Zilog Announces New ZGATE^™ Embedded Security Solution

New MCU-Based Technology Protects Connected Devices from Internet-Based Threats
 

Milpitas, CA and Biel, Switzerland, Nov 12^th, 2012 –Zilog^®, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:IXYS), announces ZGATE^™ Embedded Security, which combines multiple technologies for safer, faster and better deployment of your embedded communication applications. ZGATE^™ Embedded Security incorporates Zilog’s eZ80F91 MCU and full-featured TCP/IP stack with a unique world-class embedded firewall to produce an entirely new technology that offers an additional layer of embedded protection for smarter, safer devices and products.

The eZ80F91 MCU, a member of Zilog’s eZ80Acclaim^™ family of MCUs, is already well-suited to today’s wired and wireless applications requiring Internet connectivity. The addition of the ZGATE^™security layer offers significantly deeper protection against cyber threats and attacks. With many more applications, devices, products and processes demanding increased security, Zilog’s eZ80F91 MCU, embedded with ZGATE^™technology, reduces the incidence of security breaches in many types of products in defense, telecommunications, utilities, transportation, medical and industrial applications.

ZGATE^™ is packed with features, including Ethernet, IP/UDP/TCP/ICMP filtering, extremely low latency, and APIs for event logging. ZGATE’seasily-configurable filtering rules offer static/rules-based filtering, which blocks packets based on configurable rules, and dynamic filtering/stateful packet inspection (SPI), which blocks packets based on the state of a connection. Tests of these packet-blocking filters show dramatically improved network throughput under load.

As more modern devices are exposed to denial of service attacks and emerging threats that affect the functionality of today’s smarter connected devices, ZGATE^™ provides an embedded solution that fits designers’ needs. “Zilog is excited to offer this innovative MCU-based solution to keep in step with the world’s need for stronger security solutions across many embedded applications,” said Steve Darrough, Zilog’s VP of Marketing. “ZGATE^™ is the first and only embedded hardware communication solution that can protect connected devices from the growing number of Internet-based threats.”

Zilog’s ZGATE^™ products are now available for customers that place orders through Zilog’s distribution or representatives. For more information, visit www.zilog.com.

About Zilog, Inc.
Zilog, from its roots as an award-winning Silicon Valley MCU pioneer, has evolved as the MCU division of IXYS Corporation. Zilog has expanded its expertise beyond core silicon to include SoCs, single board computers, subsystems and development tools that allow embedded designers quick time to market in power management, monitoring and metering, motor control, lighting control and motion detection. Zilog is an IXYS company. For more information, visit www.zilog.com.

Zilog^®, eZ80Acclaim^™ and ZGATE^™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Zilog, Inc. in the United States and in other countries.

Contact:

Steve Darrough
VP of Marketing for IXYS-Zilog
(408) 644-6534
sdarrough@zilog.com