BTQ Technologies, which provides end-to-end quantum security solutions to the blockchain and semiconductor sectors, is collaborating with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to validate BTQ’s quantum computing in silicon (QCIM) security chip, according to a press release on Wednesday.
QCIM is BTQ’s advanced cryptographic accelerator chip built for the post-quantum era, enabling secure, high-performance cryptography while reducing power consumption and system complexity.
This project will evaluate how efficiently QCIM can run post-quantum encryption workloads, including speed and power consumption, and create benchmarks to guide product development.
This step moves the QCIM program into early silicon validation, aimed at validating that the chip functions correctly, meets performance expectations, and remains reliable under real-world conditions. This is an important milestone before the technology is commercialized and sold.
“This collaboration with ITRI is a meaningful step in moving QCIM from architecture to validated silicon,” said Olivier Roussy-Newton, CEO of BTQ Technologies. “Early silicon results will help de-risk our roadmap and support our commercialization efforts as we work toward quantum-safe solutions that can run in real-world environments.”
This effort complements BTQ’s ongoing efforts with ICTK to develop fully integrated, production-ready post-quantum chipsets.
By moving QCIM from research architecture to validated silicon, BTQ is taking an important step toward providing scalable, quantum-secure hardware for critical networks, blockchains, and financial systems.
“As quantum threats accelerate, this program addresses the high computational costs of post-quantum cryptography by evaluating the feasibility, performance, and energy efficiency of PQC workloads using an in-memory computational approach,” said Dr. Chih-Cheng Lu, manager of the ITRI Electronic and Optoelectronic Systems Laboratory.
