CryptoAuthentication Integrated Circuits™ Pre-configured help reduce development time and minimize design costs
Providing secure keys is vital to protect sensitive keys from tampering attempts and malicious external attacks. Secure key storage is critical in consumer, industrial, data center, and medical applications, but the process of developing and documenting secure key provisioning can be complex and expensive. Microchip Technology has added ECC204, SHA104 and SHA105 CryptoAuthentication ICs™ to your catalog TrustFLEX, made up of devices, services and tools, in order to facilitate access to secure keys and accelerate the development of prototypes.
ECC20x and SHA10x ICs are hardware-based secure storage devices that have been designed to hide secret keys from unauthorized attacks. The ECC204, SHA104 and SHA105 integrated circuits, which belong to the TrustFLEX platform, already incorporate defined use cases, customizable cryptographic keys and code examples to streamline the development process.
“The addition of ECC20x and SHA10x preconfigured devices to our TrustFLEX platform will facilitate access to Microchip's secure provisioning services for a broader set of applications,” said Nuri Dagdeviren, corporate vice president of Microchip's secure computing group. “By expanding this platform, Microchip continues to enhance its portfolio and further facilitate access to secure authentication ICs specially optimized for high-volume, cost-sensitive applications.”
The ECC20x and SHA10x devices meet the demanding requirements for secure key storage according to the JIL (Joint Interpretation Library) common criteria and have been certified according to NIST's ESV (Entropy Source Validation) and CAVP (Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program) in compliance with the FIPS standard (Federal Information Processing Standard). Secure IC families are designed to implement trusted authentication that protects the confidentiality, integrity and authenticity of data, as well as communications, in a wide variety of systems and applications.
Microchip CryptoAuthentication ICs are small, low-power devices designed to be compatible with any microprocessor or microcontroller. They provide flexible solutions to protect medical devices, industrial devices, battery-powered equipment and disposable applications. Additionally, the ECC204 is a secure storage subsystem with Qi authentication and WPC (Wireless Power Consortium) approval. Visit the Microchip website for more information on the Trust platform and its catalog of security solutions.
Development tools
ECC20x and SHA10x ICs are supported by Trust Platform Design Suite from Microchip, which provides code samples and learning materials and enables the secure transfer of credentials to better take advantage of Microchip's secure key provisioning services. The devices are also supported by MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE), product-specific evaluation cards, and the CryptoAuthLib library.
Prices and availability
The ECC204 ICs are now available and start at $0,52 per unit for orders of 2.000 units, while the SHA104/SHA105 models start at $0,50 per unit for orders of 2.000 units. . For more information and purchases, contact a Microchip sales representative, an authorized distributor or visit the Microchip Purchasing and Customer Services website.
