ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,621,141, issued on May 5, was assigned to SHANGHAI ZHAOXIN SEMICONDUCTOR Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Computer system, and system memory encryption and decryption method" was invented by Yingbing Guan (Shanghai) and Weilin Wang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system with a processor having an encryption and decryption engine is shown. The encryption and decryption engine includes a key table, which is provided for encryption and decryption of the system memory. In response to a platform setting instruction, the processor reads a key identification code from a key identification code register, and reads control parameters from a...