Synopsys acquires Elliptic Technologies

3rd July 2015

Synopsys Inc

Jordan Mulcare

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Synopsys has acquired Elliptic Technologies. This acquisition follows Synopsys' recently announced acquisition of Codenomicon and plans to acquire Quotium's Seeker product, demonstrating Synopsys' continued investment in providing the electronics industry with the necessary technology for developing secure products.

Elliptic Technologies' security IP solutions complement Synopsys' DesignWare IP portfolio with products including cryptography cores, security protocol accelerators and processors, Root of Trust embedded security IP modules, secure boot and cryptography middleware as well as content protection IP for integration into SoCs. Synopsys also gains access to an experienced team of R&D engineers who have deep security expertise and are recognised as thought leaders in the security field.

Elliptic's integrated solutions enable the most efficient silicon design and highest level of security to help prevent a wide range of evolving threats in connected devices such as theft, tampering, side channels attacks, malware and data breaches.

Cryptography cores including symmetric and hash cryptographic engines, Public Key Accelerators and True Random Number Generators provide configurability for the essential building blocks of secure systems. Security protocol accelerators and co-processors including symmetric, asymmetric, MAC functions and packet processing support major security protocols such as IPsec, SSL/TLS/DTLS, Wi-Fi, 3GPP LTE/LTE-A, MACsec, SRTP, PKI and storage.

Embedded security IP modules establish secure hardware Root of Trust environments that enable connected devices to securely identify and authenticate themselves to create secure channels for remote device management and service deployment. Secure boot and cryptography middleware allow the distribution of inherited trust in systems and enable provisioning services, anti-cloning protection and anti-counterfeiting using Elliptic's platform security environment.

Content protection IP including HDCP 2.2 and DTCP-IP for HDMI and DLNA-enabled devices protect audio-visual content against unauthorised copying, interception and tampering.

Elliptic's products have been used by leading semiconductor and OEM companies across a wide range of markets. As a founding member of the prpl Foundation's Security Working Group, Elliptic has been dedicated to defining an open security framework for deploying secured and authenticated virtualised services in the IoT and related emerging markets.

The transaction is not material to Synopsys financials. Terms are not being disclosed.