MCU and PUF companies sign MOU towards security processor IC

Red Semiconductor and Crypto Quantique have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of an edge computing microprocessor IC “enabling advanced quantum-based security”, according to the companies.

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Red is a fabless semiconductor company and Crypto Quantique has physically un-cloneable security intellectual property – both are based in the UK.

“The chips, created by Red Semiconductor, will use Crypto Quantique’s QDID technology to provide identification and security,” said Red.

Its microprocessors have what it describes as a vector+RISC architecture, suited to “processing of the algorithms and mathematical functions used in AI, autonomy and cryptography”, it said, adding: “Red and Crypto Quantique are confident that higher application security can be achieved by implementing the two companies’ technologies into a single chip where the computation of ciphers and verification of identity takes place in an inaccessible section of the chip from other applications, preventing critical data from being exposed. This combination of technologies will result in an IoT chip whose encrypted data is exceptionally difficult to hack.”

Crypto Quantique has parnerships with companies including STMicroelectronics, Microchip, Renesas and Wurth Elektronik.