Rambus Enters Into Partnership Agreement With Barco Silex

(RTTNews) - Rambus Inc. (RMBS) announced that its Cryptography Research Division has entered into a partnership agreement with Barco Silex.

Under the agreement, Barco Silex can develop DPA-resistant solutions that help accelerate time-to-market of security-based products. Barco Silex will utilize Cryptography Research differential power analysis, or DPA, countermeasure technology to help protect against security risks in a variety of point-of-sale applications, including banking, retailing, mass transit, and wireless telecommunications.

DPA is a type of side-channel attack that involves monitoring variations in the electrical power consumption or EM emissions from a target device. These measurements can then be used to derive cryptographic keys and other sensitive information from chips.