ARM® and Crocus Technology today announce that Crocus has licensed the ARM SecurCore® SC000 ™ processor. Crocus’s new range of secure microcontrollers will combine SecurCore technology with Crocus’s innovative Magnetic Logic Unit™ (MLU) architecture. The combined strengths of these two advanced technologies will enable companies to more easily develop secure, energy-efficient and high-performance new smart card products at low cost.
Digital security has become a key issue for today’s businesses and consumers. This agreement underlines ARM’s commitment to delivering advanced security for the next generation of intelligent digital devices and systems. The ARM SecurCore SC000 processor is the leading 32-bit solution for secure components and products, including SIM cards, smart cards and in-package secure enclaves. The partnership of this processor with Crocus MLU technology delivers an important new product to the market.
“ARM is pleased to be working closely with Crocus to enable and protect our increasingly connected world,” said Noel Hurley, deputy general manager, CPU Group, ARM. “This partnership will build on the strong trust in smart, energy-efficient ARM-based technologies and the networks connecting them. Businesses need to deliver next-generation security at all levels, from smart cards to servers.”