SKT to Expand Use of Quantum-Powered Security Solutions to IoT Devices, Self-Driving Vehicles, and Smartphones

(KoreaHerald) SK Telecom announced it has signed deals with major tech firms to develop security products for self-driving vehicles, internet of things-devices and smartphones using its new quantum-powered security chipset. The names of the partnering tech firms were not disclosed.
Since 2018, SKT and Switzerland-based ID Quantique have been developing the quantum random number generator (QRNG) chipset for Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy A Quantum, together with fabless Korean company Btree, which specializes in designing hardware and semiconductor chipsets.
A chipset, which at 2.5 mm by 2.5 mm is the world’s smallest QRNG product, was launched in April.
The system, patented by ID Quantique, cannot be breached by computer logic as the codes are created by random movements of photons that travel between an LED light source and a CMOS image sensor equipped in the chipset, the company explained.
“The QRNG chipset can become an alternative encryption system in the advent of quantum computers, which can easily decode existing encryption systems,” said Uhm Sang-yun, ID Quantique’s branch manager in korea