Security
CryptoMedia Player Core
Designed to meet the increased demand for improved premium digital content security and the desire to enhance the content secure playback experience, the CryptoMedia Player Core provides a complete and secure hardware IP solution for handling symmetric keys in player devices.
How CryptoMedia Player Core works
Compliant with the highest level security requirements, the CryptoMedia Player Core enables a high-quality digital content secure playback and ownership experience by allowing consumers to easily and securely play 4K Ultra HD and High Dynamic Range (HDR) content across multiple devices. It is an easy-to-integrate hardware IP core designed to securely handle symmetric key for a range of devices including smart TVs, tablets, smartphones, and set-top-boxes.
Solution Offerings
Deliverables
CryptoMedia Player Core design file:
- Encrypted Verilog RTL
Full documentation:
- Hardware Interface Specification
- Software Interface Specification
- Manufacturing Test and Personalization Specification
Integration deliverables:
- SDC constraint file for ASIC synthesis
- Timing check scripts
- Full suite of test vectors
- ANSI C reference driver source code
Smarter than a Smart Card
Set-top boxes (STBs) were initially secured by Conditional Access System (CAS) smart cards. However, this approach is no longer effective. Smart cards cannot prevent unauthorized access to premium 4K and UHD content, as they are not designed to protect the interface between the card and box, or the STB SoC itself. This is one of the reasons why cardless CAS set-top boxes, equipped with a hardware-based root-of-trust, are increasing in popularity amongst major operators. A hardware root-of-trust, provided by platforms such as Rambus’ CryptoMedia, offers operators robust security protection with an integrated security core that acts to effectively decrease potential attack vectors.
