Microchip and Intel Collaborate for Enhanced IoT Privacy and Security

End-to-End Security and Device Attestation are Crucial to Advancing the Internet of Things

CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 19, 2015 – 

Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced a collaboration with Intel to implement Intel® Enhanced Privacy ID (Intel® EPID) technology into its products. Intel EPID is a sophisticated, proven approach to device authentication that provides both security and privacy for the on-ramp to the Internet of Things (IoT).

At the Intel Developer Forum this week in San Francisco, attendees visiting Intel's IoT Community exhibit can view a demonstration of the Intel EPID Protocol running on Microchip's IoT Security Platform. For those not attending, more information on Microchip's collaboration with Intel is available online at http://www.microchip.com/EPID-081815a.

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