Open-source non-profit foundation, The prpl Foundation, focused on enabling next-generation data center-to-device portable software and virtualised architectures, recently announced the formal organisation of its Security PEG (prpl Engineering Group).
Founding members of the Security PEG include Broadcom, CUPP Computing, Elliptic Technologies, Ikanos, Imagination Technologies, Imperas Software, Ingenic, Kernkonzept, Lantiq (recently acquired by Intel, subject to customary regulatory approvals), Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, Seltech, and others. Each company will contribute members to the Security PEG and its ongoing development efforts, said the Foundation.
The new Security PEG will define a security roadmap to get from today’s software-virtualised solutions to full hardware supported virtualisation, enabling multi-domain security across processors (CPUs, GPUs, NPUs), heterogeneous SoCs and systems built on these technologies including connected devices, routers and hubs. In addition, the Security PEG will define necessary open APIs (application programming interfaces) for various levels of the security stack.
“There is keen interest from companies in a variety of vertical segments in the concept of using hardware-assisted virtualisation to provide multiple independent secure domains that are isolated from one another for security, reliability, and ease-of development and deployment purposes,” said Art Swift, President of the prpl Foundation.
The formation of the prpl Security PEG closely follows the formation of the prplWrt PEG, which is committed to a close collaboration between users, hardware manufacturers, semiconductor companies, and the broader OpenWrt ecosystem to create technology enhancements that support a robust, flexible open source platform suitable for mission critical, highly reliable products using a wide variety of hardware platforms.
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