# Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions)

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/intel-sgx-software-guard-extensions
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/intel-sgx-software-guard-extensions.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/intel-sgx-software-guard-extensions/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://intel.com
- **Slug:** intel-sgx-software-guard-extensions
- **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, semiconductors

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Offers the most granular application-level isolation in the hardware security market, allowing specific functions rather than just entire VMs to be protected.
Source: Brand's website (https://intel.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) is a set of security-related instruction codes built into some Intel central processing units (CPUs). It allows user-level code to allocate private regions of memory, called enclaves, which are protected from processes running at higher privilege levels.
Source: Brand's website (https://intel.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Intel SGX SDK
  - Intel SGX Enclaves
  - Attestation Services
Source: Brand's website (https://intel.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Built-in hardware feature (Hardware cost + Service fees for Attestation)
Source: Brand's website (https://intel.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Cloud Service Providers, Financial Services, Healthcare, Cybersecurity Software Vendors
Source: Brand's website (https://intel.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - AMD SEV/SME
  - ARM TrustZone
  - Keystone Enclave
  - NVIDIA Confidential Computing
Source: Brand's website (https://intel.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.