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@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ require a similar amount of time to react to an attack~\cite{obermaier2018}.
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 ones that need vastly more computing power than
conventional HSMs can provide.
\todo{more text here}
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.
Multiparty Computation (MPC) is a cryptographic construct that allows several networked parties to jointly perform a
computation in such a way that the inputs to the computation remain private to the parties providing them, and no single
party must be trusted for the computation to produce the correct result. Conceptually, MPC is similar to a secret
sharing scheme that shares not just data, but computation between untrusted parties. The computation primitive MPC
offers is a cryptographic answer to the question of how to bootstrap trust in a computing system.
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
perform a computation in such a way that the inputs to the computation remain private to the parties providing them, and
no single party must be trusted for the computation to produce the correct result. Conceptually, MPC is similar to a
secret sharing scheme that shares not just data, but computation between untrusted parties. The computation primitive
MPC offers is a cryptographic answer to the question of how to bootstrap trust in a computing system.
\todo{In this chapter, cite academic publications and patents on HSM cooling!}
%The most challenging scenarios in computing arise when multiple
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\subsection{A Joint Cooling and IHSM Envelope Powertrain}
We have determined that our requirements are an IHSM envelope large enough to fit a small server mainboard, and that
provides air cooling to the payload. In this section, we will sketch out a solution that solves the engineering issue of
moving such an IHSM envelope while simultaneously providing cooling to the payload.
In this section, we will present a sketch of a design for an IHSM envelope large enough to fit a small server mainboard,
and that provides air cooling to the payload. Our sketch solves the engineering issue of moving such an IHSM envelope
while simultaneously providing cooling to the payload.
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Our proposed design is based on the idea of using the cooling fans' airflow to power the rotation of the IHSM envelope.