ChevinID™

Silicon Security IP

Key features and benefits


  • Hardware-anchored root of trust

    Establishes a verified, tamper-resistant security foundation at silicon level — independent of software or firmware state.

  • Protection against attack, cloning, and hardware trojans

    Detects and resists cyber intrusion, IP copying, device cloning, and malicious logic inserted during fabrication or integration.

  • Runtime feature management and upgrade path

          Enable, disable, or modify device features post-deployment without hardware respins — controlled through encrypted feature envelopes.

  • Post-deployment feature control — a managed revenue stream

cryptographically gates features within the silicon itself, allowing manufacturers to ship a single hardware design and activate, modify, or revoke capabilities after deployment —        by customer tier, licence term, or subscription period. Tiered product lines, paid upgrades, and time-limited feature access are enforced at hardware level, without physical                    intervention or firmware changes.

  • Software key management — reduced operational complexity

    Replaces physical provisioning mechanisms with software-defined key management, lowering integration overhead and supply chain friction.

  • Feature-level product differentiation and revenue control

    Selectively unlock capabilities per SKU, customer tier, or licence agreement — enabling tiered product lines from a single silicon design.

  • Authentication and authorisation of hardware and software functions

    Verifies the identity and permissions of both hardware blocks and software processes before granting execution rights.

  • Vendor-agnostic configuration management

    Software configuration layer operates across multi-vendor silicon environments — no dependency on a single foundry, EDA tool, or IP provider.

  • Secure, controlled feature selection and modification

    Features are cryptographically gated within RTL netlists — accessible only to authorised parties with valid credentials.

  • Flexible use-rights and licence management

    Supports time-limited, quantity-limited, or perpetual use rights — enforceable at the hardware level without reliance on software licence servers.

     

  • Third-party software compatibility

    Designed to interoperate with multiple third-party software stacks — no proprietary middleware lock-in required.

  • Optional cloud-hosted server deployment

    Server component can be cloud-hosted for internet-connected deployments, enabling centralised management at scale across geographically distributed devices.

Ready to secure your supply chain? Get in touch with our team to understand how ChevinID fits your design environment and business requirements.