[koolba]

I would wager this is a big reason:

> This crate provides bindings to AWS-LC-FIPS 2.x, which has completed FIPS validation testing by an accredited lab and has been submitted to NIST for certification.

If you are in a regulated environment, that’s reason enough.

[colmmacc]

Another nice reason is that AWS-LC includes rewrites and optimizations that make it faster than alternatives, especially on Graviton.

[jpgvm]

Are there benches on this vs say OpenSSL on Graviton and Apple M chips? I would be curious how big the difference is vs whatever NEON optimizations are in OpenSSL (and friends) already.

[fitzoh]

Exactly, see the "Motivation" section of the README