Patent ID: 11886722
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. A computer program product, comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions are executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
identify a feature of a hardware component for removal from the hardware component;
command a virtual fuse to initially encode a data region associated with operating the feature to prevent computational access to the feature and subsequently blow an electronic fuse to prevent electrical access to the hardware component, wherein encoding the data region and blowing the electronic fuse permanently disables the feature on the hardware component; and
indicate a status that the feature is permanently disabled on the hardware component in response to operating the virtual fuse to permanently disable the feature on the hardware component.