ARM has licensed a security accelerator core from SafeNet Inc. (Baltimore, Md.), a security technology leader in the virtual private network (VPN) market. The move responds to concerns about security in consumer and business applications, from wireless to smart-card chips. . .
ARM has licensed a security accelerator core from SafeNet Inc. (Baltimore, Md.), a security technology leader in the virtual private network (VPN) market. The move responds to concerns about security in consumer and business applications, from wireless to smart-card chips.

The agreement will allow ARM to provide its technology partners with one of SafeNet's cryptographic acceleration cores. A high-performance version of the SafeNet core has already been certified for use in such high-security applications as ATM machines.

The SafeNet IP core licensed by ARM was specifically designed to work with ARM cores. Licensees of ARM cores will be able to integrate an ARM and SafeNet IP core into their own systems-on-chip for such applications as smart cards.

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