The Microchpi CryptoAuthentication™ family of solutions offers product designers an extremely cost-effective hardware authentication capability in a wide variety of space-conscious packages. CryptoAuthentication ICs can securely validate a wide variety of physical or logical elements in virtually any microprocessor-based system. The device family supports the latest algorithms approved by cryptographic experts and governments around the world. Hardware security fortifications like full-active metal shields, multiple tamper-detection schemes, internal encryption, and many other features thwart the most determined attacks, providing a world-class level of protection.