Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) company QuantLR Ltd, based in Modi'in, has integrated its technology with NVIDIA's suite of networking offerings, paving the way towards a quantum-secured data center, the company announced Tuesday.
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QuantLR aims to provide versatile, low-cost quantum cryptographic solutions based on QKD technologies to protect communicated data.
As part of the project, QuantLR's QKD system connected and transferred encryption keys to two NVIDIA ConnectX-6 NICs. The interface was achieved using the ETSI REST-based key delivery API. During the process, different scenarios were tested: using different fiber lengths, attenuations and key distribution rates.
The QuantLR-NVIDIA project was executed as part of a consortium that partially funded by the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) and the Defense Ministry's Directorate of Defense Research & Development, with support from the Israeli Quantum initiative led by Dr. Tal David.
"We are happy to be supported by NVIDIA in advancing Quantum encryption solutions that are proven to be the only completely secured solutions against any eavesdropping and hacking attempts to communication lines in the present, and in the future," said QuantLR CEO Shlomi Cohen.
"The support of a leading company such as NVIDIA accelerates our development process and enables us to offer the market an affordable solution sooner. The quantum encryption market is predicted to reach sales volumes of more than $7B in 2025, and we plan to be a significant player in this market," Cohen said.
Kevin Deierling, Senior Vice President of Networking at NVIDIA, said, "The growth of game-changing innovations such as AI, 5G and smart devices continues to grow the volume of traffic and sensitive information in today's data centers. NVIDIA's collaboration with QuantLR enables next-generation cybersecurity technologies that stay ahead of emerging threats to the data center."
QuantLR is an OurCrowd Labs/02 portfolio company.
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