Products of the Week: August 19, 2024

Aug. 18, 2024

Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.

The ECC20x and SHA10x ICs are hardware-based, secure storage devices designed to keep secret keys hidden from unauthorized attacks, and the ECC204, SHA104, and SHA105 ICs are preconfigured with defined use cases, customizable cryptographic keys and code examples.

Secure Authentication ICs Speed Development Time, Minimize Costs

Addressing secure key provisioning for securing consumer, industrial, data-center, and medical applications, Microchip Technology added the ECC204, SHA104, and SHA105 CryptoAuthentication ICs to its TrustFLEX portfolio of devices, services, and tools. The ECC20x and SHA10x ICs are hardware-based, secure storage devices that keep secret keys hidden from unauthorized attacks, and the ECC204, SHA104, and SHA105 ICs are preconfigured with defined use cases, customizable cryptographic keys, and code examples.

The ECC20x and SHA10x meet Common Criteria Joint Interpretation Library secure key storage requirements and have been certified by the NIST Entropy Source Validation and Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program in compliance with the Federal Information Processing Standard. The ICs can implement trusted authentication to maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity of data and communications. The ECC204 is also a Wireless Power Consortium-approved Qi authentication Secure Storage Subsystem.

The ECC20x and SHA10x ICs are supported by Microchip’s Trust Platform Design Suite, which provides code examples and learning materials as well as enables the secure transfer of credentials. The devices are also supported by the MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment, product-specific evaluation boards, and CryptoAuthLib library support.

Alix Paultre | Editor-at-Large, Microwaves & RF

Alix is Editor-at-Large for Microwaves & RF.

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.

Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.