msystems' Security IP Selected by National Semiconductor for New Generation Secured Processor for Automotive Applications
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 4, 2006—
msystems (Nasdaq:FLSH), a leader in smart personal
storage, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with
National Semiconductor Corporation, a high-performance analog company.
Under the terms of the agreement, National will enhance its
product offerings for the automotive market by integrating msystems'
mSafe(TM) SuperMAP(R)-III cryptographic coprocessors within a secure
controller system for automotive applications.
msystems' mSafe SuperMAP family of cryptographic cores implements
sophisticated public key cryptography such as RSA and Elliptic Curve,
as well as conventional data encryption algorithms. These patented,
state-of-the-art software and hardware-based cores are setting attack
counter measures standards amongst the highest in the secure-chip
industry, while maintaining a high level of performance and power
consumption levels.
"We want to provide our automotive customers with the highest
security level available, and we have chosen msystems' cores due to
their silicon-proven experience," said Wolfgang Hoeld, engineering
director, Cores Development Group at National Semiconductor. "With its
mSafe technology and excellent support, msystems offers highly secured
products that have passed all levels of certification."
"We are excited about this opportunity to work with National, a
leading supplier of high-performance analog solutions," said Noam
Kedem, vice president of marketing, msystems. "Automotive products
today are extremely sophisticated, mission critical, and prone to
security hazards of various kinds. By using mSafe, National is able to
minimize its risk and reduce time-to-silicon with our field proven and
smart-card certified technology. mSafe is truly security made
smarter."
About msystems
msystems has been transforming raw flash material into smarter
storage solutions since 1989. From embedded flash drives deployed in
millions of mobile handsets to U3 USB smart drives designed for
leading global brands, msystems creates, develops, manufactures and
markets smart personal storage solutions for a myriad of applications
targeting high growth markets. msystems' product lines include:
-- mDrive (formerly DiskOnKey(R)) U3 USB smart drives for
personal, portable computing
-- mDOC embedded flash drives for mobile handsets and consumer
electronics devices
-- mSIM MegaSIM(R) series high-density SIM cards and mSIM
M.MAR(R) series SIM cards and highly secure cards (available
both from msystems and its subsidiary Microelectronica)
-- mCard, high-quality memory cards for mobile handsets and
digital cameras
-- mTrust (formerly Xkey(R)) end-to-end enterprise access,
control and management solution for USB flash drives and other
removable media
-- mSSD (formerly FFD(TM)) rugged solid state disks for
mission-critical applications
-- mModule (formerly DiskOnChip(R) modular family) modular flash
storage for embedded systems
-- mSafe (formerly SuperMAP(R) family) secure hardware and
software crypto cores
More information is available online at www.m-systems.com.
msystems. made smarter.
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