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SEALSQ<\/a> is advancing QASIC, an application-specific semiconductor initiative designed to integrate post-quantum security into customer-owned ASIC architectures. <\/p>\n Developed through IC\u2019Alps, QASIC targets cybersecurity, medical and automotive applications that require long-term security, reliability and regulatory compliance. <\/p>\n SEALSQ<\/a> and IC\u2019Alps are working toward a first QASIC prototype in 2026 as part of the company\u2019s broader post-quantum semiconductor strategy.<\/p>\n Press release \u2013 SEALSQ<\/a> Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) (\u201cSEALSQ\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), a global leader in post-quantum semiconductor, Public Key Infrastructure (\u201cPKI\u201d) and digital identity technologies, today provided an update on the development of QASIC, its Quantum-Resistant Application-Specific Integrated Circuit initiative.<\/p>\n Developed through IC\u2019Alps, SEALSQ<\/a>\u2019s French ASIC design subsidiary, QASIC combines SEALSQ\u2019s post-quantum cryptography (\u201cPQC\u201d) and secure-semiconductor technologies with IC\u2019Alps\u2019 expertise in analog, digital and mixed-signal ASIC design to accelerate quantum readiness roadmap of ASIC customers<\/p>\n QASIC\u2019s principal target markets are cybersecurity, medical and healthcare devices, and automotive systems. These sectors increasingly require long-term protection against emerging cyber and quantum-computing threats, together with high levels of safety, reliability, performance, energy efficiency and regulatory compliance.<\/p>\n QASIC is designed to embed post-quantum security directly into specialized, customer-owned semiconductor architectures. Its priority applications include:<\/p>\n Cybersecurity: Secure microcontrollers, Hardware Security Modules, identity authentication, secure communications, data protection and critical-infrastructure security;<\/p>\n Medical and healthcare: Connected medical devices, diagnostic equipment, patient-monitoring systems, implantable devices and healthcare data protection; and<\/p>\n Automotive: Connected and software-defined vehicles, autonomous-driving systems, vehicle-to-everything communications, secure over-the-air software updates, and secure telemetry and remote control.<\/p>\n Additional target applications include defense and aerospace systems, Internet of Things and industrial equipment, AI-power robotics systems and other critical infrastructures.<\/p>\n QASIC represents more than an individual semiconductor product. It is intended to serve as SEALSQ<\/a>\u2019s integrated platform for creating sovereign, application-specific and quantum-resistant semiconductor solutions, from initial system architecture and security IP through certified manufacturing and complete lifecycle support.<\/p>\n An Integrated Post-Quantum Semiconductor Offering<\/p>\n The QASIC initiative forms part of SEALSQ<\/a>\u2019s integrated semiconductor strategy covering three complementary areas:<\/p>\n Catalog Integrated Circuits: Commercially available standard chips incorporating post-quantum security capabilities.<\/p>\n Custom Integrated Circuits and Security IP: Purpose-built QASIC solutions and reusable security IP tailored to specific customer applications, performance requirements and operating environments.<\/p>\n Secure System Architectures: Next-generation solutions, including Chiplet-based Hardware Security Modules incorporating pre-certified secure enclaves and reusable security IP.<\/p>\n This integrated approach allows cybersecurity, medical and automotive customers to select standard post-quantum components, develop fully customized secure chips or integrate SEALSQ<\/a> security technology into broader semiconductor and system architectures.<\/p>\n IC\u2019Alps contributes extensive capabilities in RISC-V-based SoC infrastructure, functional safety, embedded non-volatile memory, analog and mixed-signal design, ultra-low power design and power management, custom IP development, certified production and semiconductor lifecycle management.<\/p>\n Its engineering and supply-chain ecosystem includes leading semiconductor foundries and manufacturing partners such as TSMC, GlobalFoundries, STMicroelectronics, Intel Foundry, X-FAB and ams-OSRAM.<\/p>\n \u201cCybersecurity, medical devices and automotive systems are among the sectors with the greatest need for long-term, hardware-based protection,\u201d said Carlos Moreira, CEO of SEALSQ<\/a>. \u201cThese 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\u2019s post-quantum technologies with IC\u2019Alps\u2019 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.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe strength of QASIC is its ability to translate advanced post-quantum technologies into specialized and manufacturable semiconductor solutions,\u201d said Jean-Luc Triouleyre, General Manager of IC\u2019Alps. \u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Advancing the 2026 QASIC Roadmap<\/p>\n SEALSQ<\/a> and IC\u2019Alps are advancing the integrated QASIC roadmap toward its first prototype in 2026. This milestone is expected to demonstrate the ability to integrate post-quantum security into application-specific semiconductor architectures while maintaining the safety, performance, power efficiency, reliability and lifecycle requirements of critical applications.<\/p>\n The initiative also supports SEALSQ<\/a>\u2019s broader Quantum Corridor, connecting semiconductor engineering, cybersecurity and post-quantum capabilities across Switzerland, France, Spain, the United States, Korea and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n