Trusted Execution Environment For IoT Devices (ART/329CP) | ASTRI - Hong Kong Applied Science And Technology Research Institute Company Limited

Project Title:

Trusted Execution Environment for IoT Devices (ART/329CP)

Project Reference:

ART/329CP

Project Type:

Platform

Project Period:

01 / 12 / 2021 - 31 / 08 / 2023

Funds Approved (HK$’000):

10,350

Project Coordinator:

Dr Neville Chi-Wai NG

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Sponsor:

Huawei Tech. Investment Co., Limited (Sponsor)
APPOTECH LIMITED (CS) (Sponsor)

Description:

The proposed solution aims to provide a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) to protect application by code and data isolation on IoT devices. With our proposed solution, applications are isolated by a Hardware enforced multiple cells isolation execution environment. The proposed solution enables IP vendors and ASIC companies to strengthen the security of their products, such as wearable, smart sensors and other IoT device. Our solution includes an innovative hardware-software hybrid cell switching mechanism to improve the overall system security. Besides, our solution allows customers to enhance the security of their products with minimal restriction on the RISC-V processor of choice.

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