Tuesday, January 14, 2003
Transmeta announced plans to offer a processor with embedded security features for custom made mobile application
A new version of Transmeta's Crusoe TM5800 processor with the built-in security features will be available in the second half of the year, said Walter Sun, a senior product manager at Transmeta.
In September, Intel announced plans to offer security technology built into its microprocessors, code-named LaGrande, within the next few years.
"If security is not inside the processor, and it's in another chip, it's a weak link because you have to communicate with that chip," said Matthew Perry, president and chief executive of Transmeta. "Putting it inside the (main) chip is inherently more secure."
Transmeta said it has received the first silicon test version of the new technology from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world's largest contract chipmaker.
The technology will enable users to store security-related information such as passwords and keys to lock and unlock encrypted, or scrambled, messages inside the processor, which serves as the brains of a computer.
The processor will also include a hardware acceleration engine to speed up processing when strong encryption technologies are used, such as Triple DES. That encryption tends to slow down the computer when used with software, Sun said.
By: DocMemory
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