Serica Semiconductor offers cryptographic ASIC accelerator cards in PCI‑E, Mini‑PCIe, and USB form factors that offload both international (RSA, AES, ECC) and Chinese (SM1‑SM9) algorithms, delivering up to 10 Gbps symmetric encryption throughput with sub‑microsecond latency. The hardware provides standard SDF, IPSec, and TLS/SSL acceleration interfaces, SR‑IOV key isolation for virtualization, and a transparent block‑level encryption engine with format‑preserving encryption to protect legacy data without code changes. Optional post‑quantum lattice crypto and homomorphic encryption modules extend the platform for emerging security workloads.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Enterprises and cloud providers must protect sensitive data while complying with both international cryptographic standards (e.g., RSA, AES) and China’s commercial algorithms (SM1‑SM9). Conventional software‑only encryption incurs high CPU overhead, limited throughput, and cannot guarantee tamper‑resistant key storage, making it unsuitable for high‑speed networking, storage, and virtualization workloads. Additionally, legacy applications often require format‑preserving encryption (FPE) or transparent data‑at‑rest encryption without code changes, which most hardware security modules do not support out of the box.
Solution
Serica Semiconductor delivers high‑performance cryptographic ASICs and accelerator cards in PCI‑E, Mini‑PCIe, and USB form factors that offload both international and Chinese commercial algorithms to dedicated silicon. The devices expose standard SDF, IPSec, and TLS/SSL acceleration interfaces, enabling seamless integration with existing security stacks while achieving multi‑gigabit encryption throughput and sub‑microsecond latency. Built‑in secure key vaults and tamper‑evident packaging provide hardware root‑of‑trust for key management. Virtualization support (SR‑IOV and VM‑aware key isolation) allows multiple tenants to share a single physical accelerator securely. Serica also offers turnkey software kits for transparent on‑the‑fly encryption and format‑preserving encryption, letting legacy databases and file systems encrypt data without schema changes. Advanced IP blocks for lattice‑based post‑quantum crypto, homomorphic encryption, and secure multi‑party computation are available as optional modules for forward‑looking security use cases. All products are delivered with SDKs, driver bundles, and compliance documentation to accelerate deployment in regulated environments.
Target Audience
Primary customers are banks, fintech platforms, cloud service providers, and enterprise IT security teams that need high‑throughput, standards‑compliant hardware encryption, as well as OEMs building secure networking or storage appliances.
Features
- PCI‑E (Gen3 × 8), Mini‑PCIe, and USB 3.0 accelerator cards delivering up to 10 Gbps symmetric encryption throughput per device
- Full algorithm portfolio: RSA, ECC, SHA‑2/3, AES‑GCM, plus SM1, SM2, SM3, SM4, SM7, SM9, with selectable key lengths
- Standards‑compliant interfaces: SDF API, IPSec offload, TLS 1.2/1.3 acceleration, and FIPS‑compatible key storage
- Hardware virtualization: SR‑IOV with per‑VM key isolation and secure context switching for cloud hypervisors
- Transparent encryption engine that intercepts I/O streams at the block level, requiring no application changes
- Format‑preserving encryption (FPE) module supporting FF1/FF3 schemes for legacy data formats
- Optional post‑quantum lattice crypto core and homomorphic encryption accelerator for emerging security workloads
- Integrated tamper‑detect and zero‑erase mechanisms, with secure boot and encrypted firmware updates