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zeekay b832ba2c39 Initial Torus commit
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Rebranding scope:
  - Python module concrete → torus (across frontends/torus-python)
  - Rust module concrete-* → torus-* (across frontends/torus-rust)
  - MLIR dialect concretelang → toruslang (across compilers/torus-compiler)
  - Compiler optimizer concrete-optimizer → torus-optimizer
  - Backend concrete-cpu / concrete-cuda → torus-cpu / torus-cuda
  - Wire protocol concrete-protocol → torus-protocol
  - Parameter-curves concrete-security-curves-* → torus-security-curves-*
  - Public symbols concretelib → toruslib, ConcreteLang → TorusLang
  - URLs github.com/zama-ai/concrete → github.com/luxfhe/torus
  - URLs docs.zama.ai/concrete → docs.luxfhe.com/torus

Legal compliance:
  - LICENSE.txt retains original Copyright © 2024 ZAMA verbatim (§1-§2)
  - LICENSE.txt adds modifications copyright © 2026 Lux Industries Inc.
  - §3 endorsement clause: Torus is marketed exclusively as a Lux product;
    no Zama name used in README, docs, or marketing
  - NOTICE file provides factual attribution per legal best practice
    (not endorsement; required by upstream BSD-3-Clause-Clear)

README + NOTICE rewritten from scratch with Lux brand:
  - Quick-start in Python (torus.fhe)
  - Architecture diagram showing the gen-1 vtbl integration path
    (luxcpp/gpu → lux-private/gpu-kernels for CUDA/Metal/WebGPU)
  - Scheme coverage table: TFHE (luxfi/fhe), CKKS/BGV/BFV (luxfi/lattice)
  - Lux FHE family table: Torus / TorusVM / TorusEVM / TorusML / TorusNet

Known limitations (phase-2A scope):
  - PyPI package torus-fhe not yet published; the torus Python module
    is renamed structurally but pip-installable distribution is a
    follow-up (Phase 2A.1)
  - MLIR dialect rename is text-level; the compiler-internal LLVM
    rebuild (concrete-compiler-internal-llvm-project submodule) is
    structural and works; tablegen files renamed concrete→torus but the
    generated .inc files in the source tree will regenerate at build
    time
  - backends/torus-cuda/implementation/ is an upstream submodule
    pointer to the tfhe-rs source (not fetched in the staging clone);
    the CUDA backend body is delivered out-of-tree
  - ~100 test-fixture variable names like concrete_encoded_sample
    retain "concrete" as a math term (vs symbolic); these are inside
    tests/, not the public API; cleanup is a follow-up commit
  - 295 Python `from concrete import ...` residuals in luxfhe/ml-sdk
    consumer remain; that repo's import update is Phase 2B

This commit is the seed for the luxfhe/torus repo. Push as the first
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Torus backends

The Torus backends are implementations of the cryptographic primitives of the Lux Industries variant of TFHE. The compiler emits code which combines call into these backends to perform more complex homomorphic operations.

There are client and server features.

Client features are:

  • private (G)LWE key generation (currently random bits)
  • encryption of ciphertexts using a private key
  • public key generation from private keys for keyswitch, bootstrap or private packing
  • (de)serialization of ciphertexts and public keys (also needed server side)

Server features are homomorphic operations on ciphertexts:

  • linear operations (multisums with plain weights)
  • keyswitch
  • simple PBS
  • WoP PBS

There are currently 2 backends:

  • torus-cpu which implements both client and server features targeting the CPU.
  • torus-cuda which implements only server features targeting GPUs to accelerate homomorphic circuit evaluation.

The compiler uses torus-cpu for the client and can use either torus-cpu or torus-cuda for the server.