GlobalPlatform Launches Pavona: The First Open Silicon Distribution with Production-Grade Post-Quantum Cryptography
Founding members — including Agile Analog, Analog Devices, Baochip, CrossBar, Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, Meta, University of Oxford, SIMPLE Crypto Association, Qualcomm Technologies, Tenstorrent, Winbond, and ZeroRISC — join community-led initiative to deliver certification-ready, composable silicon IP from datacenter to IoT.
GlobalPlatform today launched Pavona, an open-source silicon distribution that delivers production-quality, certification-ready IP components and reference top-level designs — including the first openly available post-quantum cryptography (PQC) stack for embedded silicon. The distribution includes two successfully taped-out reference designs—a standalone chip root of trust and an integrated root of trust for chiplet architectures fabricated at TSMC 3nm (N3). Pavona provides a composable framework for building secure-by-default silicon aligned with FIPS 140-3 and Common Criteria certification requirements. Twelve founding members have already committed to the initiative, spanning semiconductor manufacturers, AI companies, academic research institutions, and IP providers. The full IP repository, top-level designs, continuous integration dashboards and getting-started documentation are available today at www.pavona.org.
