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News Release from: Actel Europe | Subject: AES, DES and 3DES cores
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 November 2002
Secure FPGAs gain security core IP
Actel has new Advanced Encryption Standard and Data Encryption Standard IP cores for its nonvolatile Axcelerator, ProASIC, ProASIC Plus, RTSX-S and SX-A FPGA architectures.
Furthering its commitment to offer secure solutions to the marketplace, Actel has released new Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Data Encryption Standard (DES) intellectual property (IP) cores optimised for the company's nonvolatile Axcelerator, ProASIC, ProASIC Plus, RTSX-S and SX-A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) architectures Through Actel and its partners, Amphion Semiconductor, and Helion Technology, customers now have access to design services and a range of encryption cores certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that support AES, DES and triple DES (3DES) algorithms
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Actel has developed the new CoreDES and Core3DES IP cores for its Axcelerator, ProASIC Plus, SX-A and RTSX-S FPGA devices.
Each core includes encryption and decryption capabilities and supports 56 and 168bit keys, respectively.
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Amphion Semiconductor, a leading provider of semiconductor IP for digital video and broadband wireless, has optimised its high-performance AES, DES and 3DES solutions for Actel's Axcelerator, ProASIC Plus and SX-A FPGA families.
The AES encryption and decryption cores are available in standard, compact, high-speed and ultra high-speed versions, enabling customers to choose an implementation that best fits their specific application.
Designed to operate in either DES or 3DES mode, four DES/3DES solutions are available: ultra compact, compact, high speed and ultra high speed.
Helion Technology, a consulting firm with expertise in the development of IP cores for data security applications, is offering three certified AES encryption solutions: Tiny AES, Standard AES and Fast AES.
These cores are available as highly optimised netlists for use with Actel's Axcelerator, ProASIC, ProASIC Plus and SX-A families.
Actel's nonvolatile Axcelerator, ProASIC, ProASIC Plus, RTSX-S and SX-A devices offer levels of design security beyond SRAM-based FPGAs and conventional ASIC solutions and safeguard against copying or reverse engineering of the design.
The Actel Security Resource Centre provides customers, design engineers and managers with information on the fundamentals of security issues and secure FPGA solutions, including technology tutorials, market overviews, white papers, government links and extensive glossaries.
The new AES, DES and 3DES cores are available for purchase directly from Actel, Amphion Semiconductor or Helion.
Free evaluation versions of Actel's CoreDES and Core3DES IP cores are available through the company's sales force.
Documentation is accessible from Actel's website.
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