Microchip Technology expanded its Trust Shield lineup with the TS1800 Platform Root of Trust controller and the TS50x secure boot controller, both offering hardware-accelerated post‑quantum cryptography for secure boot, firmware updates, attestation, and certificate handling. The devices support emerging mandates like the European Cyber Resilience Act and CNSA 2.0 and are available via the TrustFLEX platform to simplify PQC-ready deployments. #TS1800 #TS50x
Keypoints
- TS1800 acts as an external Platform Root of Trust with hardware-accelerated NIST-standardized PQC algorithms including ML‑DSA, LMS verification, and ML‑KEM.
- TS50x delivers a PQC-capable secure boot focused on signature verification for systems that do not require the full OCP feature set.
- Both controllers align with NIST SP 800‑193 platform resiliency guidelines and support integration through the TrustFLEX platform to accelerate time to market.
- TS1800 uses an Arm Cortex‑M4F at up to 192 MHz for up to twice the processing performance of previous generations and adds USB 2.0 for faster firmware updates.
- Hardware-based PQC at the root of trust enables secure boot from first power‑on, reducing reliance on software-based initial measurements and easing retrofits from ECC to PQC.