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D'Crypt to Launch Gigabit Rijndael Cores Under Altera Megafunction Partners Program
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2001--Altera
Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR) today announced that D'Crypt Pte Ltd, a
Singapore based high-tech company that specializes in providing
high-end data security components and solutions, has joined the Altera
Megafunction Partners Program (AMPP(SM)). The first South East Asia
AMPP partner, D'Crypt will offer a set of Gigabit key agile encryption
and decryption cores based on the Rijndael algorithm to Altera
customers developing high-end information security products.
Rijndael is the encryption algorithm selected by the U.S. National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as the proposed new
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptographic algorithm for use by
the U.S. Government to protect sensitive (unclassified) information.
It is anticipated that the algorithm will also be used by the private
sector and outside of the United States.
``We are honored to join the Altera Megafunction Partners Program,''
said Dr. Antony Ng, D'Crypt's chief executive officer. ``The training
provided to us as an AMPP partner allows us to meet the needs of our
mutual customers by providing state-of-the-art intellectual property
(IP) cores optimized for programmable logic devices.''
``We are delighted to collaborate with an established IP provider
such as D'Crypt as our newest AMPP partner,'' said Craig Lytle, vice
president of Altera's intellectual property business unit. ``Their
valuable experience with decryption cores based on the Rijndael
algorithm will benefit our mutual customers who are developing
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) applications.''
About D'Crypt AES Cores
D'Crypt's AES cores are optimized for Altera's APEX(TM) 20KE
programmable logic device (PLD) family and can perform encryption and
decryption, based on the Rijndael algorithm, at rates in excess of
2.5Gbit/s. The encryption core utilizes 6,167 logic elements (LEs)
while the decryption core requires 6,784 LEs. Both the encryption core
and the decryption core require 50 embedded system blocks (ESBs) each,
and can be clocked at 80MHz. They are fully key-agile, and hence allow
the rapid switching of encryption/decryption keys without any
performance penalty.
``Our AES cores use D'Crypt's proprietary transformations to
achieve zero structural key-setup latency on both encryption and
decryption. This allows our cores to achieve key agility and extremely
high throughput at the same time. Our design also achieves symmetric
throughput rates on both the encryption and decryption pipes. This
symmetry in throughput is critical in most applications. These cores
are possibly the fastest of their kind in the world today, and we are
confident that the secure networking as well as secure storage
community will find this product meeting their needs exactly,'' said
Ng.
Licensing fee for the AES IP Core to be used in the APEX device is
US $19,995.
About D'Crypt Private Limited
D'Crypt is a high-value design and development house. The company
delivers full-spectrum leading-edge cryptographic technology and
components that form integral parts of their customer's information
security appliances, systems and applications.
D'Crypt brings a multidisciplinary team of highly skilled
engineers and scientists to work on addressing challenging,
next-generation cryptographic issues. They help customers to
constantly achieve product excellence by supplying them with best of
breed technology that have immediate practical uses and are
full-system secure. More information on D'Crypt can be obtained on the
Internet at http://www.d-crypt.com.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company®, was
founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic
devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user- programmable
semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market
for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and
industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software
development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores,
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with
embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a
single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market
under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the
Internet at http://www.altera.com.
Note to Editors: Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company, the
stylized Altera logo, specific device designations and all other words
that are identified as trademarks and/or service marks are, unless
noted otherwise, the trademarks and service marks of Altera
Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other product or
service names are the property of their respective holders.
Contact:
Altera Corporation, San Jose
Ami Dorrell, 408/544-6879
adorrell@altera.com
or
PR21
Susannah Stanford, 415/369-8105
susannah.stanford@pr21.com
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