The chip budding hardware security requirements. Internet of things (IoT) gradually forming and drive technology for information security more seriously, but because of the Internet of things is still in its infancy, although processor or microcontroller (MCU), the manufacturer can provide with better hardware security chip, but the downstream industry because of the cost, inventory management and market considerations, such as the hardware security requirements of the chip less obvious.
Texas instruments (TI) Taiwan business with career field application engineer director ZhanXunQi observation, in the development of safer crystal were come to the meeting challenges, mainly from the market demand.
Texas instruments (TI) Taiwan business with career field application engineer director ZhanXunQi observation, with embedded system towards LianWangHua, met in the development of safer crystal were upon the challenge, does not come from a technical, but from the demand side of the market.
ZhanXunQi explanation, although Internet information problem is very important, but because the Internet of things market just started, can be connected to the object is limited, and because of the current information collected by the objects can be connected to the less privacy or important information, relative to the customer demand for the information security of the chip is still not obvious, the demand for functional safety more instead.
As the concept of door of guard against theft, people know the importance of maintaining safety, public security is good, but some of the community residents can safely honesty prevails throughout, but after she was once a thief, and began to ask hardware line master to install door lock in the home. There are those who install the horn lock, then think enough to prevent thieves, this is the most basic security; But some fear of stolen, simply drove into electronic combination lock, and anti-theft bolt; A little more elegant, simply adapted fingerprint lock, alarm, alarms and surveillance cameras, through rigorous, avoid organic could let the thief to steal important property.
However, whether the horn locks, anti-theft bolt, fingerprint lock or alarm, surveillance cameras, for households, shall pay the extra cost, to make security upgrade.
ZhanXunQi thinks, safe protection of the embedded system is similar to the above, the concept of semiconductor wafer producers while chip can provide a variety of hardware security protection, but the customer due to cost considerations, in front of the threat has yet to have a lot of information, the information demand for chips is relatively weak. , of course, some customers have pay attention to the information of chip protection, but also because the cost or according to the required level of security and protection, and choose suitable for their own product chip, which is currently at the chip security improvements in the market challenges, but due to the issues of information security is very important, so the crystal film producers also continue to strengthen the hardware information security.
For this reason, in view of the embedded systems market, Texas instruments has been selling high order processor, MCU and other elements, to promote the development of the market. It is understood that the company's advanced micro processor and controller have been added into the encryption standard, and it is safe to import boot (SecureBoot) function to strengthen security.
The company, on the other hand, more advanced processor used in automotive electronic and industrial fields such as machine vision, the future also have plan from 32 bits into 64 bits, in addition to information security at the same time, will be more functional safety.
