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July 23, 2007
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Athena Announces the First
Public Key Microprocessor
Latest addition to TeraFire®
family adds flexibility, performance
Gainesville, FL - July 23,
2007 - The Athena Group, Inc., the world leader in high-performance
modular exponentiation intellectual property (IP) cores for
public key cryptography, today announced the introduction
of its T5200 TeraFire® security accelerator, the first
programmable public key microprocessor. Coupling Athena's
ultra-efficient arithmetic technology and a comprehensive
instruction set, the T5200 delivers both performance and flexibility
for applications ranging from low speed data terminals to
high performance network security appliances.
The T5200 TeraFire core employs
Athena's patented arithmetic technology to deliver low latency
computation within stringent area and power budgets. Software
programmability enables the T5200 family to tackle every mainstream
public key protocol, from RSA and Diffie-Hellman to the myriad
elliptic curve operations and protocols, including the operations
required for NSA Suite B. This unprecedented flexibility gives
the T5200 the capability to adapt to future requirements and
protocols with a simple firmware update, effectively future-proofing
any security implementation.
“The T5200 leverages our
experience delivering prior generations of TeraFire solutions
to our customers,” says Dr. Jon Mellott, CTO of Athena.
“The T5200's programmability, improved performance, lower
power, reduced area, new system integration options, and extra
configuration options enable our customers to more efficiently
reach their business objectives.”
“When we purchased TeraFire
products from Athena we received great products and service,
and gained a partner,” says Doug Whiting, Founder and
Chief Scientist at Hifn. “We needed a fast public key
accelerator with full instruction set programmability and
the ability to perform NSA Suite B for our next generation
devices, and Athena delivered.”
TeraFire security accelerator
cores are designed specifically for integrated SoC applications.
Part of the broadest public key accelerator line in the industry,
Athena's TeraFire cores are available in performance levels
suitable for every application, and have been delivered in
technologies ranging from FPGAs to structured and standard
cell ASICs.
About The Athena Group,
Inc.
The Athena Group, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida licenses signal
processing and security technology that delivers breakthrough
performance, reduced area, and reduced power consumption in
a broad range of SoC products. Athena technology is ideal
for leading edge applications such as secure e-commerce, wireless
communications, and image processing.
Athena was founded in 1986
and is privately held. For more information, please visit
www.athena-group.com.
About Hifn
Hifn (NASDAQ:HIFN) powers network and information security.
Leveraging over a decade of leadership and expertise in data
encryption and compression, we are a trusted partner to industry
innovators for whom security is critical to their success.
With the majority of secure global communications flowing
through Hifn technology, the convergence of security, storage
and assured access drives our product roadmap forward. We
will continue as the first resource for the toughest security
requirements because we anticipate as we innovate in a field
that leaves no margin for error. Hifn sets the industry standards
and technology firsts to secure, compress and assure information
wherever needed. For more information, please visit:www.hifn.com.
Press Contact
Pat Rugg, VP Sales and
Marketing
The Athena Group, Inc.
408 W. University Avenue, Suite 306
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: (352) 371-2567 ext. 307
Toll-free: (800) 741-7440
Email: prugg@athena-group.com
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