Microchip adds six secure authentication ICs

Microchip Technology has expanded its family of secure authentication ICs with six new products in its CryptoAuthentication and CryptoAutomotive IC families that meet Common Criteria Joint Interpretation Library (JIL) High rated secure key storage and support certified algorithms that comply with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS).

Microchip said “this portfolio of secure authentication devices lowers the barrier to entry and enables developers of products for new segments and applications to implement trusted authentication to prevent counterfeiting, improve quality control and safeguard the user experience.”

(Source: Microchip Technology)

Five new products were added to Microchip’s portfolio of CryptoAuthentication ICs. Those ICs are hardware-based secure storage that are used to keep secret keys hidden from unauthorized attackers. The new products are as follows:

• ECC204: ECC-P256 signature and hash-based message authentication code (HMAC)
• ECC206: Two-pin parasitic power, ECC-P256 signature and HMAC
• SHA104: Client SHA256 MAC
• SHA105: Host SHA256 CheckMAC
• SHA106: Two-pin parasitic power and client SHA256 MAC

The sixth new device, the TA010 with ECC signature and HMAC, is designed for the automotive market. It is an AEC-Q100 Grade 1-qualified CryptoAutomotive IC that enables OEMs to add secure authentication into their design without requiring costly modifications and to meet security requirements for future generations of their vehicles, said Microchip.

Microchip’s security products are compatible with any microprocessor (MPU) or microcontroller (MCU) and can be used as companion devices to Microchip’s AVR MCUs and Arm core-based MPUs and MCUs. The new devices can be used across a variety of industries such as consumer and medical disposables, automotive and industrial accessory ecosystems, wireless charging and data centers.

The new secure authentication ICs are supported by Microchip’s Trust Platform Design Suite, a dedicated software tool used to onboard these ICs with Microchip’s secure key provisioning service, MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE), product-specific evaluation boards and CryptoAuthLib library support.

All products in the new security portfolio are currently sampling or in production. The devices can be purchased at www.microchipDIRECT.com. The company is exhibiting at Embedded World, March 14-16, Nuremberg, Germany, in Hall 3A, booth #443.