There is a growing need for strong hardware security devices in digital systems today. The level of intellectual property or engineering expertise contained within a product continues to grow and as a result it becomes increasingly imperative for the manufacturer to prevent competitors from fraudulently using that IP to obtain a portion of the revenue stream without the associated development cost.

Many systems and products have the need to combat piracy or securely store information. Secure Microcontrollers satisfy this need at a high cost characterized by presence of unneeded features. CryptoMemory® provides a low-cost alternative solution that focuses mainly on security.

A high-performance secure memory providing 8 Kbit of user memory with advanced security and cryptographic features built in. The user memory is divided into eight 128-byte zones, each of which may be individually set with different security access rights or effectively combined together to provide space for 1 to 8 data files. Features allow for faster firmware development with reduced code space requirements.