Atonarp is a developer of digital molecular profiling platforms and software applications for healthcare, semiconductor and other industrial markets. Atonarp’s ASTON platform includes a portfolio of fast, high sensitivity mass spectrometers with proprietary software that enable quantitative, rapid gas analysis required in complex in-situ semiconductor manufacturing processes. The product was developed using the Variscite VAR-SOM-MX8M-PLUS system-on-module.

The ASTON platform delivers real-time, chemically specific actionable insights to maximize throughput and yield. One tool can replace multiple legacy tools. At the heart of the platform is critical artificial intelligence (AI) intellectual property. In addition to a security solution that would provide fundamental protection (secure boot & updates, failure recovery, key and certificate management, and secure storage), Atonarp needed to ensure that they could rapidly manufacture and deploy their product with reliable security. Finally, Atonarp needed to ensure that their brand and customers’ trust were protected by having robust security for AI models.

EmSPARK’s secure boot process abstracts the boot, update and failure recovery process from NXP iMX8 applications processor. Atonarp used EmSPARK’s opaque keys and objects, along with the EmSPARK™ Crypto Trusted Application to protect AI models while they are at rest. Finally, Atonarp implemented LUKS key enablement using EMSPARK’s Crypto and Key and Certificate Management Trusted Applications. EmSPARK’s CoreLockr™ API’s use used to seamlessly integrate with product applications.

With the EmSPARK™ solution, Atonarp was able to rapidly deploy secure products at scale, protect AI models on the ASTON platform, and protected their intellectual property.