Crypto is a trend, but now few function is implemented for most application.
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Atmel memory embeds crypto for counterfeit busting
Loring Wirbel(05/15/2007 12:11 PM EDT)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600358
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Atmel Corp. is offering a development kit for a nonvolatile memory surrounded by a 64-bit embedded cryptographic processor. The CryptoMemory can be used for mutual authentication in applications such as smart cards, as well as in anti-counterfeit apps as an alternative to bar code systems.
The memory, offered in densities of 1 to 256 kbits, can be divided into as many as 16 configuration and user sections, each with a defined level of read and write access. Four levels of security can be implemented: free access, password protection using eight sets of read-write passwords, mutual authentication using a choice of four sets of 64-bit keys, and full data encryption. Thus one
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