US Patent Issued to Rambus on Sept. 8 for "Secure key exchange in a multi-processor device" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,358, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Rambus Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Secure key exchange in a multi-processor device" was invented by Evan Lawrence Erickson (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Joel Wittenauer (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Winthrop John Wu (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit comprises an interface controller to receive a message, wherein at least a portion of the message is encrypted, a primary processor coupled to the interface controller and configured to process the received message, and a secondary secure processor coupled to the primary processor and to the interface controller. The secondary...