You could just use a small microcontroller to _emulate_ the RAM over SPI or I2C. All but the very smallest micros would have 128 bits of RAM to store the key eg [MSP430G2001][1] has 128 _bytes_ of RAM [PIC12F508][2] has 50 bytes of RAM (16 bytes for key, 34 bytes free) [PIC10F202][3] has 24 bytes of RAM (16 bytes for key, 8 bytes free) If you really prefer serial RAM, they also exist [23K640][4] is 64kbits/2.7-3.6V [1]: http://www.ti.com/product/msp430g2001 [2]: http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en020094 [3]: http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en020030 [4]: http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/Devices.aspx?dDocName=en539045