Chain Reaction Develops First Fully Homomorphic Encryption Processor
DigiTimes Highlights Chain Reaction’s Breakthrough in Cloud Privacy and FHE Hardware
A recent DigiTimes feature spotlights Chain Reaction’s pioneering work in bringing Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to market through a dedicated privacy processor chip. The article emphasizes how this Israel-founded startup is leveraging Taiwan’s world-class semiconductor ecosystem to manufacture a chip that can make the public cloud a trusted environment for sensitive data processing.
FHE, a long-sought privacy-enhancing technology, allows data to remain encrypted even while being processed—an essential capability for industries such as pharmaceuticals, finance, aerospace, defense, and government, where regulatory and security barriers have historically limited the use of cloud computing. Chain Reaction’s processor aims to unlock this potential by enabling secure and compliant cloud-based computation.
Designed by Chain Reaction the chip is designed from the ground up for FHE performance. Compared to general-purpose CPUs and GPUs, it offers dramatically better speed and efficiency when handling encrypted workloads. This positions it as a game-changing solution for hyperscale cloud providers like Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure, helping them serve high-compliance customers at scale.
For Taiwan’s server and system integrator ecosystem, the processor creates new growth avenues in encrypted computing. With cloud computing projected to exceed US$2 trillion in market value in the coming years, this hardware innovation aligns with demand across multiple sectors.
The DigiTimes article also notes that Chain Reaction was awarded 1st place in the Semiconductor Application category and will showcase its innovation at the TIE Awards in Taipei, October 12–14.