Chip Marvell PA800 receive protection against hacking, developed by experts Rambus

Rambus company name is primarily associated with the development in the field of high-speed memory interfaces. Meanwhile, the scope of this developer is much wider. For example, we recently talked about Binary Pixel Rambus technology , which is designed to improve the quality of photos taken by mobile devices. It is learned that the company has selected Marvell to use in one of their products technology to protect against hacking, created by experts Rambus, more precisely, a division of Cryptography Research (CRI).

It is a technology CRI Consumable CryptoFirewall (CCF), implemented by the kernel CryptoFirewall, and use it in a chip PA800. This chip is classified Consumable Security, that is, security chip, which in addition allows electronic devices to authenticate and account for use of the device. Briefly, PA800 - inexpensive chip with a small number of conclusions, which allows devices to authenticate and track its life cycle.

CCF technology has already been tested in practice. It provides resistance to cracking, and attempts to circumvent and make a pirated copy of the device. Kernel functions Verifier CryptoFirewall (VCF)-CCF in the single-chip systems can be implemented in hardware or software.

Source: Cryptography Research