Intel unveiled its Heracles chip at ISSCC in February, saying it accelerates fully homomorphic encryption tasks up to 5,000x faster than top Intel server CPUs (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum)

Samuel K. Moore / IEEE Spectrum: Intel unveiled its Heracles chip at ISSCC in February, saying it accelerates fully homomorphic encryption tasks up to 5,000x faster than top Intel server CPUs   —  Fully homomorphic encryption chip speeds operations 5,000-fold  —  Samuel K. Moore is IEEE Spectrum's semiconductor editor.  —  SUMMARY