The IEEE Standard 1735-2014 is to protect 3rd party Intellectual Property (IP) Cores used in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tool chains. In collaboration with Siemens EDA MLE has added cryptography support when simulating the XAUI/RXAUI IP Core in the Questa Advanced Simulator. Early 2021 Xilinx discontinued the XAUI/RXAUI IP Cores and handed over maintenance and support to MLE.