As AI and accelerated computing push the limits of data center design, Axiado Corporation is betting that true efficiency and security start inside the silicon itself. At the OCP Global Summit 2025 in San Jose, the company unveiled its latest Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) technology—hardware built with embedded autonomous AI agents designed to transform system management and platform security from reactive defense to proactive intelligence.
“Axiado redefines platform security and system management by putting AI agents where they matter most—inside the silicon,” said Gopi Sirineni, CEO of Axiado. “We’re working with partners across the OCP ecosystem to create infrastructure that is resilient, efficient, and secure.”
The company’s message is clear: the next leap in infrastructure resilience won’t come from software patches or firmware updates—it’ll come from AI that lives at the hardware root of trust.
AI in Silicon: The Trusted Control/Compute Unit
Axiado’s Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) integrates functions that typically span multiple chips—Root of Trust (RoT), Trusted Platform Module (TPM), Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), and secure networking—into a single, AI-accelerated hardware foundation.
Within the TCU, autonomous AI agents run continuously to monitor, analyze, and adapt system behavior in real time. Unlike conventional firmware-based security that reacts to events after they occur, these agents operate below the operating system, identifying threats and performance anomalies before the host CPU or OS even boots.
That’s not just a security benefit—it’s an operational one. Axiado’s TCU agents dynamically tune system settings for cooling, power, and performance, using proprietary AI-driven Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) and Dynamic Thermal Management (DTM) algorithms. The company claims these optimizations can save data centers up to $20,000 per rack annually by cutting power and cooling costs.
Cross-Vendor Demonstrations at OCP 2025
At Booth A1, Axiado is showing off just how flexible its approach can be—with live demonstrations running across AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA architectures. Highlights include:
- Pegatron/NVIDIA GB200: Demonstrating AI-driven DTM, DVFS, vulnerability scanning, and secure co-pilot functions via Axiado’s SCM3080-MT.
- Supermicro/NVIDIA server: Running NVIDIA DOCA telemetry integrated with Axiado SCM3080-MT for system-level optimization.
- NVIDIA GH200, Jabil AMD EPYC “Turin” 2U server, and Gigabyte Intel platforms: Each integrated with Axiado’s SCM3002 or SCM3080-MT modules, showing consistent cross-vendor interoperability.
These Secure Control Modules (SCM3002 and SCM3080-MT), powered by Axiado’s AX3000 and AX3080 TCUs, bring “autonomous silicon intelligence” to OCP-compliant designs—continuously monitoring and adjusting platform performance and security at the hardware level.
Why It Matters: AI Meets Platform Resilience
The timing couldn’t be better. With the explosion of AI-driven workloads, edge deployments, and accelerated computing clusters, the traditional model of managing infrastructure through firmware and OS-level controls is struggling to keep up.
Axiado’s approach flips that paradigm—embedding AI co-processors directly into the control plane to automate resilience, detect anomalies, and optimize power use autonomously. It’s part of a broader trend in the data center world: pushing intelligence as close to the metal as possible.
This “AI-inside-hardware” approach could also help hyperscalers and OEMs meet growing energy efficiency mandates, particularly as sustainability and carbon reporting become boardroom priorities.
Availability and Industry Adoption
Axiado’s AX3080 TCUs and Secure Control Modules are already shipping to OEM, ODM, and hyperscaler partners for integration into OCP-compliant server designs. With live demos spanning major silicon ecosystems, Axiado is positioning itself not just as another security chip vendor—but as a foundational AI infrastructure player.
At OCP 2025, the message is unmistakable: the line between platform security and system intelligence is disappearing—and Axiado wants to own that convergence, right down to the transistor.
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