Winbond Electronics Corporation is a leading global supplier of semiconductor memory solutions. The company provides customer-driven memory solutions backed by the expert capabilities of product design, research and development, manufacturing, and sales services. Winbond's memory product portfolio, consisting of Speciality DRAM, Mobile DRAM, Code Storage Flash, and TrustME Secure Flash, is widely used by customers in communication, consumer electronics, automotive and industrial, and computer peripheral markets.

Earlier this year, Winbond Electronics announced that the company had received ISO/SAE 21434 certification from TÜV NORD for Road Vehicles - Cybersecurity Engineering. Winbond is the world’s first memory vendor to receive ISO/SAE 21434 standard certification specifically for road vehicles. The ISO/SAE 21434 standard protects vehicle and automotive security by specifying the requirements to make automotive systems more robust against cyber attacks. It outlines the criteria needed during the concept, development, production, usage, and decommissioning of automotive systems.

Many car manufacturers and their component suppliers make this standard mandatory to significantly improve how cyber threats are managed. The ISO/SAE 21434 standard applies to microcomputers and their components and requires the automotive industry to adapt devices capable of meeting this standard and providing the required protection against cyber threats, according to the company. With its Product Longevity Program for automotive applications requiring long-term support, Winbond is the world’s preferred memory provider, according to Winbond officials.

“With the implementation and certification of a cyber security management system in accordance with ISO/SAE 21434, Winbond has achieved a further important milestone in the implementation of a holistic security approach, which we highly recommend for all original equipment manufacturers and suppliers in such critical sectors as automotive,” says Matthias Springer, Senior Vice President of Functional Safety & Security at TÜV NORD GROUP.

Winbond is the first memory manufacturer to receive this Road Vehicles - CyberSecurity Engineering certification. Earlier the company’s TrustME W77Q Secure Flash received Common Criteria EAL2 and ISO 26262 ASIL-C Ready certifications from SGS Brightsight and SGS-TÜV Saar, respectively. With the prestigious industry-recognized security and safety certifications, TrustME W77Q Secure Flash can simultaneously satisfy the emerging demands for safety and cybersecurity in automotive applications. In addition, Winbond’s code storage flash memory, including Serial NOR, QspiNAND, and OctalNAND, have also received ISO 26262 ASIL-B Ready certifications.

Winbond is headquartered in Central Taiwan Science Park. It has subsidiaries in the USA, including at Hacienda, where it opened its facility in September 2017. The company also has subsidiaries in Japan, Israel, China, Hong Kong, and Germany.

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