Intel® Core™ Ultra Processor

Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2
Supporting Intel® Core™ Ultra Processor for U/H/U-Type4-series Platforms, formerly known as Meteor Lake

ID Date Version Classification
792044 05/09/2025 Public
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BIOS Guard

The platform must implement hardware controls to provide the platform manufacturer a robust mechanism to prevent unauthorized flash updates, while still allowing platform manufacturer approved updates. Intel® Platform Protection Technology with BIOS Guard accomplishes this by providing a very robust environment from which signed update images can be cryptographically verified and host flash writes can be done. Furthermore, a BIOS Guard enabled system does not allow host flash writes from any other environment.