Cryptography Research (CRI), a division of Rambus and
MStar Semiconductor, announced that MStar will license CRI’s CryptoFirewall
security technology for integration into its multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC)
set-top box chips.

 

The advanced security core will help MStar’s customers
provide robust hardware security in their set-top box solutions.

 

Integrating strong security is crucial in our effort to
provide an all-in-one system-on-a-chip solution for the next generation of
set-top boxes,” said Philippe Notton, DTV marketing director of MStar.

 

The CryptoFirewall has an impressive track record, and
will help our next generation set-top box chips meet requirements for
protecting against piracy and other security challenges in the pay TV space,”
Notton added.

 

The CryptoFirewall core is an on-chip, hardware-based
security block that protects cryptographic keys and computations from attack.
Successfully deployed in over 100 million devices, CryptoFirewall
has helped eliminate signal theft in some of the world’s highest-threat
environments.

 

The CryptoFirewall core can prevent the theft of pay TV
broadcast signals, simplify compliance with content owners’ anti-piracy
requirements, and streamline product development.

 

MStar has a proven history of delivering end-to-end semiconductor
solutions for pay TV and various other consumer applications such as TV and
mobile phones,” said Paul Kocher, president and chief scientist at Cryptography
Research.

 

By Telecomlead.com Team
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