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SafeNet · Authentec · Inside Secure · Verimatrix · Rambus
Pijnenburg (later: Pijnenburg Securealink) was a developer of
Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) in Vught
(Netherlands). In the 1990s, Pijnenburg became known
for their in-house developed range of cryptographic chips, such as
the PCC100. The development of crypto chips was split-off as Securealink,
where the well-known range of SafeXcell processors was developed.
After chaning hands a number of times, the company is currently
owned by Rambus.
In 1992, Pijnenburg was one of the first companies in the
world to develop a single-chip DES algorithm, the PCC100. The chip was
used by several manufacturers in equipment for financial transactions.
The chip was followed a few years later by the PCC200 RSA chip, and
in 1997 by improved versions of the two co-processors:
the PCC101 (Tripple DES) and PCC201.
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In 1994, Pijnenburg did the backend processing of the so-called
General Crypto Device (GCD),
a universal cryptographic chip that was developed by several parties including
SICAN in Germany and
Philips Crypto BV in the Netherlands.
In the early 2000s, the crypto-division was separated-out and went on
as Pijnenburg Securealink BV. The PCC-range was extended with some
new developments for SSL and crypto-accelerators.
In 2002, Securealink was bought by SafeNet Inc.
in the US for approx. US$ 14 million [1]. Securealink
became part of the Embedded Security Division of SafeNet and developed
the SafeXcel range of cryptographic (co)processors, such as the one
shown here.
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On 26 February 2010, the Embedded Security Division of SafeNet, of which
the former Securealink was part, was aquired by
AuthenTec in the USA.
The SafeXcel-range remained available from them.
In October 2012 it was announced that Apple had agreed to buy AuthenTec.
A month later, on 21 November 2012, Inside Secure in France took over the
Embedded Security Solutions activities from Apple and had thereby
acquired the former Pijnenburg/Securealink division [3].
After Inside Secure had acquired the French/American company
Verimatrix for US$ 145 million in February 2019 [4],
the corporate group name was changed to Verimatrix on 1 July 2019 [5].
On 9 December 2019, the Verimatrix Silicon IP and Secure Protocols business
was acquired by Rambus Inc. in San Jose (USA)
for US$ 65 million 1 [6]. This includes the location in Vught (Netherlands).
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Of this amount, US$ 20 million was conditional, based on projected revenues
for 2020.
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- General Crypto Device (GCD), backend processing
- PPC100, DES 20Mb/s, 1992
- PPC200, RSA
- PPC101, Tripple DES (3DES), 1997
- PPC201, RSA 1024, 1994
- PPC2010, 3DES, RSA, MD5
- PPC2020, embedded ARM-7 processor, 2001
- PCC3030
- SafeXcel (range of processors) 1
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The SafeXcel range of cryptographic processors was acquired by
AuthenTec in 2012.
AuthenTec in turn was acquired by Apple in October 2012, who sold the SafeXcel
range on to Inside Secure a month later.
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1990 Pijnenburg 2001 Securealink 2002 SafeNet 2010 AuthenTec 2012 Apple 2012 Inside Secure 2019 Verimatrix 2019 Rambus
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- Rambus
Boxtelseweg 26A
5261 NE Vught
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)73 6581900
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