MStar Semiconductor selects Cryptography Research for robust security in next generation set-top box solution

Provider of TV solutions will include "CryptoFirewall" technology in multimedia video decoding chips

(14.09.11) - Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc., and MStar Semi-conductor, Inc., a provider in silicon solutions for the consumer and communication markets, announced that MStar will license CRI’s "CryptoFirewall" security technology for integration into its multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC) set-top box chips. The advanced security core will help MStar's customers provide robust hardware security in their set-top box solutions.

"Integrating strong security is crucial in our effort to provide an all-in-one system-on-a-chip solution for the next generation of set-top boxes,” said Philippe Notton, DTV marketing director of MStar. "The CryptoFirewall has an impressive track record, and will help our next generation set-top box chips meet requirements for protecting against piracy and other security challenges in the pay TV space."

The CryptoFirewall core is an on-chip, hardware-based security block that protects cryptographic keys and computations from attack. Successfully deployed in over 100 million devices, CryptoFirewall has helped eliminate signal theft in some of the world's highest-threat environments. The CryptoFirewall core can prevent the theft of pay TV broadcast signals, simplify compliance with content owners' anti-piracy requirements, and streamline product development. (Cryptography Research: ma)