Lattice’s New MachX03D FPGA Enhances Security with Hardware Root-of-Trust Capabilities
May 20 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
FPGA Family Simplifies Implementation of
Comprehensive, Flexible and Robust Hardware Security throughout
Product Lifecycle
- Enhances security in computing,
communications, industrial control and automotive systems
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power
programmable leader, today announced the MachXO3D™ FPGA for
securing systems against a variety of threats. Unsecured systems
can lead to data and design theft, product cloning and
overbuilding, and device tampering or hijacking. With MachXO3D,
OEMs can simplify the implementation of robust, comprehensive and
flexible hardware-based security for all system components.
MachXO3D can protect, detect and recover itself and other
components from unauthorized firmware access at every stage of a
system’s lifecycle, from the point of manufacturing all the way to
the system’s end of life.
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Lattice Semiconductor MachXO3D FPGA
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Component firmware is an increasingly popular attack vector for
cyberattacks. According to a report in “MIT Technology Review,”
security vulnerabilities rendered over 3 billion chips in systems
of all types open to data theft via the exploitation of their
firmware1. Unsecured firmware also exposes OEMs to the financial
and brand reputation risks associated with device hijacking (for
use in DDoS attacks) and device tampering or destruction. Failure
to address these risks can negatively impact a company’s reputation
and financial performance.
According to Patrick Moorhead, president and founder of Moor
Insights & Strategy, “Compromised firmware is particularly
insidious as it not only leaves user data vulnerable, but can also
make systems permanently inoperable, disrupting the user experience
and exposing OEMs to liability. FPGAs provide a compelling hardware
platform choice for securing system firmware as they’re able to
perform multiple functions in parallel, making them much faster at
identifying and responding to unauthorized firmware when
detected.”
When used to implement system control functions, MachXO3 FPGA
devices are typically the “first-on/last-off” component on circuit
boards. By integrating security and system control functions, the
MachXO3D becomes the first link in a chain of trust that protects
entire systems.
With MachXO3D, Lattice is enhancing the device configuration and
programming steps in the manufacturing process. These enhancements,
in combination with MachXO3D’s security features, protect systems
by securing communication between the MachXO3D and legitimate
firmware providers. This protection stays in effect throughout the
component’s entire lifecycle, including system manufacture,
transit, installation, operation and decommissioning. According to
Symantec, there was a 78 percent increase in supply chain-related
attacks between 2017 and 20182.
“System developers commonly take advantage of FPGA flexibility
to enhance system functions after deployment,” said Gordon Hands,
Director of Solutions Marketing, Lattice Semiconductor. “With
MachXO3D, we took care to retain that flexibility while adding a
secure configuration block to deliver the industry’s first
control-oriented FPGA compliant with NIST’s Platform Firmware
Resilience specification.”
Key features of the new MachXO3D include:
- Control function FPGA that provides 4K
and 9K look-up tables for implementing logic that instantly
configures at power up from on device flash memory
- On-device regulator for single
2.5/3.3-volt power supply operation
- Support for up to 2700 Kbits of user
Flash memory and up to 430 Kbits sysMEM™ embedded block RAM to
provide more flexible design options
- Up to 383 I/Os, configurable to support
LVCMOS 3.3 to 1.0, and designed to integrate into a wide variety of
system environments with features such as hot-socketing, default
pull-down, input hysteresis, and programmable slew rate
- Embedded security block that provides
pre-verified hardware support for cryptographic functions such as
ECC, AES, SHA, PKC and Unique Secure ID
- Embedded secure configuration engine to
ensure only FPGA configurations from a trusted source can be
installed
- Dual on-device configuration memories
to enable fail-safe reprogramming of component firmware in the
event of compromise
Samples are available. For more information about MachXO3D,
please visit http://www.latticesemi.com/MachXO3D.
About Lattice Semiconductor
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programmable leader. We solve customer problems across the network,
from the Edge to the Cloud, in the growing communications,
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1 Giles, M. (2018, Jan. 5). At Least 3 Billion Computer Chips
Have Spectre Security Hole, MIT Technology Review. Retrieved from
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609891/at-least-3-billion-computer-chips-have-the-spectre-security-hole/
2 Symantec. (2018, February). ISTR: Internet Security Threat
Report. Retrieved from
https://www.symantec.com/security-center/threat-report?om_ext_cid=biz_vnty_istr-24_multi_v10195
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