KiviCore provides lightweight, standards‑compliant cryptographic IP cores for ASIC, FPGA, and microcontroller designs, including post‑quantum KEM, digital signature, and hash functions, with AMBA AXI4‑Lite interfaces and built‑in side‑channel protection. It also offers consulting and co‑design services to help hardware vendors meet IEC 62443, EU CRA, and NIST FIPS 203/204 compliance, accelerating secure‑by‑design integration.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Embedded ASIC, FPGA, and SoC designs increasingly require robust cryptographic primitives that are resistant to quantum attacks and compliant with standards such as IEC 62443 and the EU Cyber Resilience Act. Existing solutions are often bulky, power‑hungry, or lack the necessary integration interfaces, making secure‑by‑design implementation costly and time‑consuming for hardware vendors.
Solution
KiviCore delivers a portfolio of lightweight, standards‑compliant cryptographic IP cores—including post‑quantum KEM (ML‑KEM), digital signature (ML‑DSA), combined KEM/DSA (Box), SHA‑3, and Keccak engines—optimized for ASIC, FPGA, and microcontroller targets. Each core is provided as SystemVerilog RTL with an AMBA AXI4‑Lite interface, minimal logic footprint, and built‑in side‑channel attack mitigation. The company also offers consulting and co‑design services that cover security architecture, IEC 62443‑4‑2 gap analysis, CRA readiness, and end‑to‑end integration support, enabling customers to accelerate time‑to‑market while meeting regulatory requirements.
Target Audience
Semiconductor design houses, ASIC/FPGA vendors, and OEMs developing security‑critical embedded products that must meet industry cybersecurity standards and prepare for post‑quantum threats.
Features
- NIST FIPS 203 (ML‑KEM) and FIPS 204 (ML‑DSA) compliant IP cores with Tiny (area‑optimized) and Fast (performance‑optimized) variants.
- AMBA AXI4‑Lite hardware interface and platform‑agnostic C HAL/API for seamless integration into any ASIC/FPGA design flow.
- Built‑in protection against timing‑based side‑channel attacks and full test‑vector coverage (NIST CAVS).
- Comprehensive evaluation portal offering free, time‑bombed netlist packages, resource‑utilization data, and integration documentation.
- Security consulting services covering secure boot, key management, MACsec/IPsec integration, and compliance assessments (IEC 62443‑4‑2, CRA).
- Rapid technical support with guaranteed response within 8 hours and custom co‑design for ASIC, SoC, FPGA, and embedded electronics projects.