Oct 17, 2018   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

Maxim Unveils Industry's First Authenticator IC with SHA3-256 Cryptographic Engine

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Embedded systems designers can now easily and cost-effectively integrate the industry's most advanced crypto-strong authentication into their designs with the DS28E50 DeepCover(®) secure hash algorithm 3 (SHA3-256) authenticator IC from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM). With SHA3-256, the DS28E50 delivers the latest technology for challenge-and-response authentication, providing the strongest defense against counterfeiting, unauthorized usage and other application problems in a secure IC solution suited for teams with limited or no cryptography expertise.

    --  Details about Maxim's security and cryptographic solutions:
        http://bit.ly/secure_authenticators
    --  Details about the DS28E50: www.maximintegrated.com/products/DS28E50
    --  Hi-res image: http://bit.ly/SHA3_Authenticator

Embedded systems continue to come under attack by increasingly sophisticated hackers. Designers are seeking to protect product integrity against aftermarket counterfeits and strengthen guarantees that sensors inside these devices are genuine and not substandard clones. The DS28E50 provides embedded system developers with advanced ability to prevent counterfeiting, aftermarket cloning and unauthorized use of smart, connected industrial, medical and consumer devices.

In addition to providing the industry's first SHA3-256 authentication IC, the DS28E50 also integrates Maxim's patented ChipDNA(TM) physically unclonable function (PUF) technology to prevent the IC-level attacks that are routinely attempted on security ICs. With ChipDNA technology, which is derived from the naturally occurring random analog characteristics of fundamental MOSFET devices, secret keys that protect all DS28E50 stored data are generated only when needed and are never stored on the chip.

Key Advantages of the DS28E50

    --  Cost-Effective, Crypto-Strong Security: The FIPS 202-compliant SHA3-256
        implementation provides a cost-effective, less-complex way to implement
        highly advanced, secure challenge/response authentication to defend
        against counterfeiting and monitor or limit peripheral usage. ChipDNA
        PUF technology strongly protects all device-stored sensitive data from
        security attacks.
    --  Ease of Implementation: Single-contact, 1-Wire® communication
        simplifies interface to end application. The IC includes secured EEPROM
        for end-application data with multiple configurable and irreversible
        memory-protection modes. No device-level firmware development is
        required (firmware is needed for the host-side microcontroller). In
        addition, a factory programming service is available for simplified
        secure key management.
    --  Tiny, Low-Power, Rugged Package: The IC requires just 3.3V, operates
        from -40°C to +85°C, includes ±8kV human-body model (HBM)
        electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, and is housed in a 6-pin, 3mm
        × 3mm TDFN package

Commentary

    --  "Embedded security is definitively one of the largest concerns with
        regards to the IoT, especially in efforts to protect intellectual
        property from compromise," said Tanner Johnson, senior analyst,
        Cybersecurity Technology, IHS Markit Technology. "SHA3-256 is one of the
        newest and most robust cryptographic algorithms available, and any
        solutions that utilize it are ahead of the curve."
    --  "Our latest authenticator benefits applications that require effective
        crypto-secure challenge-and-response authentication for securing
        peripherals, sensor data, usage control and feature setting," said Scott
        Jones, managing director, Embedded Security, at Maxim Integrated.
        "Fortified by the SHA3-256 cryptographic engine and ChipDNA PUF
        technology, the DS28E50 provides industry-leading security to protect
        our customers' equipment."

Availability, Pricing and Support

    --  The DS28E50 is available now at Maxim's website for $0.97 (1000-up, FOB
        USA); also available with select authorized distributors
    --  The DS28E50EVKIT# evaluation kit is available for $65

About Maxim Integrated
Maxim Integrated develops innovative analog and mixed-signal products and technologies to make systems smaller and smarter, with enhanced security and increased energy efficiency. We are empowering design innovation for our automotive, industrial, healthcare, mobile consumer and cloud data center customers to deliver industry-leading solutions that help change the world. Learn more at https://www.maximintegrated.com.



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