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Trident Microsystems selects Cryptography Research for pay TV security
September 2011 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc., announced that Trident Microsystems, Inc., has integrated CRI’s CryptoFirewall TM security technology into Trident’s new TSC100 family of STB System on Chip (SoCs). The advanced security measures provide a hardware foundation for conditional access and rights management systems in set top boxes using the Trident TSC100 family of STB SoCs.
The Trident TSC100 family, unveiled at IBC 2011, is part of Trident’s new generation of high-performance set-top box system-on-a-chip (SoCs) designed for the worldwide satellite, cable and IPTV markets. Trident has integrated CRI’s CryptoFirewall security core to provide conditional access companies and operators with robust hardware-level protection against tampering and emulation.
The CryptoFirewall core is an on-chip, hardware-based security block that protects cryptographic keys and computations from attack. The CryptoFirewall core can prevent the theft of pay TV broadcast signals, simplify compliance with content owners’ anti-piracy requirements, and streamline product development.
