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Renesas Technology and Discretix to deploy security for 2.5/3G handsets

December 13, 2004

Renesas Technology and Discretix announced that the Discretix CryptoCell security platform has been selected to be included in the entire range of Renesas' SH-Mobile processors. Renesas Technology Corp., a leader in the mobile processor market is the joint-venture semiconductor company established by Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Discretix is a provider of embedded security solutions for mobile devices and flash based storage.

CryptoCell will be embedded into future SH-Mobile processors at the chipset level providing the mobile device with a much greater level of security. Having a hardware-based solution also improves performance and significantly reduces power consumption, making security functions transparent to the user. CryptoCell also incorporates software components and Device Toolkits that can be used by wireless applications developers when embedding security into their applications.

CryptoCell increases the overall reliability and trustworthiness of a mobile device and the applications that run on top of it. This benefits the entire value chain by lowering the operational costs, increasing the deployment of wireless applications and ultimately driving greater revenues to the service provider. Renesas Technology expects to introduce SH-Mobile processors incorporating the Discretix technology in mobile devices on 2.5G and 3G networks in Asia, Europe and the US in Q3 / 2005.

"By selecting Discretix, we will be able to develop new and innovative security solutions for our OEM customers," said Shinichi Yoshioka, Department Manager, Mobile SoC Design Department, System Solution Business Group at Renesas Technology. "Security is an important foundation of our roadmap going forward. We found the CryptoCell solution to have a clear technology edge that enables us to address both current and future market requirements," he added.

"We are committed to the Japanese market and enthusiastic about the broad range of applications for security, in such a highly developed market," added Edo Ganot, Discretix's EVP Sales and Business Development.