Microchip expands the TrustFLEX family with the introduction of the CEC1736 real-time platform Trust Root device

     Microchip Technology makes embedded security solutions more accessible to customers through its CEC1736 TrustFLEX device. The CEC1736 Trust Shield family is a single-chip based platform trust root solution that provides network resilience for data center, telecommunications, networking, embedded computing and industrial applications. As part of the TrustFLEX platform, these devices are partially configured and equipped with Microchip signed Soteria-G3 firmware, reducing the development time required to integrate platform trust roots. These devices also help to quickly track required crypto assets and signature firmware images, simplifying secure manufacturing processes required by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Open Compute Project (OCP) standards.

     Designed to meet NIST 800-193 platform resilience guidelines and OCP requirements, the CEC1736 TrustFLEX device supports the necessary security features to enable hardware roots of trust in a variety of markets. The Trusted Platform Design Suite allows customers to personalize platform-specific configuration Settings, including unique credentials, to support any application, host processor, or SoC booted from an external SPI flash device, extending the root of trust in the system.

     Nuri Dagdeviren, Microchip's vice president of Secure Computing, said: "Microchip has been an industry leader in simplifying the security configuration of devices and platforms of all sizes, from design to deployment. These rich solutions now include trust root devices that comply with the OCP standard. With the pre-configured CEC1736 TrustFLEX family, we are helping to lower the barriers to entry, making it easier for customers to deploy platform trust roots and enabling faster prototyping and time-to-market."

     CEC1736 TrustFLEX supports modern firmware security features such as SPI bus monitoring, secure boot, component authentication, and lifecycle management to ensure that pre-boot and real-time (check time and time of use) environments are protected from both on-site and remote threats. The mixed-signal Advanced I/O CEC1736 controller is highly configurable and integrates a 32-bit 96 MHz Arm® Cortex-M4 processor core and tightly coupled memory to provide optimal code execution and data access.