Virtual Platform Management for FPGA

A method comprising:

• powering up an integrated circuit device comprising programmable logic circuitry and a hardened processor;
• launching a hypervisor on the hardened processor;
• when the integrated circuit device has a first load configuration, using the hypervisor to launch a platform management virtual machine to manage the integrated circuit device first and then launching a secure device virtual machine to manage the programmable logic circuitry second;
• and
• when the integrated circuit device has a second load configuration, using the hypervisor to launch the secure device virtual machine first and then the platform management virtual machine second.

An article of manufacture comprising one or more tangible, non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by a hardened processor of an integrated circuit device installed on a printed circuit board, cause the hardened processor to run:

• a hypervisor provided by a first party to manage a plurality of virtual machines;
• a first virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines provided by the first party to perform secure device management of the integrated circuit device and provide an application programming interface (API) accessible to a second virtual machine of the plurality of virtual machines provided by a second party;
• and
• the second virtual machine, wherein the second virtual machine is to perform board management operations associated with the integrated circuit device and communicate with the first virtual machine via the API.