Microsemi's SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs Security Technology Recognized for "Securing the Internet of Things (IoT)" as One of the Top Nine Technologies at Electronica by EE Times

SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs Solutions Offering Secures Machine-to-machine Connections From the Node to the Cloud in the Internet of Things

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Dec 18, 2014, 07:00 ET

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its SmartFusion2® SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2® FPGAs "Securing the Internet of Things" (IoT) solution was recognized by EE Times as a Top Tech at Electronica 2014. EE Times Europe looked at top technologies from Electronica Europe 2014, and ranked Microsemi in the top nine amongst companies looking to secure machine-to-machine connections from the node to the cloud in the IoT. To read the story, visit http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?doc_id=1324637&page_number=4.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies estimates the annual cost of cybercrime and economic espionage to the world economy at more than $445 billion—or almost 1 percent of global income. SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs provide the most advanced design and data security capabilities starting with a robust root-of-trust device with secure key storage capability using the SoC FPGA industry's only physically unclonable function (PUF) key enrollment and regeneration capability from Intrinsic ID. This becomes a seed for Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) where only the chip knows the private key and it doesn't vary. This also allows developers and architects to easily extend the root-of-trust in SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 devices to other components in the system or network which greatly simplifies system security.

"As new products and solutions are developed for the IoT, Microsemi will continue to strive to provide system architects and system designers with the industry's most secure SoC FPGAs for their new IoT applications," said Russ Garcia, executive vice president of worldwide marketing at Microsemi. "We are excited that EE Times recognized our approach to device security as one of the top technologies at Electronica, and a key element to providing secure solutions for the IoT."

SmartFusion2 is also the only SoC FPGA protected from differential power analysis (DPA) attacks using technology from the Cryptography Research Incorporated (CRI) portfolio. Microsemi's programmable logic solutions are used extensively in mainstream applications, critical communications systems and enterprise infrastructure, as well as military, aviation and space applications due to their low power, reliability and protection against Single Event Upset (SEU) occurrences, which can cause binary bits to change state and corrupt data and cause hardware malfunction.

About Microsemi's SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs
Microsemi's SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs are the only devices that address fundamental requirements for advanced security, high reliability and low power in critical industrial, military, aviation, communications and medical applications. SmartFusion2 integrates an inherently reliable flash-based FPGA fabric, a 166 megahertz (MHz) ARM^® Cortex^TM-M3 processor, advanced security processing accelerators, DSP blocks, SRAM, eNVM and industry-required high-performance communication interfaces all on a single chip. For more information visit: http://www.microsemi.com/products/fpga-soc/soc-fpga/smartfusion2.

About IGLOO2 FPGAs
Microsemi's IGLOO2 FPGAs continue the company's focus on addressing the needs of today's cost-optimized FPGA market by providing a LUT-based fabric, 5G transceiver, high speed GPIO, block RAM, high-performance memory subsystem, and DSP blocks in a differentiated, cost and power optimized architecture. This next generation IGLOO2 architecture offers up to five times more logic density and three times more fabric performance than its predecessors and combines a non-volatile Flash-based fabric with the highest number of general purpose I/O, 5G SERDES interfaces and PCIe end points when compared to other products in its class. IGLOO2 FPGAs offer best-in-class feature integration coupled with the lowest power, highest reliability and most advanced security in the industry. For more information visit: http://www.microsemi.com/products/fpga-soc/fpga/igloo2-fpga.

For more information on Microsemi SoC FPGA products, please visit www.microsemi.com or contact [email protected].

About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC) offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and has approximately 3,400 employees globally. Learn more at www.microsemi.com.

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