Ramtron and Revere Security Join Forces

U.S. semiconductor maker Ramtron International Corporation and Revere Security, developer of cryptographic data security solutions, have entered into a partnership to enable the integration of Revere Security’s Hummingbird HB-2 security technology into Ramtron’s nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) products.

Under the partnership, Ramtron and Revere Security will work together on joint product development, joint go-to-market approaches for secure semiconductor solutions, and a roadmap to drive security technology innovation into F-RAM products.

Revere Security technology and services supports Ramtron’s need for industrial-strength cryptographic solutions in applications that benefit from fast communications and frequent key exchanges at low energy consumption. Applications for Revere Security enabled F-RAM memory devices include memory subsystems, wireless access control, smart metering, high-value item authentication, data logging, code storage, electronic registration, and point-of-sale machines.

"Ramtron and Revere Security were founded on technologies that enable the lowest energy consumption for microelectronics and cryptographic security," said Revere Security CEO, Rick Stephenson.

"By adding Revere Security’s technology, Ramtron demonstrates its continued commitment to leadership and excellence in the development of secure, low-power and high-performance semiconductor solutions. Revere Security’s Hummingbird HB-2 technology extends Ramtron’s current AES-128 encrypted product strategy by providing Ramtron customers with both standards-based security and energy-efficient proprietary security options," said Doug Moran, Ramtron’s vice president of research and development. "The standard AES-128 and Revere Security Hummingbird HB-2 approaches can be combined for strong security and system integrity or it can be used independently to optimize speed and power in very secure applications."

The first Ramtron products using Revere Security’s technology are expected this year.