Based on the 12nm advanced process, the Accseal Leo chip can perform complex multiscalar multiplication (MSM) and number theory transformation (NTT) operations, supports programmable design, and can support accelerated operations of post-quantum cryptography, multi-party secure computing and federated learning, and the chip performance is more than 1,000 times faster than that of traditional CPUs, and the cost can be reduced by 10 times. At present, the engineering sample test has been completed, and mass production and marketing can be achieved in the first quarter of 2024.
Recently, Shenzhen Zhixin Huaxi Information Technology Co., Ltd., a start-up enterprise transformed by the Knowledge Achievement Transformation of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Information Sciences of Tsinghua UniversityThe world's first zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) SOC chip (Accseal Leo Chip) developed by ZKP has been successfully taped out at one time, with completely independent intellectual property rights, breaking the situation that there is no ZKP acceleration chip in the industry, improving the computing efficiency of ZKP and greatly reducing the cost, providing underlying computing power support for the wide application of ZKP and the development of the digital economy.
Academician Yao Chi-chih, Dean of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences of Tsinghua University and the only Chinese winner of the Turing Award, said: "The core technology of the digital economy involves three aspects: data, algorithms and computing power. Cross-cutting information technologies, such as privacy-preserving computing, blockchain technology, and zero-knowledge proofs, will play the role of infrastructure. ”
Academician Yao Qizhi congratulated the success of the world's first zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) SOC chip on its first tape-out, and highly affirmed the Zhixin Huaxi team, the launch of ZKP acceleration chip provides strong computing power support for the data element market, and the first department or industry alliance can jointly use zero-knowledge proof technology to achieve the coexistence of supervision and privacy, verify the compliance and fairness of the use of data elements, and protect data privacy and corporate secrets.
Gao Mingyu, co-founder of Zhixin Huaxi and assistant professor of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Information Sciences of Tsinghua University, introduced that the project first originated from the scientific research project led by Academician Yao Qizhi, bringing together the wisdom and sweat of many elite students in mathematics and computer such as Tsinghua Yao class, Peking University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, etc. At the same time, Assistant Professor Gao Mingyu said that he will continue to lead the Zhixin Huaxi team to deepen the field of privacy computing, overcome technical difficulties, and provide technical support for the development of the digital economy.
The successful development of the world's first ZKP acceleration chip is of great strategic significance in the industry, ahead of overseas counterparts by more than one year, and will bring an exponential increase to the underlying computing power of privacy computing.