Long service lives
Defence and strategic equipment may be deployed for years while cryptographic expectations, threats and standards continue to evolve.
BHISMA SHAKTI · PROPOSED INDIA-FOCUSED SECURE PROCESSOR
Secure foundations.
Sovereign futures.
A proposed sovereign secure-compute platform for defence services and all digital infrastructure—combining an Indian RISC-V foundation, dedicated post-quantum cryptography hardware and a hardware root of trust.
BHISMA SHAKTIRISC-V / PQC / ROOT OF TRUST
01RISC-V control core
02PQC hardware acceleration
03Hardware root of trust
04Secure key lifecycle
THE PLATFORM
Built for systems that cannot afford a future rewrite.
BHISMA SHAKTI is a proposed India-focused secure processor platform for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and the digital infrastructure they rely on—from secure networking and telecom gateways to critical controllers and data systems.
It pairs a RISC-V control core for normal software with dedicated hardware blocks for quantum-safe cryptography. Sensitive keys, cryptographic operations and security decisions are designed to remain inside protected hardware domains.
STATUS
SHAKTI is a proposed platform. Its intended first-stage outputs include synthesizable RTL, verification testbenches and an FPGA prototype; it is not represented as a production or deployed processor today.
THE PROBLEM
Long-life equipment needs security that can outlive today’s cryptography.
Strategic and embedded systems may remain in service while today’s public-key cryptography faces future quantum risk. A secure-compute platform must make quantum-safe protection practical without exposing keys or trust decisions to a compromised host.
Software-only limits
Post-quantum algorithms can be computationally demanding when added only in software, limiting practical use in embedded systems.
Compromised interfaces
Secret keys, cryptographic operations and firmware need protection even if a connected host system or interface is compromised.
BHISMA-SHAKTI / PQC CHIP ARCHITECTURE
Your systems.
Our secure foundation.
Explore how the proposed platform brings application software, RISC-V compute and quantum-safe hardware together. Select a layer to highlight its role.
CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE
Proposed platform · First-stage FPGA demonstrator.
Layers illustrate functions, not a physical silicon floorplan.
TRUST, BUILT INTO SILICON
One platform.
Trust at every layer.
A proposed sovereign secure-compute platform—not a generic processor and not a claim of deployed capability.
POST-QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY
Acceleration where it matters
Dedicated ML-KEM and ML-DSA acceleration, with NTT and SHAKE/Keccak support, is intended to make quantum-safe cryptography practical for embedded use.
ROOT OF TRUST
Keys and trust decisions stay protected
Hardware root of trust, protected key storage and lifecycle management are designed to keep sensitive security decisions within protected hardware domains.
SOFTWARE ASSURANCE
Boot only what is authorised
Secure boot and authenticated updates are designed to verify firmware before it participates in an operational system.
HARDWARE PROTECTION
Control access, contain exposure
Secure memory, debug control, zeroization and anti-tamper design measures are intended to reduce exposure through the processor lifecycle.
ONE PLATFORM · FOUR SERVICE CONTEXTS
From all digital infrastructure to the operational edge.
SHAKTI is intended as an adaptable secure-compute foundation that integrators can evaluate for service-specific equipment, secure communications and long-lived digital infrastructure.
ARMY
Secure field systems
NAVY
Protected maritime networks
AIR FORCE
Trusted aerospace electronics
COAST GUARD
Resilient coastal operations
EXPECTED DEFENCE VALUE
A path to quantum-safe embedded security under Indian control.
The proposed platform gives Indian defence and strategic-system integrators a path to evaluate quantum-safe security in embedded equipment. It can be adapted for secure communications, unmanned systems, satellite electronics, strategic gateways and critical-infrastructure equipment while maintaining control over the security architecture, firmware and long-term roadmap.
Its intended scope spans the digital infrastructure that enables operations: secure communications, embedded compute, telecom gateways, critical controllers, data systems and hardware security modules.
SECURE COMMUNICATIONSUNMANNED SYSTEMSSATELLITE ELECTRONICSSTRATEGIC GATEWAYSCRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
INTENDED USES
A secure-compute foundation for high-consequence equipment.
Service & government systems
Secure radios, military gateways and government secure networking equipment.
Space & aerospace
UAV and drone computers, satellite subsystems and aerospace electronics.
All digital infrastructure
Critical-infrastructure controllers, telecom gateways, secure data centres and hardware security modules.
EXPECTED FIRST-STAGE OUTPUTS
From RTL to a demonstrable
quantum-safe processor path.
SYNTHESIZABLE RTL & VERIFICATION TESTBENCHESML-KEM-768: KEY GENERATION, ENCAPSULATION & DECAPSULATIONSECURE FIRMWARE, SDK, APIs & DEVELOPMENT-BOARD INTEGRATIONSECURITY, PERFORMANCE & ASIC FEASIBILITY REPORTS
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