Most hardware teams still treat security as a post-silicon problem. Functional testbenches pass, regressions are green—and yet, secrets leak in silicon.

Why? Because logic correctness ≠ security.

Side-channel vulnerabilities don’t show up as test failures; they show up in power traces, glitches, and timing variations that go undetected until it’s too late. With the rise of custom RISC-V cores and accelerators, this blind spot is growing, not shrinking.

UpTickPro-Aetheria flips the script by bringing power leakage analysis into the simulation flow. It works with your RTL or netlist to generate signal-level leakage scores, highlighting exactly where and when secret data can be inferred—before layout, before fabrication. Whether you’re evaluating masking techniques, analyzing crypto engines, or preparing for VAN.5 or TVLA certifications, Aetheria exposes hidden risks and validates your countermeasures early in the design cycle.

This isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s the new default for secure silicon. With attackers getting faster and smarter, “no visible bug” isn’t good enough. Pre-silicon leakage simulation is now table stakes for any team building trusted compute or cryptographic IP. If your hardware can’t prove it isn’t leaking, then assume it is. Aetheria makes that proof possible—quantitatively, repeatably, and without disrupting your existing verification flow.