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Secure System Solutions for IT Security

Nowadays, ensuring the security of both content and connectivity is a major issue. Always a leader in IT and PC peripherals, STMicroelectronics has developed a unique portfolio of products to further support the development and deployment of such systems. With extensive experience in secure microcontrollers and System-on-Chip (SoC) devices combined with advanced in-house packaging systems, ST provides innovative solutions for USB and TPM applications.
 
Trusted Computing
In years to come, Trusted Computing is set to become the major IT issue for companies and governments as computer systems become ever more complex and consequently more vulnerable. As always, ST is paving the way with solutions such as the Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a secure microcontroller hardware component with a Low Pin Count (LPC) interface plus embedded software. Sitting directly on the PC or another platform motherboard, TPM provides the first link in the chain of trust. The TPM checks and confirms the platform hardware and BIOS integrity, and can perform higher verification of boot, OS and application integrity. ST's experience in secure microcontrollers, system-on-chip solutions combined with advanced in-house packaging solutions allows us to provide leading edge solutions for TPM applications.

The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) solutions for PC motherboard

At the forefront of Trusted Computing Standard, the new ST19NP18-TPM extends the complete solutions available with ST19WP18-TPM, which has made ST the leader supplier of TCG 1.2 devices for the PC to major motherboard manufacturers. This release of the ST TPM conforms to the latest version of the TCG TPM v1.2 specification, and provides in particular support to Direct Anonymous Attestation (DAA) and secure Field Upgrade capability. The ST19NP18 is based on enhanced NVM technology and confirms ST’s commitment towards advanced process technology. In the near future, the ST23 family will offer a large portfolio with continous improvements in terms of security and performance.
 
USB connectivity solutions

Personal IT security and access control of corporate IT networks may be cost-effectively deployed using solutions based upon secure USB tokens. This is the case for PC-based applications such as secure login, secure email, digital signatures, secure Internet/Extranet/Intranet and remote access. The portability of a USB-based device allow users to carry their secure digital and biometric signatures wherever they go, so they can identify themselves securely on any digital appliance.

USB tokens and cards with USB smartcard ICs

With the 8bit based ST19XT34 device, ST was the first company to release a secure microprocessor with combined ISO 7816 and USB interfaces. We have now expanded our portfolio with a new set of USB products, providing embedded USB library support as well as higher performance based upon a 32-bit CPU architecture. The ST22T064-USB is the first in a new range of 32-bit secure microcontrollers provided in System-on-Chip form with embedded software libraries for fast development and deployment.
The ST22T064 implements a full-speed interface giving outstanding performance for applications demanding high-speed data transmissions. Key benefits include an on-chip clock recovery circuit, making ST ICs the most highly-integrated solutions currently available, requiring no external components. The ST22T064 is compliant with Windows XP standard CCID driver allowing easy system integration. In addition, other USB classes like mass storage can be implemented.

 
Product Selector

Smartcard ST19 Platform ICs

32-bit Platform ICs

 
TPM System-on-Chip solutions
A: ST19WP18-TPM/ST19NP18-TPM + drivers
B: ST19WP18-TPM/ST19NP18-TPM + drivers + TSS
C: ST19WP18-TPM/ST19NP18-TPM + drivers + TSS + administrative tool
 
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Secure system solutions for IT security (Flyer, PDF)