Advanced security features for intellectual property

Microchip Technology’s dsPIC DSCs and PIC24H MCUs are said to be the world’s first 16-bit devices with advanced security features that allow multiple parties in a collaborative system design to share the memory, interrupts and peripherals of a single chip without compromising their intellectual property (IP). This memory segmentation reduces system costs for OEMs and their design partners by eliminating the need to store programs on separate chips.

Additionally, CodeGuard security, coupled with Microchip’s encryption software libraries, enables secure field upgrades of product firmware. These secure field updates of firmware can be further improved by decrypting the incoming data stream entirely within a secure segment’s resources. CodeGuard security is available onboard the following Microchip devices: PIC24H MCUs, dsPIC33 DSCs, dsPIC30F5011/5013, and dsPIC30F6010A/6011A/ 6012A/ 6013A/6014A/6015. Microchip Technology, www.microchip.com