Announcing Concrete Core v1.0
Blog post from Zama
Zama has released Concrete-core V1.0.0, an open-source platform aimed at advancing Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) by improving performance and ease of use. This version focuses on integrating hardware acceleration into the Concrete Framework, utilizing a Rust library with a plugin system for hardware contributions, a comprehensive testing and benchmarking framework, and a tool for automatic API generation to other languages. It includes CPU implementations of TFHE operations, Cuda acceleration for key processes, and a flexible architecture that allows for the easy addition of new hardware backends. Concrete-core V1.0.0 aspires to bridge the gap between hardware developers, cryptographers, and software developers to facilitate FHE's broader adoption. However, the platform remains research-intensive, with ongoing developments anticipated to enhance hardware integration further, notably through the Concrete Compiler, which aims to make FHE more accessible to users of Concrete-Numpy and Concrete-ML.