Rambus' Cryptography Research, ALi Corporation Sign Architecture License Agreement for DPA Countermeasures

Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc.

, and ALi Corporation (3041 TT), a leading provider of set-top box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solutions, today announced they have signed an architecture license agreement for the use of Cryptography Research's differential power analysis (DPA) countermeasure patents and technologies in ALi's STB solutions. By licensing and integrating DPA countermeasures, ALi is securing its solutions against side-channel attacks at the SoC level. In addition, this license agreement extends to software developed by ALi customers when executed on licensed ALi STB chips. This architecture license agreement follows a separate agreement in which ALi's latest generation of STB chipsets incorporate CRI's