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Microsemi Secures Extension of Patent License [Travel & Leisure Close - Up](Travel & Leisure Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Microsemi said the company has obtained an extension of its existing Differential Power Analysis (DPA) patent license from the Cryptography Research division of Rambus. The company reported that the patent license extension allows Microsemi to continue providing solutions for the secure booting of third-party processors and FPGAs using the Cryptography Research portfolio of patented DPA countermeasures. According to a company release, Microsemi is the only major FPGA company that currently has a license to use the patented DPA countermeasures, and has implemented DPA-resistant secure programming and boot-up protocols in its SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs. Microsemi will now be able to extend the secure boot protection of these Microsemi devices to other third-party MCUs, DSPs, GPUs and FPGAs used within the same system. Microsemi is currently engaging key customers with the secure boot solution, and is offering the solution as a reference design that runs on Microsemi's standard cryptographically-enabled SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 FPGAs. "It is more critical than ever to prevent persistent malware implants in boot and application code. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, routers and data communications systems together control the world's industrial and communications infrastructure where these threats can be catastrophic," said Bruce Weyer, vice president of marketing and business operations, at Microsemi. Microsemi offers a portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. More information: www.microsemi.com/products/fpga-soc/soc-fpga/smartfusion2. www.microsemi.com/products/fpga-soc/fpga/igloo2-fpga. www.microsemi.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |