Eideticom

What Eideticom does

Eideticom Communications Inc. is a Calgary, Alberta-based fabless semiconductor IP company founded in 2016 that develops NoLoad, an FPGA-based NVMe computational storage platform. NoLoad offloads compute-intensive tasks, specifically cryptography and transparent compression, from host CPUs to dedicated FPGA accelerators deployed as standard PCIe add-in cards. The platform presents as an NVMe-compliant device with UNH-IOL certified in-box drivers across Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows, and integrates with OpenSSL, NGINX, Apache, Ceph, RocksDB, PostgreSQL, ZFS, Hadoop, and kdb+. The company's two commercial product lines are the NoLoad Cryptographic Accelerator (CAVP-certified, NIST-compliant, supporting post-quantum cryptography including FIPS 203 ML-KEM and FIPS 204 ML-DSA) and NoLoad Transparent Compression (GZIP Deflate), both delivered through the same FPGA hardware substrate.

The company monetizes primarily through IP licensing to hardware OEM partners (BittWare/Molex for PCIe/U.2/EDSFF cards, Silicom for FPGA/SmartNIC platforms and the SACA crypto adapter, and Napatech for SmartNICs) and through direct IP licensing to research institutions and end customers. Eideticom serves five primary verticals: fintech and capital markets cloud (e.g., Beeks Group), HPC and national laboratories (e.g., Los Alamos National Laboratory via the ABOF consortium with NVIDIA, SK Hynix, and Aeon), CDN and security appliance vendors (e.g., Altera-based Tier1 CDN deployments), cloud service providers, and, more recently, aerospace and defense (via the Avalanche Technology NoLoad Space Drive partnership). Headcount sits at 11-50 employees, with engineering centered in Calgary and a sales presence in San Francisco. The company has been granted three patents (two US, one Chinese) and contributed the P2PDMA framework upstream to the Linux kernel.

Name

Eideticom

Legal name

Eideticom Communications Inc.

Website

https://eideticom.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eideticom is a Calgary-based fabless IP company that develops NoLoad, an FPGA-based NVMe computational storage platform offloading cryptography and compression from CPUs, serving fintech, HPC, CDN, cloud, and aerospace customers via hardware OEM licensing partners BittWare, Silicom, and Napatech.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Computational Storage

NAICS

Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Computer Storage Devices (3572), Electronic Computers (3571)

akta.pro primary industry

Storage Networking (Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NVMe-oF) (HDABAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hyperscale/OEM & Open Compute (OCP) Server Platforms (HDACABAI)

Keywords

• Computational storage
• FPGA acceleration
• Cryptographic offload
• Data compression
• Post-quantum cryptography

Headquarters

HQ city

Calgary

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. IP Licensing to Hardware Partners: Eideticom licenses its NoLoad computational storage IP to hardware partners (BittWare, Silicom, Napatech) who embed the technology into their own branded accelerator cards and platforms. Partners integrate NoLoad onto their FPGA boards (PCIe, U.2, EDSFF form factors) and commercialize the combined offering.
2. Direct IP Licensing: Eideticom licenses its IP directly to end customers and through co-development partnerships, including research institutions like Los Alamos National Laboratory. Direct licensing enables customized computational storage solutions for specific deployment requirements.
3. Hardware Product Sales (via Partners): While Eideticom focuses on IP, the company is integrated into commercial accelerator products sold by partners. BittWare IA-440i, IA-220-U2, 250-E1S, Silicom Accelerated Crypto Adapter (SACA), and Napatech SmartNIC products all incorporate NoLoad technology and are sold as complete hardware solutions.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Eideticom develops NoLoad, an FPGA-based NVMe Computational Storage Platform that offloads compute-intensive tasks (cryptography, compression, and analytics) from host CPUs onto dedicated accelerator cards delivered through standard PCIe add-in cards. The platform is exposed as a standards-compliant NVMe device with UNH-IOL certified in-box drivers, integrating with enterprise software stacks such as OpenSSL, NGINX, Apache, Ceph, RocksDB, PostgreSQL, ZFS, Hadoop, and kdb+. Eideticom primarily monetizes the technology through IP licensing to hardware partners (BittWare, Silicom, Napatech) and direct licensing to enterprises and national laboratories.

Product overview

Eideticom offers a unified NoLoad computational storage platform with two primary product lines: the Cryptographic Accelerator for security (supporting both classical and post-quantum cryptography) and Transparent Compression for data efficiency. Both products share the same NoLoad FPGA-based NVMe platform architecture, delivering hardware acceleration via PCIe add-in cards with 96-99% CPU usage reduction and 36-43% power reduction. The platform is managed through libnoload API (C/Python), integrates with major databases (Ceph, RocksDB, PostgreSQL), filesystems (ZFS, Hadoop), and web servers (NGINX, Apache), and supports Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows operating systems. The company also offers space-grade solutions via the NoLoad Space Drive partnership with Avalanche Technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NoLoad: Eideticom's flagship computational storage platform that offloads compute-intensive tasks from the host CPU for cryptography, compression, and analytics. The NoLoad platform delivers hardware-accelerated processing using NVMe interface for data center applications.
• NoLoad Cryptographic Accelerator
• NoLoad Transparent Compression
• NoLoad CSP (Computational Storage Processor)
• libnoload

Products and services

• NoLoad Platform FPGA-based NVMe Computational Storage Platform that offloads compute-intensive tasks (cryptography, compression, analytics) from host CPUs onto accelerator cards via standard PCIe add-in cards with UNH-IOL certified in-box drivers.
• NoLoad Cryptographic Accelerator Hardware-accelerated cryptographic offload platform for public key cryptography and encryption, supporting TLS 1.3, NIST-compliant CAVP certified algorithms, and post-quantum cryptography (FIPS 203 ML-KEM, FIPS 204 ML-DSA, ECDSA/ECDH, RSA, hybrid X25519MLKEM768). Delivers 96% lower CPU usage and 43% lower power consumption and integrates with OpenSSL, NGINX, and Apache.
• NoLoad Transparent Compression Real-time hardware-accelerated transparent compression solution supporting GZIP Deflate with plug-and-play deployment, integrating with Ceph, RocksDB, PostgreSQL, ZFS, Hadoop, kdb+, and an NLFS filesystem plugin. Achieves 99% lower CPU usage, 36% lower power consumption, 3x more storage capacity, and 40% lower total cost of ownership.
• libnoload API Software library API providing C and Python interfaces for seamless integration with NoLoad hardware platforms, including a CLI tool for quick accelerator access, administrative capabilities (firmware updates, status monitoring), and Prometheus/Grafana telemetry integration.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% lower CPU usage for cryptographic operations (from 112 cores to ~1 core utilization)
• +13 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

AI capability2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and flagship.

• Beeks GroupcoreTechnology or Integration · 6 November 2023Eideticom partnered with Beeks Group to integrate NoLoad computational storage solutions into Beeks' on-demand financial cloud services. NoLoad powers Beeks' new platform for capital markets cloud infrastructure, delivering enhanced performance, capacity optimization, and reduced power consumption for trading, connectivity, and analytics workloads.
• Avalanche TechnologystrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 July 2023Eideticom and Avalanche Technology partnered to provide NVMe computational storage solutions for the aerospace and defense community. The partnership combines NoLoad's NVMe software stack with Avalanche's Gen 3 Space Grade MRAM (STT-MRAM) to enable high-reliability, radiation-tolerant storage platforms for space applications. The NoLoad Space Drive targets AI computing, compression, encryption, and data analytics in space environments.
• Los Alamos / NVIDIA / SK Hynix / Aeon (ABOF Partnership)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2022Eideticom joined the Accelerated Box of Flash (ABOF) consortium with Los Alamos National Labs, NVIDIA, SK Hynix, and Aeon to develop a programmable storage appliance targeting scientific data analysis, delivering 10 to 30 times the performance of current systems. The ABOF platform combines NVMe computational storage (NoLoad) with advanced flash technology and GPU acceleration for next-generation HPC workloads.
• Los Alamos National LaboratoryflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 November 2020Los Alamos National Laboratory partnered with Eideticom for an industry-first computational storage deployment in a next-generation HPC storage system for the NNSA's Advanced Simulation and Computing program. The system uses NoLoad Computational Storage Processors deployed on Xilinx/Altera Alveo U50 Data Center accelerator cards within a dense storage enclosure using Marvell NVMe Ethernet bridging and Mellanox ConnectX-6 NVMe fabric connectivity.
• BittWare (Molex)coreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerBittWare, a Molex company, integrates NoLoad technology into their PCIe and U.2 FPGA accelerator cards (IA-440i, IA-220-U2, 250-E1S). These production-ready cards enable enterprise customers to deploy NoLoad computational storage solutions. BittWare cards support NoLoad Transparent Compression and are available with Intel Agilex-7 FPGAs.
• SilicomcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerSilicom integrates NoLoad compression and cryptographic acceleration into their advanced FPGA and SmartNIC platforms. The Silicom Accelerated Crypto Adapter (SACA) leverages NoLoad for CPU-independent PQC-ready cryptographic offload, targeting high-performance cloud, cybersecurity, and enterprise networking deployments.
• NapatechcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerNapatech combines NoLoad computational storage technology with their FPGA-based SmartNIC solutions to provide scalable, high-speed performance for enterprise, telecom, and cloud environments. Napatech offers both cryptographic accelerator and compression solutions powered by NoLoad on their SmartNIC platforms.
• Altera (Intel PSG)strategicTechnology or IntegrationAltera (Intel Programmable Solutions Group) provides FPGA technology for NoLoad cryptographic acceleration deployments. NoLoad deployed on Altera FPGAs is transforming Tier1 CDN and security appliance vendors by enhancing performance, security, and scalability with cryptographic agility.
• AMDstrategicTechnology or IntegrationAMD is listed as an industry partner alongside Altera and Lattice. NoLoad technology is designed to be CPU-architecture agnostic and provides acceleration benefits for AMD-based systems alongside Intel and ARM platforms.
• LatticestrategicTechnology or IntegrationLattice is listed as an industry partner alongside Altera and AMD, representing FPGA technology collaboration for NoLoad computational storage deployments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• BittWare (Molex): BittWare is both a partner (selling IA-440i, IA-220-U2, and 250-E1S cards with embedded NoLoad IP) and an adjacent FPGA platform vendor whose boards compete with end-customer self-build alternatives that might otherwise use NoLoad.
• Silicom Ltd. Silicom is a partner integrating NoLoad into the SACA (Silicom Accelerated Crypto Adapter) and SmartNIC platforms, but also independently develops FPGA-based networking and security appliances that overlap with Eideticom's crypto acceleration value proposition.
• Napatech: Napatech combines NoLoad with its FPGA-based SmartNIC solutions for networking, security, and compression. As a partner it extends NoLoad's reach, but as an FPGA accelerator platform vendor it can also pursue proprietary offload IP for the same workloads.

Direct peers

• NGD Systems: NGD Systems pioneered NVMe computational storage SSDs (Newport platform) with in-storage processing for AI, analytics, and database workloads. It is one of the most direct comparables to Eideticom's NVMe-based acceleration approach.
• Pliops: Pliops develops storage processor accelerators (XDP) that offload database and storage functions to dedicated silicon, targeting cloud and database workloads with compression and KV acceleration similar to Eideticom's NoLoad compression and acceleration IP.
• ScaleFlux: ScaleFlux builds computational storage drives (CSDs) that embed compute directly into NVMe SSDs for compression and data services, making it the closest direct competitor to Eideticom's NoLoad platform in the NVMe computational storage category.

Broad incumbents

• Samsung Electronics: Samsung is identified as a key player in the computational storage market and ships SmartSSD and KV-SSD products that integrate in-storage compute, representing a much larger incumbent with overlapping capabilities in the same category as Eideticom.
• AMD/Xilinx (Alveo): AMD/Xilinx supplies the Alveo FPGA accelerator cards (used in the LANL deployment and supported by Eideticom's partners) and provides higher-level acceleration stacks that compete with NoLoad for the same FPGA-accelerated compression and crypto workloads.
• Marvell (Nitrox / OCTEON): Marvell's Nitrox family of security processors and OCTEON DPUs provide hardware-accelerated cryptography and compression in data center and networking platforms, directly competing with NoLoad's cryptographic and compression offload capabilities.
• Intel (QAT / DSA): Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) is the dominant fixed-function cryptographic and compression accelerator competing directly with Eideticom's FPGA-based NoLoad across enterprise, cloud, and HPC deployments. Intel also offers DSA for storage offload.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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