IP Library Patent Application 17711779
Patent Application
App. No. 17/711,779

SECURITY ON DIE-TO-DIE INTERCONNECT

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App. No.
17/711,779
Abstract

Systems or methods of the present disclosure may provide a semiconductor device including a die of a multi-die package including encryption circuitry to receive data and to encrypt the data to generate encrypted data; and a connection interface to transmit the encrypted data over a die-to-die interconnect to a second die.

Claims (35)

1 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a multi-die package comprising:

a first die comprising:

first encryption circuitry to receive data and to encrypt the data to generate encrypted data; and

a first connection interface to transmit the encrypted data over a die-to-die interconnect;

the die-to-die interconnect; and

a second die comprising:

a second connection interface to receive the encrypted data from the first die via the die-to-die interconnect; and

second encryption circuitry to receive the encrypted data and to decrypt the encrypted data to generate decrypted data.

2 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second encryption circuitry is to receive additional data and to encrypt the additional data to generate additional encrypted data.

3 . The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the second connection interface is to transmit the additional encrypted data.

4 . The semiconductor device of claim 3 , wherein the first connection interface is to receive the additional encrypted data over the die-to-die interconnect.

5 . The semiconductor device of claim 4 , wherein the first encryption circuitry is to decrypt the additional encrypted data to generate additional decrypted data.

6 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the second die comprises data utilization circuitry to use the decrypted data.

7 . The semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the data utilization circuitry comprises a processor or a field-programmable gate array.

8 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first encryption circuitry does not encrypt at least some subsequent data transmitted from the first die over the die-to-die interconnect.

9 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the first encryption circuitry is to encrypt the encrypted data and to not encrypt the at least some subsequent data based on a control signal.

10 . The semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the control signal is based at least in part on respective values for a user flag in the data and the at least some subsequent data.

11 . The semiconductor device of claim 8 , wherein the first die comprises bypass circuitry to cause the at least some subsequent data to bypass the first encryption circuitry.

12 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the first connection interface comprises a first plurality of channels, and wherein the second connection interface comprises a second plurality of channels.

13 . The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein at least one or more channels of the first plurality of channels comprise encryption circuitry to encrypt data, decrypt data, or both.

14 . The semiconductor device of claim 13 , wherein encryption or decryption operations of the one or more channels of the first plurality of channels are driven independently of each other.

15 . The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a clock frequency of encryption is a fraction of a frequency of unencrypted data transfer.

16 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a die of a multi-die package comprising:

encryption circuitry to receive data and to encrypt the data to generate encrypted data; and

a connection interface to transmit the encrypted data over a die-to-die interconnect to a second die within the multi-die package.

17 . The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the encryption circuitry is to encrypt the data based on metadata of a packet of the data.

18 . The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein the connection interface comprises a plurality of channels, and wherein the encrypted data is transmitted over the die-to-die interconnect by one of the plurality of channels, and wherein unencrypted data is transmitted over the die-to-die interconnect by a remainder of the plurality of channels.

19 . A semiconductor device comprising:

a die of a multi-die package comprising:

a connection interface to receive encrypted data from a second die of the multi-die package via a die-to-die interconnect;

decryption circuitry to receive the encrypted data and to decrypt the encrypted data to generate decrypted data; and

data utilization circuitry to utilize the decrypted data.

20 . The semiconductor device of claim 19 , wherein the data utilization circuitry comprises a processor to receive the decrypted data from the decryption circuitry.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2025
From: ALTERA CORPORATION
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073431/0309 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2024
From: INTEL CORPORATION
To: ALTERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066353/0886 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: NALAMALPU, ANKIREDDY; MAHESHWARI, ATUL; KUMASHIKAR, MAHESH K.; TANG, LAI GUAN
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059958/0273 →