About PQShield
PQShield sells post-quantum cryptography, which means encryption designed to resist attacks from future quantum computers. Its range includes software libraries for small embedded devices and OpenSSL applications, secure coprocessors, a root-of-trust system, and hardware accelerators that chip designers license. Unlike many security vendors, it supplies both the hardware blocks and the software, along with advisory services. PQShield was founded in 2018 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford and is headquartered in Oxford, United Kingdom.
PQShield was founded in 2018 and is based in Oxford, UK, United Kingdom. It is listed under ASICs, Edge Computing. Reported funding is $37M Series B (June 2024).
Compute Technologies
- ASICs
- Edge Computing
What PQShield works on
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
Edge Computing
Edge computing means processing data close to where it is produced, on a device or a nearby server, instead of sending everything to a distant cloud data center. In chip terms, edge processors are small, low-power chips that run software and AI models inside phones, cameras, cars and sensors.
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