Protecting Quantum Era Cryptography. Today.
High-performance ECC IP with advanced physical security
In performance-sensitive systems where speed and responsiveness are critical, but area and power constraints are less extreme, FortifyIQ’s FIQ-PKA02B delivers high-throughput elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) with robust protection against physical attacks. Designed for fast and secure SoC integration, the FIQ-PKA02B supports ECDH, ECDSA, and EdDSA operations with low latency and optimized performance per watt. It incorporates FortifyIQ’s advanced multi-layered countermeasures against side-channel analysis (SCA) and fault injection attacks (FIA), ensuring strong security even under active physical threat models. The IP is engineered to meet or exceed rigorous security certification standards across all levels of FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria.
FortifyIQ’s FIQ-PKA02B is a versatile and high-performance IP core for Elliptic Curve Cryptography, supporting ECDH (per NIST SP 800-56A) and ECDSA (per FIPS 186-5). Designed for secure SoC integration in systems with moderate area and power availability, it delivers strong cryptographic performance while maintaining robust physical security. The core supports all NIST P-curves (P-192 through P-571) as well as user-defined curves, enabling flexibility for a wide range of cryptographic protocols. Its architecture features advanced, multi-layered protections against side-channel and fault injection attacks, including input randomization, integrity verification, memory scrambling, error detection codes, and timing-invariant logic. A patented high-performance modular multiplication algorithm enhances speed and efficiency, making the core well-suited for applications requiring rapid cryptographic operations.
Implementation-agnostic and interface-flexible, the FIQ-PKA02B integrates seamlessly into ASICs, SoCs, and FPGAs via AMBA AHB, APB, AXI, or custom memory-mapped buses. Support for internal firmware through RAM or ROM, along with provided hardware abstraction layers (HAL) and software libraries, streamlines deployment and integration. FIQ-PKA02B is engineered to meet security certification requirements across all levels of FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria and has been validated against advanced attack vectors.
