Densitron's DPX-114 and DPX-115 Include the Atmel AT97SC3201 TPM
Embedded Systems Conference, BOSTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Densitron, a leader in embedded PC products, has chosen Atmel Corporation's
(Nasdaq: ATML) Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for increased hardware security
in their new line of products. Like the PC market, embedded computing
applications, including gaming, require higher levels of security. For this
reason, the new DPX-114 and DPX-115 products will use the Atmel AT97SC3201 TPM
chip. This security module provides a hardware solution for such functions as
RSA encryption/decryption, secure key storage, and SHA (secure hash
algorithm). These functions can be used for a variety of security related
tasks, including locking down the software to the hardware platform, combating
software tampering and piracy, managing digital copyright and licensing, and
safeguarding data transactions both internally or over networks.
Although the DPX-114 and DPX-115 are the first embedded single board
computers to come with an integrated TPM, the TPM and associated security
architecture are fast becoming a standard in the mainstream PC and embedded
markets. The Trusted Computing Group (TCG), whose members include most of the
major companies in the PC and electronics industries, has established the
security architecture as an industry standard for application across four
broad areas: risk management, e-commerce, asset management, and security
monitoring and emergency response.
Densitron's products are used in a wide variety of embedded computing
applications but the company's main success and focus have been in gaming,
particularly in video slot machines. The casino gaming industry, a fast
growing industry in excess of $200 billion worldwide, has always been a
security conscious industry, and has employed many methods to ensure the
security and random outcome of the games.
The gaming industry uses standard encryption and hashing methods in
software to ensure the integrity of the game code and to safeguard against
tampering, hacking or duplication of the games. With the TPM, these methods
can be greatly strengthened and enhanced, and some of the software overhead
reduced by using the TPM hardware solution. In addition, TPMs provide system
developers access to an affordable hardware module delivering a level of
security that has been audited to international standards by independent and
government laboratories. This level of security is impractical to achieve
with proprietary solutions whether they be implemented in hardware or
software. The TPM's random number generator is also very useful in gaming
applications. The high quality random number generator in the TPM
incorporates several sophisticated hardware circuits along with internal
firmware to ensure that random numbers can never be guessed; a significant
improvement over the software pseudo-random number generators typically used
in the past.
According to Craig Stapleton, Densitron's Product Manager for computer
products, "The enhanced performance and security capabilities available with
Atmel's TPM on our new boards give embedded developers the features they need
to help keep control of their intellectual property and safeguard operation
and data. For the gaming industry we see huge benefits in using the TPM
architecture both for standalone games and also for the growing markets for
networked gambling, downloadable games and client-server based games for Class
II tribal gaming. Atmel has provided us with excellent support including
software drivers and API to make integration of the TPM into our customers'
applications straightforward."
Atmel's Product Manager for secure products, Kevin Schutz comments, "It's
exciting to work with innovative companies such as Densitron who are willing
to embrace industry standards like TCG. Extensive engineering has gone into
making the TPM easy to use while still offering world-class data and
communications protection. Incorporating this turnkey chip into a wide
variety of embedded systems is a natural answer for embedded systems
designers."
About Densitron Corporation
Densitron Corporation is a leader in flat-panel display technologies and
embedded PC products. Densitron designs, manufactures and sells industrial
computers, flat-panel industrial monitors, graphic and alphanumeric LCDs,
touch screen display assemblies, and public information display systems.
Densitron specializes in engineering the most cost-effective solution to meet
its customers needs, and has the ability to design and manufacture turnkey
solutions for the handheld, medical, instrumentation, and industrial OEM
markets in America, Asia and Europe. Visit us at http://www.densitron.com and
http://www.gamingboards.com for more information on our products and services.
Densitron Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Densitron Technologies
PLC (LSE: DSN), which is a publicly held company, traded on the London Stock
Exchange.
About Atmel
Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose,
California with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel
designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed-signal,
nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of
system-level integration semiconductor solutions using CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe, and
high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies.
About Trusted Computing Group
The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is an open, industry standards
organization formed to develop, define, and promote open standards for
hardware-enabled trusted computing and security technologies, including
hardware building blocks and software interfaces, across multiple platforms,
peripherals, and devices. TCG specifications enable more secure computing
environments without compromising functional integrity, privacy, or individual
rights. The primary goal is to help users protect their information assets
(data, passwords, keys, etc.) from compromise due to external software attack
and physical theft. For more information, go to
http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org.
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Information:
Densitron's product information may be retrieved at:
http://www.densitron.com/computer
Atmel's product information may be retrieved at:
http://www.atmel.com/products/Embedded/
Press Contact Densitron:
Craig Stapleton
Tel: +1-562-236-1805, Email: marketing@densitron.com
Press Contacts Atmel:
Vicki McCann, Director Marketing Communications - USA,
Tel: +1-719-540-1724, Email: vmccann@cso.atmel.com
Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe,
Tel: +33 1 30 60 70 68, Email: veronique.sablereau@atmel.com
SOURCE Atmel Corporation
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CONTACT:
Craig Stapleton of Densitron,
+1-562-236-1805, or marketing@densitron.com; or media, Vicki
McCann, Director Marketing Communications - USA, +1-719-540-1724,
or vmccann@cso.atmel.com; or Veronique Sablereau, Corporate
Communications Manager - Europe, +33 1 30 60 70 68, or
veronique.sablereau@atmel.com, both of Atmel
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