Tachyum adds post-quantum algorithms to universal processor

European universal chip designer Tachyum has added all four post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms to the software distributions for its Prodigy processor.

Adding the quantum-safe PQC algorithms, approved by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology as a global standard last August, ensures data centre deployments using the company’s universal processor are quantum-resistant and future-proofed for data security.

Tachyum’s software engineering team has ported and verified the four quantum-resistant asymmetric algorithms – ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA and Falcon. The Prodigy processor also supports the AES-256 standard, which has already been optimized. Tachyum’s post-quantum cryptography (PQC) will run on all Prodigy platforms.

“Tachyum takes security very seriously – from both a hardware and software perspective – so the development of quantum computer-proof data security methods is critical to us maintaining such a commitment,” said Dr. Radoslav Danilak, founder and CEO of Tachyum. “As such, we will continue to monitor future cryptograph standards to ensure that Prodigy-based systems remain capable of providing the highest level of security and optimum performance for customers and partners.”

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The Prodigy Universal Processor allows data centre servers to dynamically switch between different computational domains such as AI/ML, HPC, and cloud with a single homogeneous architecture. This eliminates the need for expensive dedicated AI hardware and can significantly increase server utilization.

Prodigy integrates 192 high-performance custom-designed 64-bit compute cores, to deliver up to 4.5x the performance of the highest-performing x86 processors for cloud workloads, up to 3x that of the highest performing GPU for HPC, and 6x for AI applications. It is currently developing the chip on a 3nm process technology.