Pavona Aims To Provide A Certification-Ready, Open-Source Silicon Ecosystem
Pavona has been launched as an open-source silicon ecosystem aimed at providing certification-ready hardware solutions. Backed by prominent organizations such as Meta and Qualcomm, Pavona seeks to replicate the success of Linux in the software domain. The initiative offers a modular library of secure chip designs and reference materials for developers.
- ▪Pavona is an open-source silicon ecosystem launched by GlobalPlatform.
- ▪Founding members include Meta, Qualcomm, and the University of Oxford.
- ▪The project aims to provide certification-ready blocks for secure chip development.
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Pavona Aims To Provide A Certification-Ready, Open-Source Silicon Ecosystem Written by Michael Larabel in Hardware on 26 May 2026 at 09:51 AM EDT. Add A Comment GlobalPlatform announced today the launch of Pavona as an open-source silicon ecosystem backed by founding members such as Meta, Qualcomm, Tenstorrent, Winbond, and the University of Oxford, among others. Pavona's global is to do to hardware what Linux has done for software. Pavona self-describes itself as: "Pavona is an independent open-source silicon distribution hosted by the GlobalPlatform consortium.
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