OpenTitan Open Source Silicon Root of Trust Now Shipping in Chromebooks
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Summary
Google announces that OpenTitan, the first open source silicon Root of Trust (RoT), is now shipping in commercially available Chromebooks. The security chip, produced by Nuvoton, represents a significant milestone in hardware security after seven years of development with open source communities. The silicon-based Root of Trust provides a foundational security layer for devices, anchoring security properties in hardware rather than software.
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The first OpenTitan part is being produced by Nuvoton, a leader in silicon security.
Google has worked with the open source communities to build OpenTitan, the first open source silicon Root of Trust (RoT).
The RoT is the foundation upon which all other security properties of a device are derived, and anchoring this in silicon provides the strongest security foundation.
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