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Interface for a security coprocessor

  • US 6,789,147 B1
  • Filed: 12/19/2001
  • Issued: 09/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • retrieving, by a request unit, a number of requests for security operations from a host memory, wherein the number of requests are in an order within the host memory;

    distributing, by the request unit, the number of requests for the security operations to a number of execution units, wherein the distribution is based on availability of the number of execution units;

    processing the number of requests for the security operations by the number of execution units; and

    outputting results of the number of requests for the security operations to locations within the host memory, wherein an order of outputting of the results can be different from the order of the requests within the host memory.

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