Innovate UK Project Winner: University of Birmingham
Mihai Ordean – University of Birmingham Innovate UK Project Winner At the University of Birmingham, in the Centre for Cyber Security and Privacy, we have over 15 years of combined experience working on the CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions) architectures. Over the years, we have made multiple contributions to the development of CHERI, with […]
Several CHERI Alliance members win the DSbD competition to deliver new CHERI chips and software
Exciting news for the CHERI community! The winners of the latest Digital Security by Design (DSbD) innovation competitions have been announced, and once again the CHERI Alliance is right at the heart of the action. Across the two competitions – Advancing CHERI RISC-V Devices and Advancing CHERI Tools and Software – eight projects have been […]
lowRISC and Partners to Deliver Commercial-Quality, Open-Source CHERI Secure Enclave with InnovateUK Support
lowRISC CIC and Capabilities Limited, two founding members of the CHERI Alliance, have announced the launch of the COSMIC Project, supported by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and InnovateUK. The 3 year initiative will deliver the first commercial-quality, open-source, CHERI-enabled 64-bit Secure Enclave for application-class system-on-chips (SoCs). By combining CHERI hardware […]
CHERIoT 1.0 Specification Released
Adam Finney – CHERI Alliance 5 November 2025, Cambridge – New Release CHERIoT 1.0 provides a stable, hardware-enforced platform for building memory safe, compartmentalised systems in the microcontroller class. The specification defines the instruction set architecture, language extensions, and the complete compilation and relocation model, enabling developers to build software that is safeguarded against buffer […]
CHERI-seL4 and CHERI-Microkit Released
Hesham Almatary – Capabilities Limited We are happy to release a prototype of CHERI-seL4, an experimental version of the seL4 microkernel with CHERI support. This comes with CHERI-Microkit, a lightweight userspace framework, and a set of exercises and tutorials designed to help developers explore CHERI’s potential in a real microkernel environment. The release is aimed […]
CHERIoT-Ibex Core is Open Sourced to Enable Memory Safe MCUs
Source: https://www.eetimes.com/cheriot-ibex-core-is-open-sourced-to-enable-memory-safe-mcus/
lowRISC and SCI Semiconductor Release Sunburst Chip Repository for Secure Microcontroller Development
“Open source release accelerates path to market for commercial CHERIoT-based secure microcontrollers, supporting industry adoption and innovation.” lowRISC C.I.C. and SCI Semiconductor have announced the release of the open source Sunburst Chip design repository, a major step towards commercialising secure, CHERIoT-Ibex based microcontrollers. This marks a milestone in the DSbD/UKRI-funded Sunburst Project and supports SCI’s […]