SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/26/08 -- KilopassTechnology, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor non-volatilememory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), today announced that ZoranCorporation, is using Kilopass' extra-permanent memory (XPM) technology in its latest DTV products. TheXPM technology supports security protocols in HDTV integrated processorsand other multimedia products. This version of Kilopass' XPM technology istargeted for 80nm processes. Zoran is an established provider of digitalsolutions for applications in the digital entertainment and digital imagingmarkets and a Kilopass customer since 2004.XPM is used to support the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) andits high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) encryption algorithmsfor transmitting uncompressed digital video streams and for other systemconfiguration parameters.
"We use Kilopass' XPM memory for products that require security," saidGerard Yeh, VP of DTV VLSI Engineering, Zoran. "Kilopass' XPM technologyand support teams help us control costs and add value by storing the HDCPkeys on chip."
"Kilopass' goal is to make XPM the defacto, on-chip, NVM standard foron-chip security applications," said Craig Rawlings, Director of Marketing,Kilopass.
Kilopass began shipping XPM technology in June 2003. To date, its customershave fabricated 30 million units utilizing Kilopass XPM memory. The companywas founded in November 2001 and currently has more than 50 customers. Manyof these customers have embedded the XPM technology in multiple products.
About Kilopass
Kilopass Technology, Inc., afast-growing supplier of embedded NVM intellectual property, leveragesstandard logic CMOS processes to deliver one-time programmable (OTP)structures based on its extra-permanentmemory (XPM) technology. The memory arrays can be used for the storageof firmware, security codes, calibration data and other applicationcritical information.
Kilopass is headquartered at 3333 Octavius Dr. Suite 101, Santa Clara, CA95054, USA. For more information, please visit http://www.kilopass.com,call (408) 980-8808 or email info@kilopass.com.
XPM and XPM Xtend are trademarks of Kilopass Technology Inc. all othertradenames and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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