SEALSQ updates QASIC roadmap with IC’Alps toward 2026 prototype

SEALSQ Corp updated its development work on QASIC, a quantum-resistant application-specific integrated circuit initiative built through its subsidiary IC’Alps. The company said the effort focuses on embedding post-quantum security into semiconductor designs that customers own, with an initial prototype planned for 2026.

SEALSQ positioned QASIC for use cases that require long-term protection against emerging cyber and quantum-computing threats and also call for regulatory compliance. The company stated that its priority applications include cybersecurity, medical and healthcare, and automotive systems, along with additional target applications such as defense and aerospace systems.

QASIC was described as combining SEALSQ’s post-quantum cryptography and secure-semiconductor technologies with IC’Alps capabilities in analog, digital and mixed-signal ASIC design. SEALSQ said the approach is intended to support security features integrated into specialized customer-owned semiconductor architectures and to cover needs ranging from secure communications to secure over-the-air software updates.

SEALSQ said it is advancing the integrated QASIC roadmap toward a first prototype in 2026. The company also described its integrated semiconductor strategy around three areas: catalog integrated circuits that include post-quantum security, custom integrated circuits and security IP tailored to specific applications, and secure system architectures that include chiplet-based hardware security modules with pre-certified secure enclaves. “Cybersecurity, medical devices and automotive systems are among the sectors with the greatest need for long-term, hardware-based protection,” said Carlos Moreira, CEO of SEALSQ. “These products and infrastructures may remain operational for many years, making it essential to integrate post-quantum security at the semiconductor-design stage. By combining SEALSQ’s post-quantum technologies with IC’Alps’ ability to design customer-owned ASICs, QASIC provides an end-to-end sovereign platform extending from secure architecture and reusable IP to certified manufacturing and lifecycle management.” “The strength of QASIC is its ability to translate advanced post-quantum technologies into specialized and manufacturable semiconductor solutions,” said Jean-Luc Triouleyre, General Manager of IC’Alps. “Our multidisciplinary expertise in digital, analog and mixed-signal design allows us to address the demanding security, safety, performance, power-consumption and certification requirements of the cybersecurity, medical and automotive markets.”

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