Axiado’s Trusted Control/Compute Unit™ (TCU™) redefines embedded security by integrating autonomous AI protection directly into silicon.
Unlike traditional architectures that rely on discrete components — TPM, BMC, root-of-trust devices, CPLDs, and external firmware controllers — Axiado consolidates these functions into a single AI-enabled SoC embedded at the hardware control layer of modern AI servers.
Operating below the operating system and hypervisor, the TCU establishes silicon-rooted trust beginning at boot and extending through runtime. This below-the-OS execution model eliminates blind spots inherent in software-based security tools and enables protection during firmware transitions, attestation events, and privileged management operations.
Key embedded security innovations include:
Integrated Hardware Root of Trust
The TCU replaces multiple discrete motherboard security components with a unified silicon-based architecture, reducing attack surface, board footprint, and supply chain complexity while enabling always-on runtime validation.
Side-Channel and Telemetry-Based Threat Detection
By monitoring voltage, timing, and thermal telemetry directly at the silicon level, the TCU detects contextual anomalies associated with side-channel attacks that traditional CPU-bound defenses cannot observe.
Independent Security Execution
The TCU operates independently of the host CPU and OS, ensuring security remains active even if the primary system is compromised.
Embedded AI for Runtime Governance
On-die AI engines continuously learn platform behavior and enforce anomaly detection at the hardware control plane, enabling embedded behavioral security rather than static authentication alone.
In addition to protection, the TCU delivers AI-driven Dynamic Thermal Management and Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling, achieving measurable energy savings of up to $20,000 per rack annually without compromising performance.
Axiado’s innovation is fundamentally embedded: security intelligence integrated into silicon, replacing fragmented legacy components with unified, hardware-anchored protection for modern accelerated computing platforms.
