The flexibility of programmable logic affords security-critical and safety-critical industries many advantages. However, before Isolation Design Flow (IDF) was developed, in applications, such as information assurance, government contractors and agencies could not realize the full capability of programmable logic due to isolation, reliability, and security concerns, and were therefore forced to use multichip solutions.
To address these concerns, the IDF was developed to allow independent functions to operate on a single chip. Examples of single chip applications include, but are not limited to, redundant Type-I cryptographic modules, or resident safety- and non safety-critical functions.
The successful completion of the AMD Isolation Design Flow allows AMD to provide new technology for the information assurance (IA) industry, as well as, provide safety-critical functions in avionics, automotive, and industrial applications.