BTQ Technologies collaborates with ITRI to test next-gen cryptographic chip.

BTQ Technologies, which provides end-to-end quantum-secure solutions for the blockchain and semiconductor sectors, is working with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to validate BTQ's Quantum Compute In Memory (QCIM) security chip in silicon, according to a Wednesday press release.

QCIM is BTQ's advanced cryptographic accelerator chip designed for the post-quantum era, which delivers secure and high-performance encryption while reducing power consumption and system complexity.

The project QCIM evaluates how efficiently post-quantum cryptography works for workloads, including speed and power consumption, to guide product development.

The move moves the QCIM program into first-in-silicon verification, which aims to ensure that a chip functions correctly, meets performance expectations and remains reliable in real-world conditions. It is a key milestone before the technology can be marketed and sold.

“This collaboration with ITRI is an important step in moving QCIM from architecture to proven silicon,” said Olivier Rousey Newton, CEO of BTQ Technologies. “Pre-silicon results will solidify the roadmap and support our commercialization efforts as we work to find quantum reliable solutions that can work in real-world environments.”

The initiative complements BTQ's ongoing work with ICTK to develop a fully integrated, production-ready post-quantum chipset.

By moving QCIM from a research architecture to proven silicon, BTQ is taking a key step toward providing scalable, quantum-secure hardware for critical networks, blockchain, and financial systems.

“As quantum concerns accelerate, this program evaluates the feasibility, performance, and energy efficiency of PQC workloads against the high computational cost of post-quantum cryptography with compute-in-memory approaches,” said Dr. Chih-Cheng Lu, manager of Aitri's Electronics and Optoelectronic Systems Research Laboratories.