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AuthenTec, a provider of security, identity management and touch control solutions, announced that Applied Micro Circuits Corporation has selected AuthenTec's Embedded Security for integration into its new PacketPro multicore process System-on-a-Chip family.

According to a release, the PacketPro family incorporates AuthenTec's SafeXcel EIP-96 Inline Packet Engine, SafeXcel EIP-28 Public Key Accelerator and SafeXcel EIP-75 True Random Number Generator, removing processor load from the PacketPro and enhancing its ability to provide security.

AuthenTec's SafeXcel EIP-96 is a packet engine for multicore SoC designs, accelerating cryptographic operations within the PacketPro device. The EIP-96 also implements data manipulation instructions including data insertion, data removal, data replacement and retrieval. The PacketPro also integrates AuthenTec's SafeXcel EIP-28 PKA.

AppliedMicro's PacketPro includes AuthenTec's SafeXcel EIP-75 TRNG to enhance secure data communications, secure electronic transactions and secure data storage. The TRNG is used to generate keys, initialize vectors, cookies, and generate numbers or bitstreams that are used only once (nonces).

"We chose AuthenTec's industry proven embedded security IP for use in our PacketPro because it adds critical security functionality and high-speed cryptographic features without compromising processor throughput needed for today's complex, high-speed data communications and electronic transaction tasks," said Vinay Ravuri, Vice President and General Manager of AppliedMicro's Processing Products Division. "AuthenTec provided an easy-to-integrate and highly compatible IP offering that helped us achieve the security and performance goals established for this innovative new SoC processor."

"We are extremely pleased that industry leader AppliedMicro chose to integrate our SafeXcel semiconductor IP for use in their innovative new PacketPro processor family," said Simon Blake-Wilson, Vice President of AuthenTec's Embedded Security Solutions. "Our embedded security IP is able to reduce security processing burden on the PacketPro, allowing it additional bandwidth to handle important processing tasks needed for today's complex and converging high-speed networking applications. We look forward to supporting AppliedMicro in its rollout of the PacketPro family and additional embedded security opportunities."

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