MIPS Everywhere

Security

Today, an increasing number of SoC designs are incorporating some level of security as a standard feature. This is especially true in digital consumer products, including Set-top boxes (STBs), digital television (DTV), smartcards and mobile devices where protection of digital content is now a requirement. To provide security for content and digital rights management, enabling Advanced Access Content System (AACS) as used in Blu-ray DiscTM DVD systems for example, requires a 'Secure SoC' to support:

  • * Cryptographic acceleration, AES, 3DES, RSA
  • * Trusted environment to run system software and protect sensitive data
  • * Secure peripherals that prevent unauthorized access
  • * Protection against cloning and secret key access
  • * Isolation of the OS and extendibility of application software without compromise

MIPS® Solution

Addressing the needs of a secure environment involves a system-wide approach to provide a combined hardware and software solution. Any solution must take into account not only the system performance and power constraints, but also the diverse application environments across a broad range of vertical markets. To that end, MIPS Technologies offers a platform solution that can be configured and expanded to meet the array of unique

  • Safe SoCTM platformSecurity

The Safe SoC platform is a configurable solution available from MIPS Technologies and 3rd party partners which includes:

    • Cryptographic accelerator IP with AES, 3DES, ECC and RSA support
    • Hypervisor software providing secure virtual processors
    • Digital Rights Management software
  • SmartMIPS®: Architecture extension implemented in the MIPS32® 4KSd processor core, providing a secure MMU, accelerated cryptographic instructions, hacking countermeasures and JVM optimizations.