1308, 2025

SAFE-SU: A Modular Performance Monitor Unit for Secure Hardware Acceleration 

The SMARTY Project has developed SafeSU, a Performance Monitor Unit (PMU) designed to enhance observability and controllability in secure hardware accelerators. SafeSU is AMBA AHB/AXI-compliant and integrates with multicore systems to monitor and manage contention, latency, and resource usage in real time.  Core Functionality  SafeSU consists of three key components:  Interfaces & Programmability   Key Features  Applications  SafeSU is particularly valuable in secure SoC designs, where real-time monitoring of multicore interference

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1108, 2025

Post-Quantum Cryptography Acceleration for Edge Computing 

As quantum computing continues to evolve, existing public-key cryptographic schemes are becoming increasingly vulnerable. To address this, the SMARTY Project is advancing hardware acceleration for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) within edge computing environments.  Led by BSC, the effort focuses on integrating PQC capabilities into the SELENE SoC, a RISC-V-based platform, using High-Level Synthesis (HLS) to accelerate the development of hardware modules that implement two NIST standardization candidates:  Design Highlights  System Integration 

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0608, 2025

W-Band Wireless Prototype: Advancing Quantum-Resistant Communications  

The SMARTY Project is progressing toward a secure, high-speed, short-range wireless link through the development of a W-band prototype (75–110 GHz). This forms a key component of a quantum-resistant transceiver tailored for edge environments where secure communication is required but wired infrastructure is not available.  W-Band Prototype: Current Status  The initial laboratory setup has demonstrated a unidirectional uplink (UL) over a wireless W-band path, while the downlink (DL) remains fiber-based. 

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3107, 2025

Building a Quantum-Resistant Transceiver for High-Speed, Secure Wireless Communication 

The SMARTY Project is advancing secure communications with the development of a quantum-resistant transceiver designed for short-range, high-speed wireless links. This innovation targets edge computing scenarios where fiber connections are unavailable or impractical, and secure, low-latency data exchange is critical.  Technical Overview:  Led by TUE, the prototype transceiver operates in the W-band (75–110 GHz) and is designed for chip-to-chip and short-range node communication. A J-band (220–330 GHz) version is also

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2807, 2025

Power Meets Security: SMARTY’s Ultra-Low Power Processor for PQC & Edge AI  

What if your smart device could learn, protect, and process AI? And all without needing a bulky battery or cloud connection?  That’s exactly what we’re building in SMARTY with our Ultra-Low Power Processor for PQC and Edge-AI which is an innovation that combines next-gen security with AI capability in a compact, energy-efficient chip. As quantum computers advance, traditional encryption becomes more vulnerable. But PQC algorithms are computationally intensive. Because we

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2407, 2025

How SMARTY Is Reinventing Secure Elements for the Quantum Era 

As quantum computing advances, traditional cryptographic systems face growing risks. In response, the SMARTY Project is developing a Quantum-Resistant Secure Element (QR-SE)—engineered to protect data and communication systems from quantum-enabled attacks.  This next-generation SE targets applications where long-term data security is critical, including autonomous vehicles, healthcare, and public sector systems.  Core Technical Focus Areas:  Current Achievements:  What’s Next?  SMARTY’s QR-SE reduces PQC key sizes by over 50% without compromising cryptographic

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1407, 2025

How do we run real-time AI applications at the edge: fast, secure, and with minimal latency?

SMARTY’s Answer: An Enhanced Serverless Engine that’s deeply integrated with In-band Network Telemetry (INT) developed by our partner TKI.  In simple terms, this innovation helps us to deploy AI apps without waiting for a full server to spin up, monitor performance in real time, route traffic intelligently across edge and cloud, and scale instantly and heal automatically. Edge-based systems (like those in smart cars or smart cities) don’t have the

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How can organizations securely share data and services without compromising control?
1007, 2025

How can organizations securely share data and services without compromising control?

That’s not just the future. It’s what we’re building right now at SMARTY through our work on Decentralized Feature Extraction (DFE), it is led by CNIT. The SMARTY project introduces Declarative Cooperation is a policy-driven framework that: Traditional access controls are rigid and prone to breaches. Declarative Cooperation offers: The first release is expected soon  and will be tested in SMARTY’s Telco use case (UC2), where it can boost performance and efficiency in modern

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