New VIA PadLock Security Support in VIA C7â„¢/C7â„¢-M Processors for Windows and Linux Software Developers

New VIA PadLock Security Support in VIA C7â„¢/C7â„¢-M Processors for Windows and Linux Software Developers

New Delhi , December 1, 2005 – VIA Technologies, 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 C7â„¢ processor family for Windows and Linux based security applications in Mobile Notebooks and Personal computers.

Security of information exchanged and stored on notebooks and PCs has become a forefront issue in computing. Hackers intercept online banking, e-trading, peer-to-peer file transfer, VOD, VoIP and even email data transmitted across the Internet and stored locally to steal valuable personal and company identity information.

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 security 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:

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=22&DSCat=161&DCatType=1