NXP Releases EdgeScale for Security's Edge Computing Management Suite

IHS Markit currently projects that there will be more than 70 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2025. Many devices will connect directly to remote cloud-hosted servers, while others require secure computing at the network edge, on the right scale and in the right place. Tom Hackenberg, principal analyst at IHS Markit Embedded Processors, said: "While a generic IoT or cloud may not exist, the market needs a comprehensive network platform that supports diverse edges through a scalable unified device management solution Computing, providing a secure network environment with an end-to-end trusted root. '

Recently, NXP Semiconductors(TM) NV (Nasdaq: NXPI) introduced the Edge Computing Management Suite for Security - EdgeScale. The NXP EdgeScale Suite provides a suite of cloud-based tools and services. Secure manufacturing and registration for IoT and edge computing devices. This solution provides developers with a set of security mechanisms that enable them to leverage the mainstream cloud computing framework in their applications to remotely deploy and manage an unlimited number of edge devices.

NXP's Layerscape-based platform addresses the inherent challenges of IoT deployments by leveraging EdgeScale's cloud architecture with edge nodes, sensors and devices using EdgeScale, which automatically configures software and software updates to remote embedded devices instead of the current cumbersome Manual Flow To ensure operational safety, the EdgeScale Suite leverages NXP's trusted architecture, a unique hardware architecture integrated into every Layerscape chip and offering hardware trusted roots including secure boot, secure key storage, and manufacturing protection , Hardware resource isolation and operation tamper detection and other important functions.

The Layerscape chip family is optimized for a wide range of edge computing systems, from low-power, cost-effective Arm-based single-core 64-bit devices to high-performance 16-core platforms for network, data analysis and compute-intensive machine learning applications.

The EdgeScale Suite provides developers with three levels of management:

1. Click-through dashboards for rapid development and customization 2. Command Line Interface (CLI) for increased control when managing large deployments 3. RESTful APIs for integrating with any cloud computing framework while allowing OEMs to provide themselves Unique end-user experience

Tareq Bustami, senior vice president, NXP Digital Networks, commented: 'People are concerned about the security of IoT lately, so it's imperative for customers to make sure all devices in the field are running the latest certified firmware and applications. On the Layerscape SoC platform Adopting EdgeScale provides our customers with a convenient mechanism for managing security devices for edge computing. '

Sam George, director of the Microsoft Azure IoT at Microsoft, said: "Device security and management are key to the IoT edge success, and the integration of EdgeScale and Layerscape with Azure IoT Edge provides customers with the ability to develop and deploy secure and scalable IoT systems and solutions Effective tool. "The EdgeScale suite will be delivered as part of the Layerscape Software Development Kit (SDK) in March 2018 and will be demonstrated at the NXP Edges during the Embedded Systems Showcase.With EdgeScale's Layerscape Edge Computing Platform, the Cloud Framework Bridging with edge nodes, sensors and devices addresses the inherent challenge of connecting the IoT to the cloud data center.