Verayo, one provider of security and authentication solutions, has just launched its latest generation of RFIC ICs, built around the company's innovating Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF) technology. The very first chip in the new product family, namely the Vera M4H, is here to ensure authentication and security to broader markets, like mass transit tickets, as well as secure IDs and access cards, aside from consumer product anti-counterfeiting, whereas the costs have been the impediment factor of adopting such technology.

“Enhanced security and authentication for RFID solutions will reduce end user uncertainty and facilitate adoption in a diversity of applications,” said Drew Nathanson, Director of Research Operations at VDC Research. “Innovative firms focused on improving these critical components, such as Verayo, are expected to play a significant role in the evolution and continued commercialization of the technology.”

The Vera M4H chip delivers a virtually unlimited number of local authentication events. The company's first unclonable RFID IC, the Vera X512H ensured a low-cost authentication, and demanded a network to access a back-end for authentication with a pre-provisioned number of authentication events. The new M4H's non-networked architecture, unlimited authentication feature enhances the reach of the company's PUF-based RFIDs to wider markets, while still maintaining the technology's significant cost benefits.

“The Vera M4H is an outcome of significant research and innovation at Verayo. The M4H, and the other ICs of this product family, will add to our portfolio of innovative, inexpensive alternatives to traditional cryptography-based RFIDs,” stated Anant Agrawal, CEO of Verayo. “There are many applications in various industries, where pricing pressures work against the cost of adding authentication and security, yet these features are extremely important. With our new chip, we remain committed to utilizing the strengths of our innovative PUF technology to lower the cost of authentication in RFIDs and ultimately open RFIDs to a broader market.”


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