Core PQC Solution
Scabbard – Adaptive PQC KEM Suite
Scabbard is a hardware-aware suite of post-quantum KEMs designed to explore efficiency, scalability, and hardware trade-offs in Learning-With-Rounding-based cryptography.
Key Features
Three Design Variants
Includes Florete, Espada, and Sable — each balancing key size, memory, and performance trade-offs.
Hardware-Aware Optimizations
Designed for hardware synthesis with reduced area and energy consumption.
Parallelism & Scalability
Scalable across architectures for both embedded and high-performance systems.
Derived from Saber
Extends the Saber framework with configurable trade-offs and modular implementation choices.
Hardware-Aware PQC Design
Scabbard provides a practical exploration of LWR-based post-quantum KEMs, focusing on optimizing throughput, parallelism, and memory efficiency across multiple variants.
Explores performance-memory trade-offs in PQC
Ideal for hardware benchmarking and optimization
Lightweight and parallelizable for constrained devices
Supports software-hardware co-design approaches
Based on LWR cryptographic primitives for quantum safety
Technical Specifications
Variants: Florete, Espada, Sable
Foundation: LWR-based KEM design
Focus: Hardware optimization and performance scaling
Use Case: PQTLS, FPGA & ASIC accelerators
Derived From: Saber architecture
Publication: Scabbard – Hardware Aware Design Choices (arXiv:2409.09481)
Use Cases
Hardware Security Modules
Implement PQC primitives in hardware security chips and FPGA accelerators.
Embedded PQTLS Systems
Secure communications in PQTLS libraries optimized for performance.
Academic Research
Used to analyze and evaluate PQC design trade-offs across hardware platforms.
Explore Scabbard Variants
Analyze and deploy hardware-aware PQC implementations using Scabbard's suite of configurable LWR-based KEMs for next-generation secure systems.
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