Niobium Microsystems

Niobium Microsystems specializes in developing custom silicon components that ensure privacy and security for critical data. The company offers scalable, fully-integrated silicon solutions designed for quantum-proof secure data processing. Their fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) hardware acceleration solution significantly speeds up processing, achieving up to four orders of magnitude faster performance compared to traditional methods. This FHE technology enables Zero Trust Computing applications across various sectors, including cloud computing, data brokering, fraud detection, and medical research.

Niobium Microsystems’ fully integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) solution is recognized as the fastest FHE hardware accelerator available. The company’s low-power PCIe card can be easily inserted into any server, facilitating infinitely scalable FHE computation. Their purpose-built silicon outperforms all other FHE approaches, offering the highest efficiency in the market. Early results from DARPA’s DPRIVE program indicate the FHE SoC is trending toward a 10,000X performance gain over current FHE software solutions, with the hardware acceleration solution being 2,500 times faster than FHE on a typical CPU.

In late Q2 2024, Niobium Microsystems will launch an Early Access Program (NEAP) that provides specialized remote access to their FHE SoC solution, along with training, code development, and audit support. The company has secured $5.5 million in venture financing to commercialize its FHE accelerator chip. Niobium Microsystems operates offices in Dayton, Ohio, and Portland, Oregon.