Defining & deploying a reference implementation of the PCN Commercial Trust Protocol (CTP) to capture, manage, and license the verifiable credentials, metrology, and IP of the semiconductor industry.

The Provenance Chain™ Network (PCN) is developing critical metrology standards to enhance hardware security and provenance tracking of microelectronic components across supply chains for greater resilience and technical advancements. The work involves creating a reference implementation of the PCN Commercial Trust™ Protocol (CTP) to manage verifiable credentials (VCs), metrology, and intellectual property in the semiconductor industry. CTP, utilizing a Requirements, Incentives, Claims, Evidence (RICE™) methodology, will provide a universal data framework covering all supply chain entities. This approach ensures transparency, collaboration, and trust, promoting resilience in the semiconductor supply chain. PCN’s solution will capture and manage metrology data, integrating direct measurements and contextual manufacturing data to improve traceability, security, and yield in chip fabrication.