MULTI-MODE PROTECTED MEMORY

Multi-mode protected memory in accordance with the present description includes a permanent mode and a transient mode of operation. In one embodiment of the permanent mode, an authentication key is programmable once and a write counter is not decrementable or resettable. In one embodiment of the tra...

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Hauptverfasser: AGRANOVSKY, Elena, PEARSON, Adrian, HUANG, Yang, WINKLER, Tomas, ZHU, Bing
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Multi-mode protected memory in accordance with the present description includes a permanent mode and a transient mode of operation. In one embodiment of the permanent mode, an authentication key is programmable once and a write counter is not decrementable or resettable. In one embodiment of the transient mode, an authentication key may be programmed many times and a write counter may be reset many times. Other features and advantages may be realized, depending upon the particular application.