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Design Security Solutions
- Download Device DNA demo (requires Spartan®-3A/3AN FPGA Starter Kit)
Protect Your Revenues and Reputation
Our comprehensive security portfolio addresses a wide range of security threats:
- Reverse engineering
- Cloning
- Overbuilding
- Tampering
High performance solutions, served by Virtex®-5 and Virtex-4 FPGAs, include on-chip AES encryption/decription technology with a battery-backed key.
High volume solutions, served by Extended Spartan-3A FPGAs and CoolRunner™-II CPLDs, include technologies such as configuration-data protection, hidden bitstream, active defense, and Device DNA design level security for low cost hardware and software IP protection.
High Volume Design Security
Demo
- Device DNA demo (requires Spartan-3A/3AN FPGA Starter Kit)
Product Brief
White Papers
- Security Solutions Using Spartan-3 Generation FPGAs (PDF)
- Advanced Security Schemes for Spartan-3A/3AN/3A DSP FPGAs
- CoolRunner CPLDs in Secure Applications (PDF)
Application Notes
- CoolRunner-II CPLD Galois Field Multiplier (PDF)
- CryptoBlaze: 8-bit Security Microcontroller(PDF)
- FPGA IFF Copy Protection Using Dallas Semiconductor/Maxim DS2432 Secure EEPROMs (PDF)
Reference Designs
- Low-cost Design Authentication for Spartan-3E FPGAs
- Spartan-3A Device DNA Reader
- PicoBlaze DS2432 Communicator and SHA-1 Algorithm
Articles
- How to Implement High Security in Low-cost FPGAs
- How to Improve Design Level Security with Low-cost Non-volatile FPGAs
- Low-cost Security Solutions with Spartan-3A and Spartan-3AN Platforms (PDF)
- Secure your Consumer Design with CoolRunner-II CPLDs (PDF)
Other Resources
- Protecting FPGA Designs Using Spartan-3 Generation FPGAs (Chapter 15) (PDF)