New VIA PadLock SDK Extends Security Support in VIA C7™/C7-M Processors for Windows and Linux Software Developers
Easy to use Software Development Kit assists developers in integrating support for the world’s most comprehensive security tools in the integrated VIA PadLock Security Engine
Taipei, Taiwan, 30 November 2005 - VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today released for free download, an enhanced VIA PadLock Security Engine software development kit, which facilitates easy integration of the powerful military-grade security feature set included within the VIA C7™ processor family for Windows® and Linux based security applications.
Integrated directly onto the die of VIA C7/C7-M processors, the VIA PadLock Security Engine builds upon previous generations and offers software developers a comprehensive set of security tools to help strengthen and accelerate the process of data protection without taxing system resources. The extended feature set includes the world’s fastest x86 AES encryption engine, a secure hash engine for SHA-1/SHA-256 processing, a Montgomery Multiplier to accelerate public key encryption such as RSA™, and dual quantum-based random number generators to provide an unshakable foundation for security.
The enhanced VIA PadLock SDK is an easy to use utility that simplifies the integration of support for the full feature set of the VIA C7 processor family based VIA PadLock Security Engine. Comprising a programming guide, source code for both Microsoft® Windows® and Linux operating system, and numerous sample programs for reference purposes, the enhanced VIA PadLock SDK also acts as a source for pieces of code that developers can directly copy into other programs. Offering full backwards compatibility, the enhanced VIA PadLock SDK, not only supports the full security feature set of the VIA C7/C7-M processors, but also the VIA Eden™ and VIA C3™ processors.
“As VIA C7 and C7-M processor systems arrive on the market, we have a real opportunity to implement pervasive secure computing by enabling the power of VIA PadLock,” said Richard Brown, VP of Corporate Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. “When combined with the enhanced VIA PadLock SDK, both professional and novice software developers alike can simply and easily integrate the military-grade security offered by the VIA C7 processor family to combat the growing threat of cyber attacks on our PCs and notebooks.”
The enhanced VIA PadLock SDK is available for free download at VIA Arena.
Additional programming resources for the VIA PadLock Security Engine, such as the VIA C5J PadLock programming guide developed by Centaur Technologies, VIA’s processor design subsidiary, can be found on the VIA website.
Further information on the VIA PadLock Initiative, a holistic approach by VIA through hardware and software to enable practical pervasive security in computing, may be found on the VIA website.
