Sysgo, WolfSSL and Curtiss-Wright alongside Intel will present a secure boot demonstrator at Embedded World North America 2025, running from November 4–6 at the Anaheim Convention Centre, Booth #2070.
Following a successful debut at Embedded World in Germany earlier this year, the companies are bringing their enhanced solution to the US to demonstrate how security, safety and performance are successfully integrated in today’s embedded systems.
The demonstration highlights a secure boot process on 13th generation Intel Core processors, leveraging wolfSSL’s wolfBoot secure bootloader and wolfCrypt cryptography, SYSGO’s PikeOS real-time operating system and hypervisor, and leverages Curtiss-Wright’s safety-certifiable 3U VPX single board computer, V3-1222, hosting Intel Core i7-1376.
“For industries where performance and trust are non-negotiable, this collaboration underscores Intel’s commitment to enabling safe and secure platforms,” says Renu Navale, VP & General Manager, Critical Infrastructure, Federal & Aerospace Division, Intel . “With this demo, we are showcasing how our Intel Core processors are able to accelerate cryptographic workloads with high-performance computing and hardware-assisted security features such as Intel AES-NI and AVX2.”
Show attendees will see a complete, verifiable chain of trust, from power-on to application runtime. The system automatically launches the wolfBoot EFI application, which validates and launches the PikeOS real-time operating system, continuously running wolfCrypt benchmarks and tests to demonstrate both system integrity and cryptographic performance, on a hardware platform uniquely designed for the most rugged Aerospace and Defense environments.
“WolfSSL brings certified cryptography and secure boot technology to ensure only verified software is executed”, explains Larry Stefonic, Co-founder & CEO at wolfSSL. “By combining wolfBoot and wolfCrypt with Intel’s processing power and SYSGO’s PikeOS, we’re giving customers a path to stronger security, smoother certification, and faster time-to-market.”
The ongoing collaboration between Intel, Curtiss-Wright, wolfSSL, and SYSGO sets the stage for embedded developers and system integrators to accelerate innovation with confidence. By combining high-performance hardware, certifiable software components, and proven security technologies, the demonstrator highlights how customers can reduce integration risks, shorten certification timelines, and deliver safety- and security-critical solutions to market faster. The combined expertise of the partners ensures that OEMs in aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial domains benefit from a ready-to-adapt foundation that balances performance, security, and long-term reliability.
