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\label{chapter-smpc}
Inertial Hardware Security Modules do not only support much larger payloads compared to conventional HSMs, they also
support much higher power dissipation since they allow for direct air cooling of their payload. Because they rotate at
high speed, IHSM meshes do not need to be contiguous to provide adequate security. While a non-contiuous rotating mesh
might theoretically allow a stationary attack tool to quickly penetrate, then retract through one of the mesh's gaps
while the mesh is rotating, the time available for such an attack would be too short for a practical attack. For a mesh
with three vertical connecting segments (cf.\ Figure~\ref{fig_proto_mesh} in Chapter~\ref{chapter-ihsm}) rotating at
\qty{1000}{\rpm}, this time would be in the order of \qty{20}{\milli\second}. Conventional HSM monitoring circuits often
require a similar amount of time to react to an attack~\cite{obermaier2018}.
support much higher power dissipation since they allow for direct air cooling of their payload. The tamper-sensing
membrane of a conventional HSM must be continuous to provide security, so any heat dissipated by the payload must pass
through it. Since the polymers used in tamper sensing membranes are poor conductors of heat, and since security benefits
from a thicker tamper sensing assembly (cf.\ Chapter~\ref{chapter-survey}), power dissipation in conventional HSMs is
limited~\cite{
petriePartIITechnical,
curetHardwareSecurityModule2025,
zhangTamperrespondentAssembliesPorous2023,
dragoneVentedTamperrespondentAssemblies2020}.
Similar to how the increase in payload \emph{size} unlocks new applications such as the Quantum Key Distribution relay
use case we presented in Chapter~\ref{chapter-qkd}, this increase in sustainable power dissipation by a factor of
several hundred also unlocks a number of new applications. Especially applications that require large amounts of
computing power benefit from IHSM technology, as their needs fundamentally cannot be met by conventional HSMs.
Because IHSMs rotate at high speed, IHSM meshes do not need to be contiguous to provide adequate security. While a
non-contiguous rotating mesh might theoretically allow a stationary attack tool to quickly penetrate, then retract
through one of the mesh's gaps while the mesh is rotating, the time available for such an attack would be too short for
a practical attack. For a mesh with three vertical connecting segments (cf.\ Figure~\ref{fig_proto_mesh} in
Chapter~\ref{chapter-ihsm}) rotating at \qty{1000}{\rpm}, this time would be in the order of \qty{20}{\milli\second}.
Conventional HSM monitoring circuits would likely require a similar amount of time to react to an
attack~\cite{obermaier2018}.
Similar to how the increase in payload \emph{sizew} of IHSMs compared to conventional HSMs unlocks new applications such
as the Quantum Key Distribution relay use case we presented in Chapter~\ref{chapter-qkd}, the increase in sustainable
power dissipation enabled by air cooling also unlocks a number of new applications. Especially applications that require
large amounts of computing power benefit from IHSM technology, as their needs fundamentally cannot be met by
conventional HSMs.
One such application that does not translate to conventional HSMs due to its need for large amounts of computing power
is Multiparty Computation (MPC). MPC is a cryptographic construct that allows several networked parties to jointly

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