NXP Semiconductors N.V., a worldwide leader in advanced secure connectivity solutions, announced that its NXP Layerscape System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms are integrated with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge. The result is that developers can easily create a variety of ready-to-use applications within the rich framework provided by Azure IoT Edge on trusted computing platforms.
The promise of running cloud-based applications on edge devices requires a secure execution environment. Layerscape SoCs enable secure execution for Azure IoT Edge computing running networking, data analytics, and compute-intensive machine learning applications.
“We are pleased to extend our collaboration with†Microsoft†to help accelerate development and adoption of secure edge computing. Microsoft Azure provides a rich cloud environment that our customers depend on,” commented†Tariq Bustami, Senior vice president, NXP Digital Networking. “Azure IoT Edge computing provides important support for edge devices securely connected to the Azure cloud.”
Layerscape SoCs support popular open-source virtualization environments like Linux and Docker containers. Microsoft Azure IoT Edge leverages this capability and enables customers to deploy applications to edge devices within secure Docker containers.
NXP’s approach to security with Layerscape products follow recommendations made by†Microsoft†in a research paper titled “Seven Properties of Highly Secure Devices.”
“SoCs that provide a secure gateway are essential for processing edge services for IoT deployments,” said†Sam George, Director, Microsoft Azure IoT at†Microsoft Corp.”NXP’s integration of Azure IoT Edge with Layerscape means developers can easily deliver IoT solutions to edge devices through secure gateways.”
Layerscape also provides NXP†EdgeScale†tools which can be used by OEMs to remotely and securely provision large numbers of edge compute devices and connect them to Azure IoT services. NXP will demonstrate Azure IoT Edge on Layerscape platforms in the NXP booth 4A-220 during Embedded World.
