AI-Assisted Design of a Post-Quantum Cryptographic Accelerator: A Deployed-Silicon Case Study
Deployed-silicon case study shows AI-driven verification can catch ML-DSA signing defects invisible to standard acceptance gates — a wake-up call as EU post-quantum migration timelines tighten.
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arXiv:2609.04058v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Post-quantum migration is mandated on published timelines, and silicon that ships with a defect cannot be patched remotely. The standard acceptance gate cannot detect an entire class of ML-DSA defects. Signing resamples until a candidate meets its norm bounds, so the executed path varies with the message, whereas known-answer tests (KATs) sample fixed values and reach only the depths their seeds trigger. Our accelerator passed its full KAT regress
Editorial Analysis
With NIST PQC standards finalised and EU migration timelines looming, unpatchable silicon defects in post-quantum accelerators pose a costly risk that traditional testing cannot mitigate alone.
Require AI-assisted formal verification evidence from vendors supplying PQC hardware modules before procurement sign-off.
Post-quantum crypto hardware defects that escape standard testing could force costly recalls; AI-assisted verification offers a mitigation path.
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