programmable gate array

US11256431B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• LIGHTBITS LABS LTD. · IL

Inventors

• Shmuel Ben-Yehuda · Haifa, IL
• Ofir Efrati · Even Yehuda, IL
• Sagi Grimberg · Kfar Sava, IL
• Eran Kirzner · Jaljulya, IL
• Ziv Tishel · Kiryat Ono, IL
• Fabian Trumper · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 29, 2017
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2213/28
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A field programmable gate array (FPGA), that includes a trusted FPGA logic, an untrusted FPGA logic and a monitor; wherein the monitor is configured to monitor the untrusted FPGA logic and prevent the untrusted FPGA logic from violating predefined constrains imposed on an operation of the untrusted FPGA logic; wherein the predefined constraints are stored in a memory region of the FPGA that is not accessible to the untrusted FPGA logic.