History
Future direction
CHERI's next phase is broader adoption: converging specifications, production processor and silicon options, maintained mainstream software, stronger assurance and sector deployments.
Why it matters
The direction should be judged through observable milestones rather than predictions alone.
In brief
CHERI’s next phase is broader adoption: converging specifications, production processor and silicon options, maintained mainstream software, stronger assurance and sector deployments. Different platform classes will progress at different rates.
For an organisation planning ahead, the useful question is not whether CHERI will win every market. Identify the hardware, operating system, assurance or supply-chain dependency that controls your own decision, assign an owner and track a dated milestone that would change the plan.
Key considerations
1. Convergence
Align architecture profiles, language behaviour, SoC integration and conformance testing.
2. Availability
Expand supported hardware, SDKs, operating systems, libraries and development routes.
3. Adoption evidence
Publish reproducible deployment, security, performance, cost and lifecycle results from realistic systems.
Evidence and caveats
Roadmaps are not commitments. Recheck specification status, product availability and project maintenance at each decision point.
Use dated primary project, funder and provider records. Separate what was planned, demonstrated and subsequently delivered.