On the product page [1] they mention

> 2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU, with cryptography extensions

What is "cryptography extensions"?

[1] https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-500-plus/

Accelerated hardware instructions for cryptographic primitives, like AES or SHA-256.

See: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/101754/0624/armclang...