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Enova® announces sample availability of X-Wall® XO real-time encryption chip for mobile computing systems
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| The X-Wall XO family ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) is engineered specifically to encrypt/decrypt entire hard disk including boot sector and operating system in real-time performance using NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) certified DES (Data Encryption Standard) and TDES (Triple DES) hardware algorithms. |
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X-Wall XO, an IDE crypto gateway, sits between motherboard south bridge and the IDE hard drive. It intercepts, interprets, translates, and relays IDE commands & data to and from the disk drives, encrypting the data with DES and/or TDES strength.
X-Wall XO family comes with 3 (three) different chips. They are:
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X-Wall XO-64, DES 64-bit strength; |
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X-Wall XO-128, TDES 128-bit strength; |
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X-Wall XO-192, TDES 192-bit strength; |
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System performance with X-Wall XO engaged is unaffected. X-Wall XO can be operated with Ultra ATA (Ultra DMA) 66/100/133 compliant disk drives with a throughput of 1.1Gbit/sec. The performance-optimized DES/TDES hardware core engine performs all encryption and decryption. There are no extra software components, eliminating entirely the memory and interrupt overheads.
X-Wall XO requires no device driver and is independent from and invisible to all Operating Systems. As long as the drive is Ultra ATA 66/100/133 compliant, X-Wall XO will work in the system. Once authenticated, its operation is completely transparent to all users. There is no complex GUI involved therefore your regular computing behavior is unchanged. |
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| Key Management with X-Wall XO can be versatile, which includes PIN/Password through Pre-boot authentication, Smartcard, Fingerprint authentication, Single Sign On, or USB type external key token. One or more factor authentications are applicable through the X-Wall XO's unique serial interface or host accessible Application Programming Interface (API). |
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Offers significant performance improvement over traditional software disk encryption solutions |
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Eliminates entirely platform dependency |
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Reduces Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) |
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Provides strong security through hardware-based NIST certified cryptographic TDES engine |
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Requires no user's training
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As the entire hard drive is encrypted, there is no possibility of any secret being left available on the hard drive, including password and “Secret Key.” In an X-Wall XO protected system, there is no simple way to read the data without the right “Secret Key.” Only YOU have the right Key to unlock your data.
The X-Wall XO technology is compatible with all system designs incorporating IDE hard drive technologies. |
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Features |
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Power On Self Test ability to ensure product reliability |
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Versatile Key Management |
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Real-time DES/TDES hardware encryption engine with 1.1Gbit/sec performance |
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128-pin TQFP small form factor |
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Low power consumption |
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System Requirement |
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All Operating Systems |
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Ultra ATA (Ultra DMA) 66/100/133 compliant hard drive |
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