1.11 Pass-through License for CRI Patented DPA Protection

Microchip has obtained a license from Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI, now a division of Rambus) for the DPA patent portfolio, consisting of more than fifty patents. The pass-through licensing enables additional DPA-resistant high-speed cryptographic implementations in the FPGA fabric, if higher performance (or a different algorithm) is needed. Customers do not need to negotiate a separate license with Rambus if they need to incorporate DPA resistant functions in the PolarFire SoC FPGA MSS application or PolarFire FPGA/RT PolarFire FPGA fabric when purchasing “S” devices. For example, ordering code for a PolarFire MPF300T “S” device is MPF300TS-FSCG536I and for a non “S” device is MPF300T-FSCG536I. Ordering code for a PolarFire SoC FPGA MPFS250T “S” device is MPFS250TS-FCG1152 and for a non “S” device is MPFS250T-FCG1152.