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secureSPOT® enables robust security features such as secure boot, Secure Key Management, Secure OTA, anti-rollback, Secure Patching, and Recovery, leveraging Ambiq's SPOT® technology to deliver ultra-low power security services to Ambiq's SoC products. First introduced in Apollo3 Blue in 2018, secureSPOT is now available in many Apollo products.

Additional Documentation

Feature Highlights

Secure Boot

Enhances security with hardened secure boot loader, hardware crypto to perform authentication, and physical memory isolation for critical assets in Apollo4 SoCs.

Secure OTA

Leverages secure boot loader to perform firmware authentication, decryption, and installation with recovery. Enhances security with hardened secure boot loader, hardware crypto to perform authentication, and physical memory isolation for critical assets.

Secure Key Management

Utilizes private keys to access key bank during runtime. Enhances key storage security through hardware crypto (physical isolation), as well as extended key bank access to customer and Ambiq-specific keys.

Secure Debug

Enables crypto hardware plus dedicated hardware to support secure lifecycle states and debug feature enables/disables that can be updated based on debug certificates.

Memory Protection

Provides dedicated hardware to lock various non-volatile memory assets within the SoC.

PSA Certified

PSA Level 1 Certified