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RNS Number : 6881Y  EnSilica PLC  31 March 2026

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31 March 2026

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("EnSilica", the "Company" or the "Group")

 

EnSilica selected for UK CHERI Adoption Collective

 

Part of a leading team of companies to address the UK's £27bn cyber
resilience problem

 

EnSilica plc (AIM: ENSI), a leading fabless, application-specific chipmaker,
is pleased to announce its participation in the newly formed CHERI Adoption
Collective (the "Collective"), launched by PA Consulting in collaboration with
the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology ("DSIT").

 

CHERI is a new type of microchip technology which improves cyber security at
the hardware level. Memory safety flaws account for 70 per cent of software
security defaults worldwide and underpin many severe cyber incidents. To
address this, the Collective is bringing together leading organisations from
the energy, defence, telecoms, and semiconductor sectors to create a more
resilient, lower cost, and secure-by‑design foundation for both legacy and
next‑generation systems with minimal software change.

 

Participants include major UK infrastructure operators such as BT, National
Grid and SSE, alongside industrial and defence partners EA Technology, Ultra,
Hildebrand, and Goldilock. EnSilica is one of the three named semiconductor
supply chain partners.

 

EnSilica's participation builds on its EnSura™ secure microcontroller
platform, a CHERI-enabled RISC-V architecture with Post Quantum Cryptography
(PQC) support designed to deliver hardware-enforced security and functional
safety for applications in critical infrastructure, industrial, automotive and
communications markets.

 

Ian Lankshear, Chief Executive Officer of EnSilica, commented:

 

"We are delighted to be selected to join the Collective alongside leading UK
infrastructure operators and technology partners. Hardware-enforced memory
safety represents a fundamental step change in cyber security, and CHERI is
set to play a central role in protecting next-generation critical systems.
EnSilica is well placed to benefit from the commercial opportunities that are
likely to emerge from being a core member of the Collective team."

 

Liz Lloyd, Baroness Lloyd of Effra, Minister for Digital Economy, commenting
on the creation of CHERI:

 

"Cyber-attacks aren't abstract threats - they delay NHS appointments, disrupt
essential services, and put people's most sensitive data at risk. Memory
safety bugs are one of the most common routes hackers use to break into
systems, so it's critical that we work together right across the economy to
tackle them. CHERI is fundamental to reducing these risks, and the UK has been
a leader in this important work, from the very start. The CHERI Adoption
Collective will keep us at the forefront as those efforts continue - building
a safer and more resilient economy for everyone."

 

 

For further information please contact:

 

 EnSilica plc                                                           via Novella Communications

 Ian Lankshear, Chief Executive Officer                                 +44 (0)20 3151 7008

 Kristoff Rademan, Chief Financial Officer

 www.ensilica.com (http://www.ensilica.com)

 Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker)

 Jeremy Porter / Vivek Bhardwaj (Corporate Finance)                     +44 (0)20 3328 5656

 Joscelin Pinnington / Tony Quirke (Sales & Corporate Broking)          info@allenbycapital.com (mailto:info@allenbycapital.com)

 Panmure Liberum Limited (Joint Broker)

 Edward Mansfield / Will King / Phoebe Bunce                            +44 (0)20 3100 2000

 Novella Communications (Investor & Financial Public Relations)         +44 (0)20 3151 7008

 Tim Robertson / Aeliya Bilgrami                                        ensilica@novella-comms.com (mailto:visum@vigoconsulting.com)

 

About EnSilica plc

EnSilica is a fabless, application-specific chipmaker, combining deep domain
and system-level expertise with world-class capability in RF, mmWave,
mixed-signal and complex digital IC design. The Company serves customers
across the space and communications, industrial, automotive and healthcare
markets, where safety and security and reliability are critical.

 

A growing portfolio of reusable IP and silicon platforms underpins a
repeatable, scalable delivery model, reducing development risk, cost and time
to market while supporting long-term supply revenues. EnSilica has a strong
track record of delivering production-proven silicon to demanding industry
standards. Headquartered near Oxford, UK, the Company operates design centres
across the UK, India, Brazil and Hungary.

 

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