Synopsys PUF Base/Premium

Device identities and cryptographic root keys are at the foundation of every security system. With the explosion of the IoT, new and scalable ways are needed to get these credentials into the billions of connected devices and keep them secure.

Synopsys PUF is the industry-leading and certified PUF IP solution that enables device manufacturers and designers to secure their products with internally generated, device-unique cryptographic keys. Synopsys PUF leverages standard SRAM behavior to generate a device-unique hardware root of trust without storing secret keys. Because it uses a standard IP component available upon initial release of any process technology (SRAM) as a PUF source, Synopsys PUF can be used with any foundry and process-node technology.

Certification is important for security-sensitive applications across markets from IoT, and consumer, to data centers, automotive, industrial, defense, aerospace, and healthcare. Synopsys PUF Premium is the world’s first IP solution to be awarded “PSA Certified Level 3 RoT Component and SESIP Level 3.” This certifies that the IP includes substantial protection against both software and hardware attacks. It allows chip designers to fast-track their products for full PSA Level 3 certification and further helps ensure supply chain integrity, chiplet security, and protection against reverse engineering.

Synopsys also offers an Automotive PUF Premium product variant—the industry’s first PUF IP certified for ASIL B/ISO 26262 functional safety and ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity standards compliance. 

Synopsys PUF can be applied easily to almost any chip – from tiny microcontrollers (MCUs) to high-performance systems-on-chip (SoCs). The IP is FIPS 140-3 ready and has been proven in hundreds of millions of devices certified by EMVCo, Visa, CC EAL6+, PSA, ioXt, and governments across the globe.