Agile Analog has announced a collaboration with Xiphera, the hardware-based cryptographic solutions expert. The integration of Agile Analog’s agileSecure anti-tamper sensor IP and Xiphera’s digital cryptographic IP cores creates a unified defence solution for the next generation of semiconductor security. This is particularly important as the industry transitions to post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
Chris Morrison, VP Product Marketing at Agile Analog told Electronic Specifier: “As the industry prepares for the post-quantum era, we can no longer afford to view digital cryptography and physical security as separate silos. SoC designers face an increasingly complex threat landscape, demanding security solutions that are both secure and easy to integrate. Our collaboration with Xiphera addresses this challenge. By pairing their cryptographic modules with our configurable process-portable analog security IP, we are giving customers a comprehensive defence solution, and meeting the growing security and system-level protection requirements in modern semiconductor designs.
“Right now, SoC architects are drowning in security complexity, the strongest solutions consist of IP and software from a variety of vendors. Having said that, security shouldn’t feel like a game of Tetris. By aligning Xiphera’s digital crypto cores with our configurable analog IP, we simplify the customer’s experience, while significantly hardening the hardware against real-world threats.”
“Customers look for trusted technology partners that can provide solutions for multiple layers of security architecture,” says Tommi Lampila, CRO at Xiphera. He continues, “By combining our expertise, we are able to help our customers build comprehensive cryptographic and fault protection solutions for their semiconductor designs.”
Xiphera’s PQC algorithms offer essential, mathematically robust protection against future quantum threats. While cryptographic algorithms protect data and communications, semiconductor devices must also be protected against physical attacks and tampering. Combining Xiphera’s quantum-resistant cryptographic IP with Agile Analog’s anti-tamper sensor IP provides a comprehensive security approach for modern semiconductor designs. Integrating Xiphera’s quantum-resistant digital logic with Agile Analog’s real-time analog glitch and tamper detection helps strengthen protection at both the digital and physical levels.
Morrison concludes: “A truly secure semiconductor design requires safeguarding both the digital and physical domains. Robust digital cryptography is the foundation of data protection, but further protections are needed against physical manipulation of the underlying silicon. By combining Xiphera’s world-class cryptographic IP with our advanced analog glitch and tamper detectors, we eliminate these vulnerabilities. Together, we provide designers with a complete, multi-layered security subsystem that protects chips from both remote cyber threats and direct physical attacks.”
