CRI to provide content security expertise to seamlessly enable fast,
easy and secure access to locally stored digital content across multiple
devices
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus (NASDAQ: RMBS),
today announced it has been selected by the Secure Content Storage
Association (SCSA) to provide security leadership and expertise to the
SCSA efforts. The SCSA is a consortium of companies in the entertainment
and storage space founded by SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK), Twentieth Century
Fox, Warner Bros., and WD, a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company, to
provide consumers with new ways to build digital home libraries. The
SCSA's Project Phenix (working title) initiative will give consumers an
easier and faster way to organize, store and move their high definition
digital movies and TV shows across multiple devices.
The SCSA is focused on developing solutions to make it easy and secure
for consumers to purchase, transfer and view the highest value digital
content across multiple electronic devices while seamlessly
complementing and integrating with online content locker services, such
as the industry backed UltraViolet™ ecosystem. Through the Project
Phenix effort, the consortium will give users the ability to securely
store a copy of these premium digital movies on local hard drives and
flash memory based solutions which then can be accessed for local
playback across all SCSA App-enabled devices including smartphones,
tablets, TV's, set-top boxes, computers, game consoles, USB flash
drives, and uSD cards.
"Consumer flexibility while protecting content in a transparent manner
are the cornerstones of the solutions the SCSA is developing, and we're
pleased to welcome Cryptography Research to the SCSA," said Darcy
Antonellis, President, Warner Bros. Technical Operations. "Cryptography
Research has an extensive track record of helping address security
challenges in content protection through hardware and software
technologies, and will be a valuable participant in our association."
"Content has traditionally been stored on passive media, which does not
take advantage of the on-board processing potential of modern hard
drives and flash media devices," said Paul Kocher, president and chief
scientist of Cryptography Research. "What the SCSA is doing is exciting
as it will create the first digital content solution to truly leverage
the computing power and rapid evolution of modern storage technologies."
For additional information on Cryptography Research visit www.cryptography.com.
About the SCSA
The SCSA is focused on developing technologies to make it easy and
secure for consumers to purchase, transfer and view content across
multiple electronic devices. The SCSA is a consortium of companies in
the entertainment and storage space founded by SanDisk, Twentieth
Century Fox, Warner Bros., and Western Digital. For additional
information or to learn more about the SCSA, please contact inquiries@scsallc.com.
About Cryptography Research, Inc.
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI), a division of Rambus Inc., is a
leader in semiconductor security research and development. Established
by internationally renowned cryptographer Paul Kocher, CRI develops and
licenses innovative technologies in areas including tamper resistance,
content protection, anti-counterfeiting, network security, and financial
services. Over six billion security products are made each year under
license from CRI. Security systems designed by CRI scientists and
engineers protect hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce annually.
Additional information is available at www.cryptography.com.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus is one of the world's premier technology licensing companies.
Founded in 1990, the Company specializes in the invention and design of
architectures focused on enriching the end-user experience of electronic
systems. Rambus' patented innovations and breakthrough technologies help
industry-leading companies bring superior products to market. Rambus
licenses both its world-class patent portfolio, as well as its family of
leadership and industry-standard solutions. Headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, Rambus has regional offices in North Carolina, Ohio, India,
Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Additional information is available
at www.rambus.com.
CRI
EUROPE
Andrew Lloyd & Associates
Carol
Leslie, +44 1273 675100
carol@ala.com
or
UNITED
STATES
Schwartz Communications
Dan O'Mahony, 415-512-0770
cri@schwartzmsl.com
Source: Cryptography Research, Inc.
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