A new technology to combat IC counterfeiting has been released by NXP, a semiconductor solutions provider. The company has licensed technology called Hardware Intrinsic Security (HIS) in collaboration with Intrinsic-ID to better protect computer chips and systems from IP theft.

The idea behind NXP’s solution is Hardware Intrinsic Security’s approach to secure key storage called Quiddikey. Quiddikey is a security feature allowing a device to produce a secret key only when needed and power down without key present.