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Au10tic™ A7001 security IC in Street Lighting demo

13th January 2011
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NXP Semiconductors N.V. and LUXIM announced a program designed to ensure local public works administrations receive genuine products for use in street lighting. LUXIM, the leading supplier of Light Emitting Plasma™ (LEP) lamps, is joining forces with NXP, a leader in security IC solutions, to help assure component authentication throughout the entire supply chain, so that governments choosing LEP street lights can be confident in the quality, energy efficiency and lifespan of their installations.
The au10tic™ A7001 security IC is based on NXP SmartMX™ technology widely used for securing ID cards, passports and banking smart cards among many other high-security applications. It uses state-of-the-art Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) algorithms for safer key management schemes were the secret key never leave the au10tic™security IC and is not part of the host software The au10tic™ A7001 security IC has built-in hardware tamper resistance to protect the secret key from physical attacks.

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