BTQ Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: BTQ) shares began Wednesday virtually unchanged. The company, a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, and the Industrial Technology Research Institute ("ITRI"), one of the world's leading applied research organizations, today announced a strategic collaboration in 2026 to jointly realize and validate BTQ's Quantum Compute In Memory ("QCIM") chip, a next-generation silicon platform designed to enable secure, scalable cryptographic computation for the post-quantum era.
“ITRI, one of the world's most influential applied research institutions in semiconductor development,” to quote this morning’s news release, “is widely recognized for its role in incubating and commercializing foundational chip technologies that have shaped the global semiconductor industry.”
This initiative builds on the long-standing collaboration between BTQ and ITRI, initiated in 2022, with a shared objective of advancing energy-efficient semiconductor technologies for post-quantum cryptography. The 2026 project represents a targeted next step focused on early validation of architectures combining advanced cryptography with emerging compute-in-memory semiconductor technology.
QCIM is designed to execute cryptographic workloads closer to where data is stored. In conventional architectures, data is repeatedly transferred between memory and compute, which can introduce power and performance constraints as security requirements increase.
“By validating compute-in-memory approaches for post-quantum cryptographic workloads at the silicon level,” the release continues, “BTQ and ITRI seek to establish architectural benchmarks, reduce development risk, and support the foundation for scalable, quantum-secure hardware platforms.”
BTQ kicked off Wednesday up only two cents to $5.29.
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