VMware recently announced at the Confidential Computing Summit 2023 that it is partnering with chipmakers Samsung, AMD, and the RISC-V Keystone community for a project to help accelerate the adoption of confidential computing. VMware is collaborating with such big partners for an open-source project called ‘Certifier Framework for Confidential Computing.'
This project aims to adopt confidential computing, i.e., encryption technology, for processing data. Besides, VMware is at the forefront of developing projects that will help protect the information being used. This is a big step in this direction, as there are several encryption technologies to secure the data being processed, but there isn't much for the information being utilized.
With confidential computing, VMware wants to change this fact, and the idea is based on an emerging processor concept known as the ‘trusted execution environment.' Notably, this means protecting the data being deployed in cloud infrastructure or edge servers that might be operated by third parties, as noted by SiliconANGLE.
By partnering with Samsung, AMD, and RISC-V, VMware aims to standardize an easy-to-use platform-independent application programming interface that will help maintain the confidentiality of computing applications. All partners in this project believe their work on the Certifier Framework will eventually revolutionize the computing industry by enabling confidential computing on x86, Arm, and RISC-V processor architectures.
