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Cryptographic keys protect production FPGAs, says Microsemi
Microsemi has introduced a secured production programming capability for its FPGAs.
By Richard Wilson - Electronics Weekly, Mar. 15, 2016 –
The firm uses hardware and software to generate and inject cryptographic keys and configuration bitstreams into its FPGAs as a preventative measure against cloning, reverse engineering, malware insertion or leakage of sensitive intellectual property (IP).
Called SPPS, the security package includes the use of "customer" and "manufacturer" hardware security modules combined with firmware and SPPS Job Manager software and security protocols built into every Microsemi's SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 FPGAs.
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