Insider Brief
BTQ Technologies and ICTK have completed the design of a next-generation QCIM security chip combining post-quantum cryptography capabilities with PUF-based hardware authentication.
The chip is designed to provide secure device identity, cryptographic acceleration, and quantum-resistant security features for connected devices, AI systems, and critical infrastructure.
The companies are preparing for production validation after expanding their collaboration on quantum-secure semiconductor technologies.
Press release – BTQ Technologies Corp. (“BTQ“ or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BTQ) (CBOE CA: BTQ), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, today announced that it has completed the design of its next-generation QCIM + PUF security chip for the quantum era in collaboration with ICTK Co., Ltd. (“ICTK”) (KOSDAQ: 456010), a leading Korean secure element chip company and developer of VIA PUF™ technology. The chip combines BTQ’s in-house Quantum Compute-in-Memory (“QCIM“) security intellectual property with ICTK’s VIA PUF™ technology, creating a hardware-rooted security platform designed to support unique device authentication, cryptographic acceleration, and trusted device identity at the silicon level. Production preparation is now underway.
