Imagination's smart home key modules and solutions

One of the most critical developments in the consumer electronics are the development of smart homes and the re-emergence of products and services that make smart connected homes a reality. The development of smart products is inseparable from high-performance application processors (or SoCs), most of which run Linux and Android operating systems. Of course, these devices must now be connected to the Internet to facilitate the use of cloud-based services and integration with other products, thereby enabling intelligent and often unattended "smart" operations. Therefore, they are more vulnerable than ever before.

In 2016, we saw several high-level carriers (telcos) homepages and routers being attacked by malware, all of which were caused by security vulnerabilities in the infrastructure. With the large number of smart home devices entering the market, the possibility of attack will become greater, and the security of related products and services becomes a crucial point.

Imagination's smart home key modules and solutions

Security performance must be built in as "standard" and not conceived after the design is complete. ImaginaTIon was aware of this problem early and worked with our SoC partners and OEMs (prototype equipment manufacturers) to ensure they adopted all of the security features on our latest IP core.

ImaginaTIon's smart home key modules and solutions

ImaginaTIon has focused on providing key modules for SoCs for smart homes for many years. We design and license MIPS processors, from microprocessors to high-end CPUs, which enable us to range from interconnected light bulbs and motion sensors driven by M-class cores to efficient home gateways that require multi-threaded MIPS Class I CPUs. The need for surveillance video analysis systems driven by our high-performance P-class CPUs and PowerVR graphics cores.

Integrating new wireless communication standards and the development of microcontrollers are two important opportunities. ImaginaTIon has been working on developing communication technologies for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other (eg 802.15.4, etc.) standards - Ensigma. It is primarily a configurable hardware engine that supports multiple standards. It reduces the power consumption of the entire chip, and its flexible structure allows it to be upgraded as the standard evolves. Our IP-efficient performance reduces SoC power consumption, extends battery life, and allows the overall size of the product to be smaller. Most sensors and actuators can be used for many years in the smart home field.

Safety is also an important factor in smart homes. Imagination has been working hard to create a secure smart home (and IoT) processor for many years, eventually developing OmniShield technology. We adopted the hardware virtualization concept of the enterprise market and applied it to microcontrollers and embedded processors, using hardware security modules to secure boot and hardware boot. This ensures that the software running on the SoC is fully compliant, while virtualization isolates all the features and services running on each virtual machine. For example, on smart home gateways and routers, operators are allowed to run their critical broadband router code as well as some other applications, such as smart home security systems and e-health services, or they can give third-party solution providers access to the gateway. Importantly, it allows the ecosystem of these software to be managed and run independently on a single router using different operating systems.

In smart home devices (such as interconnected light bulbs, heating regulators, smart baths, home appliances, etc.), OmniShield allows the main control functions to be separated from the network protocol stack, so any behavior that wants to interfere with the normal operation of the device will not Affect the network and vice versa. Conversely, this is also prepared for the control function to be upgraded independently of the network protocol stack, so all other interconnected devices can continue to be used when a device is disconnected from the network.

As more smart devices are put into use, it is even more critical to reduce the attack interface and reduce the risk of hackers attacking core services such as home networks.

Creator Ci40 is a development platform for smart home solution vendors. It is equipped with a dual-core multi-threaded MIPS CPU that provides Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 802.15.4 communication standards, including hundreds of sensor and actuator interfaces. And contains all the necessary software to connect the device to the cloud.

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