Actel has announced that several of its FPGAs are now usable with cryptographic cores offering DPA (differential power analysis) resistance. Engineers designing with SmartFusion, Fusion, ProASIC 3 and IGLOO devices can now protect their secret keys by implementing the first commercially available cryptographic cores for FPGAs offering DPA resistance. In exposed systems, strong mathematical cryptography is not enough to protect secrets from leaking out of unintended side-channels such as power supply pins or via electromagnetic emanations. The AES, GCM or ECC IP cores are supplied by IP Core, a company which specialises in security and cryptography. Engineers performing cryptographic operations in smart grid or secure radio applications can use the patented protection techniques. Electronica: Hall A5: stand 476
