KFAR SABA, Israel-M-Systems’ Fortress Security Division and Emblaze Semiconductor have teamed to develop embedded security solutions for next-generation multimedia processors for the mobile industry.
Emblaze will integrate M-Systems SuperMAP low-power cryptographic coprocessors, software protocols and application program interfaces into its semiconductor products and make them available to the mobile industry.
“As the capabilities of handsets become more complex, so do the security needs. Content providers want to secure rights preventing copying and illegal usage, m-commerce requires secure transactions and network wireless access requires VPN-like connections. Additionally, the carriers are looking to secure expensive handsets from theft and code manipulations,” explained Uzi Breier, chief executive officer of Emblaze. “Our collaboration with M-Systems on a highly secure handset architecture provides the device security, DRM and secure connections to meet these strong market demands while keeping power consumption low and preserving high multimedia performance.”
