Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has announced a significant expansion to its TrustFLEX family, unveiling the CEC1736 Real-time Platform Root of Trust Devices. These devices mark a pivotal advancement in embedded security solutions, addressing the evolving landscape of technology and cybersecurity standards.
The CEC1736 TrustFLEX devices are tailored to cater to a wide array of sectors, including data centers, telecom, networking, embedded computing, and industrial applications. As the demand for secure provisioning grows, Microchip is positioned at the forefront of innovation to meet these requirements effectively.
With a focus on enhancing cyber resiliency, the CEC1736 TrustFLEX devices serve as microcontroller-based platform root of trust solutions. This enables organizations to bolster their security posture and protect critical assets against emerging threats.
One of the key features of these devices is their partial configuration and provisioning with Microchip-signed Soteria-G3 firmware. This streamlines the integration process, reducing development time and ensuring a seamless deployment experience for customers.
Moreover, the CEC1736 TrustFLEX devices are specifically designed to comply with stringent standards such as NIST 800-193 platform resiliency guidelines and Open Compute Project (OCP) requirements. This ensures that organizations can confidently implement hardware root of trust across various markets while adhering to industry best practices.
Nuri Dagdeviren, Corporate Vice President of Microchip’s secure computing group, highlighted the significance of this expansion in the company’s portfolio. He emphasized Microchip’s commitment to simplifying secure provisioning processes from design to deployment, ultimately enabling customers to accelerate their time to market.
In addition to facilitating secure provisioning, the CEC1736 TrustFLEX devices offer modern firmware security features. These include SPI bus monitoring, secure boot, component attestation, and lifecycle management, providing robust protection against both physical and remote threats.
Featuring highly configurable, mixed-signal, advanced I/O CEC1736 controllers with a 32-bit 96 MHz Arm® Cortex®-M4 processor core, these devices offer optimal code execution and data access.
Microchip has also ensured that customers have access to comprehensive development tools to facilitate seamless integration. The CEC1736 TrustFLEX Configurator, part of the Trust Platform Design Suite, enables users to visualize different use cases, configure, and generate provisioning packages for development, prototyping, and production. Additionally, the CEC1736 development board includes a socket for simplified evaluation and development processes.
