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Jun
//php echo do_shortcode('[responsivevoice_button voice="US English Male" buttontext="Listen to Post"]') ?> Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) accelerator startup Niobium has taped out its first chip and raised $5.5 million in seed funding. Niobium’s initial chip will accelerate FHE by a factor of 1,000-5,000 versus standard CPUs, Niobium CEO Kevin Yoder told EE Times. FHE is an encryption scheme that allows computation on encrypted data without decryption, with huge potential for the processing of sensitive data in the cloud. However, it is so computationally intensive that FHE is not currently practical to implement. Hardware accelerators for FHE are emerging from companies including Cornami,…