Atmel has announced the dual support of its Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and Biometric FingerChip solutions within the Softex OmniPass PC Security Client. This helps the PC ODMs and OEMs to obtain a fully integrated TPM and biometric fingerprint sensor solution from a single vendor which includes all hardware and an integrated authentication suite. Atmel's combination improves privacy, eliminates supply chain complexity, simplifies development, and reduces hardware pricing and software licensing costs.
Using OmniPass from Softex, Atmel provides a single supplier integrated solution for the PC market that provides the advantages of both the TPM and FingerChip sensor. Atmel can supply OEMs/ODMs with different combinations of the TPM and FingerChip families. Solutions range from low cost sensor-only options for convenient log on to chipsets with embedded biometric and security coprocessors and a TPM. The TPM offers a high level of security, and a completely embedded and secure processing environment, ensuring complete privacy and security of a user's personal data, biometric data, and associated passwords and secrets. Linking Atmel devices provides multifactor authentication architecture, resulting in improved security. Authentication is required at two levels; if valid information is provided, the TPM unlocks the PC based on your password, and the FingerChip unlocks the PC based upon your fingerprint. This integrated Atmel and Softex solution is available now.
