Intent Bound Authorization · Silicon Implementation · Concept 2027
IBACORE
The First CPU Where Governance Is Physical Law
Every agent instruction validated against a cryptographically signed intent certificate before it reaches the execution unit. Not in software. Not in firmware. In silicon. At 80 picoseconds.
Technical Specifications
Performance That Actually Matters
Core Architecture
96-core ARMv9 + IBA Physics Co-Processor
Dedicated MZI gate array on-die
IBA Gate Latency
target <80 picoseconds
Below any software bypass threshold
Agentic Efficiency
2.3× better than software-governed CPUs
Native intent-binding at gate level
RL Throughput
52% faster end-to-end
Training and inference combined
Power Draw
1.8× lower TDP
At peak agent swarm load
Memory Model
Persistent SSM-style state
Hardware-enforced temporal expiry
WitnessBound Integration
Hardware-generated receipts
dB extinction signatures · Immutable
Target Workloads
Multi-agent orchestration
Real-time RL · Edge-to-cloud swarms
Competitive Position
Standard CPU
0psIBA Gate Latency
Software CPU
SoftwareGovernance Layer
IBA-Pulse
<100psPhotonic Gate
IBACore ★
<80psSilicon IBA Gate
Intent-Bound at Silicon Level
Every agent action is validated against a signed intent certificate before the instruction even reaches the execution unit. No software policy. No firmware bypass. No prompt injection. The silicon itself enforces the boundary.
RL Without Drift
Persistent memory state is continuously checked by on-die IBA gates. Reward hacking or misalignment is physically extinguished in under 100 picoseconds. The agent cannot learn its way around the boundary — the boundary is not learned, it is etched.
Physics Receipt on Every Cycle
Hardware-generated WitnessBound receipts with dB extinction signatures. Every enforcement decision is committed to an immutable audit chain in hardware. Regulators and auditors receive cryptographic proof that cannot be forged, modified, or deleted.
2.3× Efficiency at Scale
By moving governance to silicon, IBACore eliminates the compute overhead of software safety layers. Hyperscalers can run entire agent economies on a fraction of the power software required. Governance is not a cost. It is an efficiency gain.
Software governance can be bypassed. Physics cannot. When governance is a physical property of the silicon, it cannot be bypassed by code, by prompt, or by capability. The gate either passes the instruction or it does not. There is no jailbreak for etched silicon.
— Jeffrey Williams · Intent Bound Authorization · Patent Application GB2603013.0 (pending)