Cryptographic processor with interchangeable units
US6047375A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2211/007
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system having multiple processors wired to a common MCM substrate in which insertable processor chips themselves carry fencing appropriate to their function on the multi-chip module in which they are inserted for optimizing needed functions with fencing of interfaces to permit cryptographic functions to be added by inserting a cryptographic by providing each processor of the multichip module with its own cryptographic coprocessor as needed enabling alternative configurations of the computer system using a common substrate but differing processing units and cryptographic coprocessors.
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