发明名称 KEY ROTATION FOR A MEMORY CONTROLLER
摘要 Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with rotating keys for a memory are described. According to one embodiment, a memory system comprises a memory controller configured to control access to a memory and to process memory access requests. Rrekeying logic is configured to rotate a first key that was used to scramble data in the memory and re-scramble the data with a second key by: determining when the memory controller is in an idle cycle and performing a rekeying operation on a portion of the memory during the idle cycle, and pausing the rekeying operation when the memory controller is not in an idle cycle to allow memory access requests to be performed and resuming the rekeying operation during a next idle cycle.
申请公布号 US2015033037(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.01.29
申请号 US201414335310 申请日期 2014.07.18
申请人 MARVELL WORLD TRADE LTD. 发明人 LIDMAN Pontus
分类号 G06F12/14 主分类号 G06F12/14
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主权项 1. A memory system, comprising: a memory controller configured to control access to a memory and to process memory access requests; and rekeying logic configured to rotate a first key that was used to scramble data in the memory and re-scramble the data with a second key by: determining when the memory controller is in an idle cycle and performing a rekeying operation on a portion of the memory during the idle cycle; andpausing the rekeying operation when the memory controller is not in an idle cycle to allow memory access requests to be performed and resuming the rekeying operation during a next idle cycle.
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