Lpc2000

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "microbit" <microbit@...>
To: <lpc2100@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [lpc2100] LPC2106 and FPGA


> Hi Leon,
>
> This kind of thing would be great for many things considering there's so
> much more CPU
> power now. I'd have quite a few apps in mind, but the downer with Xilinx
is
> that the IP
> is not safe when booting like that. I've never really looked further. I
> prefer FPGAs that are
> Flash based, or in many cases a large CPLD will do. Can't have them all I
> guess.
>
> Do you have a way to protect the IP for the FPGA ? I don't even know if
> Xilinx provides
> for encrypted booting on the Spartan etc.

One or two techniques spring to mind, like an encrypted bit stream in the
flash memory. Once it's in the FPGA it's pretty safe. Xilinx has got quite a
lot of info on security, it's an important consideration for many customers.
I've never needed to bother with it, myself.

Leon
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Leon Heller, G1HSM
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