SafeNet offers new families of SoC, co-processors for security
SafeNet's extensions to SafeXcel security-processor family include both SoC and co-processor devices.
Loring Wirbel, Contributing Editor -- EDN, May 14, 2009
SafeNet Inc. has expanded its SafeXcel security processor family in two directions. For comprehensive System on a Chip solutions, the company has added SafeXcel-3120 and SafeXcel-3141, designed for accelerating IPsec, Secure Sockets Layer/TLS, McAfee, and public-key operations.
For applications where security is used in a co-processing implementation, SafeNet has added the SafeXcel-1742 and SafeXcel-1746, which take on the tasks from a host processor of packet processing and protocol acceleration of IPsec and other protocols. Both families extend to the newest cryptographic algorithms, including Suite B. The 3xxx SoC family is compliant with FIPS 140-2 Level 3 standards.
The two SoC solutions are based on ARM cores, with the 3141 aimed at higher performance in processing trusted code, while the 3120 is aimed at cost-sensitive applications at the network edge. Datapath functions in the SoC processors utilize classification engines for true in-line and lookaside security functions.
SafeNet also offers QuickSec IPsec and MACsec software for licensing, appropriate for both SoC and co-processor solutions.
