Standardized Interface for Intellectual Property Blocks

An intellectual property (IP) block, comprising:

• a microcontroller;
• and
• a firmware dashboard, the firmware dashboard comprising:
• an IP-facing interface comprising circuitry to interface internally with the IP block;
• and
• a system-facing interface comprising circuitry to provide a standardized load interface for a firmware of the IP block.

An integrated circuit, comprising:

• a first interface configured to communicatively couple to an intellectual property (IP) block;
• a second interface configured to communicatively couple to a system-on-a-chip (SoC);
• and
• circuitry to provide bridge and wrapper functionality between the IP block and the SoC, wherein the bridge and wrapper functionality are to provide a standardized and architecture-agnostic load flow to load a firmware to the IP block, and to carry out the load flow in a manner specific to an architecture of the IP block.