Memory Semantic Fabric Data Access Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) limits memory usage efficiency, hindering processor data processing speed, and introduces vulnerabilities due to unrestricted access within memory semantic fabrics.
Innovation Solution
A memory semantic fabric with a data access management system that generates and manages encryption keys for transient components to provide controlled access to data, ensuring secure and limited access based on specified time intervals, thereby reducing vulnerabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If PCIe is used for interconnect, then device compatibility and ease of operation are improved, but memory usage efficiency and data processing speed deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a memory semantic fabric as an intermediary layer between the PCIe interface and the memory subsystem. This fabric includes a fabric switch and memory fabric protocol that translate standard PCIe operations into optimized memory access operations, thereby maintaining PCIe compatibility while significantly improving memory usage efficiency and data processing speed.
2Productivity
If memory semantic fabric is implemented to improve data processing speed, then productivity is improved, but system complexity and vulnerability to unrestricted access increase
Solution Approach 1:
The memory semantic fabric is segmented into distinct functional components: a fabric switch for routing operations, memory fabric protocols for communication, and transient component management for access control. This segmentation allows the system to achieve high productivity while managing complexity through modular design, where each component has a specific function and can be independently configured and secured.
3Ease of operation
If unrestricted access is allowed in memory semantic fabric, then ease of operation is improved, but security and reliability deteriorate due to vulnerabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic access control in the memory semantic fabric where access permissions are not fixed but can be changed based on operational context. Transient components can be dynamically created, configured with specific access rights, and destroyed when no longer needed. This dynamic approach maintains operational flexibility while ensuring security through context-aware access control that limits exposure to only what is necessary at each moment.
4Adaptability or versatility
If transient components are added to memory semantic fabric to improve adaptability, then versatility is improved, but security vulnerabilities increase due to unrestricted access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring access control policies and permissions for transient components before they are activated in the memory semantic fabric. When a transient component is created, its access rights are predetermined and restricted to only the specific memory regions and operations it requires. This preliminary configuration of security parameters prevents vulnerabilities from arising in the first place, allowing versatile transient components to operate securely.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods provide a transient component limited access to data in a composition. One method includes receiving a request for the transient component to access data in the composition. The composition may include permanent components operable to utilize encryption keys generated at selected intervals from a seed value shared by the permanent components. The encryption keys utilized by the permanent components at each selected interval may be identical to one another. The method also includes generating a set of encryption keys from the seed value for a specified period of time. The set of encryption keys may be identical to the encryption keys to be utilized by the permanent components at the selected intervals to occur during the specified period of time. The method further includes granting the transient component access to data in the composition for the specified period of time via the set of encryption keys.


