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Architectures and Processors blog Designing Security and Trust into Connected Devices (IoT)

Designing Security and Trust into Connected Devices (IoT)

February 18, 2016

Less than one minute read time.

Provides an overview of TrustZone technology - including the new topics of TrustZone for ARMv8-M (microcontrollers) and TrustZone CryptoCell

Why Security Matters

Security done well provides the foundations for services, capabilities and user experiences:

Can I stream movies to my tablet/phone/dtv?
Can I replace my username/password with a swipe of a finger?
Can I separate my business applications from my personal ones?
Can I have a “kill switch” that makes my phone worthless if stolen?

ARM Techcon Security 2015.pdf

Architectures and Processors blog

Using SVE in C#

Alan Hayward

.NET 9 introduces SVE support on Arm, allowing users to write simplified vectorised code. This blog gives examples in C# and compares it to C++.
- November 20, 2024
Part 3: Enabling PAC and BTI on AArch64 for Linux

Bill Roberts

Supporting C++ style exceptions and DWARF for Pointer Authentication Codes (PAC) signed pointers.
- November 20, 2024
Part 2: Enabling PAC and BTI on AArch64 for Linux

Bill Roberts

Utilizing Pointer Authentication Codes (PAC) and Branch Target Instructions (BTI) together and optimizations in instruction counts.
- November 19, 2024