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Infineon introduces first Trusted Platform Module specifically for automotive cybersecurity

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As a computer on wheels, the connected car benefits from the experience of the IT industry. It is easy to integrate and substantially increases cybersecurity—from production to recycling of connected cars. The TPM likewise generates, stores and administers further security keys for communication within the vehicle.

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BMW Research, EURECOM and Technische Universität München collaborating on connected vehicle research

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The increasing application of connected driver assistance systems induces a higher level of complexity in the vehicle IT on-board architecture. Such hardware accelerated cryptography is for example used for operations used in elliptic curve cryptography (ECC).

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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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As the battery cycles, its stores of active lithium and electrolyte are depleted. There, they lose their electrical connection to the anode, becoming inactive lithium that can no longer be cycled through the battery. However, a major issue with lithium metal batteries is low Coulombic efficiency—i.e.,

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