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February 2, 2004
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ATHENA RELEASES NEW AREA
EFFICIENT FAMILY OF EMBEDDED TERAFIRE® SECURITY COPROCESSORS
T5000 series sets new standard
for area efficient performance
Gainesville, FL - February 2, 2004 - The Athena Group,
the leading provider of high-performance modular exponentiation
intellectual property (IP) cores for public key cryptography,
today announced the introduction of its T5000 series of TeraFire®
security accelerators. Small, fast, and energy efficient,
the T5000 series is designed specifically for embedded applications
and SoC integration.
The T5000 series of TeraFire
coprocessors employ Athena’s proprietary multiplier technology
to deliver low latency computation within stringent area and
power budgets. Like the first two generations of TeraFire
coprocessors, the T5000 series comprises a family of single
core coprocessors that provide a wide range of performance
choices. This greatly simplifies programming and integration
in embedded SoCs. Even with area as low as 75K gates (T5004),
performance remains competitive with many stand-alone public
key cryptography chips - delivering an impressive 350 RSA-1024
private key operations per second. In addition, every member
of the T5000 family is capable of executing large key operations,
up to 4096-bits.
“Athena delivers a tremendous
combination of quality and value”, says Tom Tilden of
Cryptek, a leading provider of Network Security Solutions.
“Athena’s TeraFire IP enabled us to exceed our performance
requirements, even though our area budget was extremely tight.”
TeraFire security accelerator
cores are designed specifically for integrated SoC applications,
with performance levels ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands
of operations per second. A single TeraFire core can do the
work that previously demanded an array, and do it in a fraction
of the area and power. With the addition of the TeraFire T5000
product line, Athena public key security accelerators are
now available in three families, representing the broadest
public key accelerator product line in the industry.
“The T5000 series reflects
the new reality for public key acceleration,” said Dr.
Jon Mellott, Chief Technology Officer of Athena. “For
the new generation of embedded SoC products, security requirements
must be met in the context of demanding latency, power, and
silicon area constraints. Athena’s continued commitment
to innovation is one of the reasons our customers choose TeraFire
security technology.”
Product Description
Each TeraFire core package is delivered as a firm core optimized
to any customer-specified library. The package includes the
core, verification suites, timing and simulation models, and
documentation.
Athena’s IP cores are
designed for efficient implementation and rapid delivery.
The company's proprietary, wholly automated implementation
and verification methodology produces synchronous, testable
IP cores of the highest quality. All Athena IP cores achieve
a score of 95% or better on the OpenMore scale of IP reusability..
About The Athena Group,
Inc.
The Athena Group, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida licenses high
performance signal processing technology that delivers breakthrough
performance, reduced area, and lower power consumption in
a broad range of SoC products. Athena's proprietary technology
powers leading edge applications such as secure e-commerce,
wireless communications, and video compression. In addition
to high value application level solutions, Athena also produces
a full line of signal processing functions suitable for SoC
integration.
Athena was founded in 1986
and is privately held.
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For information on Athena products,
contact:
Pat Rugg, VP Sales and Marketing
The Athena Group, Inc.
5522 NW 43rd St., Suite B
Gainesville, FL 32653
Phone: (352) 371-2567 ext. 110
Toll-free: (800) 741-7440
Email: prugg@athena-group.com
Internet: www.athena-group.com
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