QSIM Plus (CEO Noh Gwang-seok) announced that it received the Innovation Award at CES 2024, which will be held in Las Vegas, USA from Tuesday, January 9th to Friday, January 12th (local time) next year.
QSIM Plus was founded in 2021 based on the three co-founders’ many years of quantum communication research experience and engineering technology, and is growing into a company specializing in quantum communication. We are focusing on developing user-centered products to contribute to market revitalization in the early stages of quantum information technology, and provide integrated solutions for establishing wired, wireless, and satellite quantum communications.
After receiving the Innovation Award for the quantum communication software simulator ‘QSIMPro’ at CES 2023, at this CES 2024, ‘QSIMpro-LAN’, a short-distance quantum communication specialized network using mobile robots, won the award in the Cybersecurity & Personal Privacy category. achieved the feat of receiving an innovation award.
‘QSIMPRO-LAN’ is a solution that expands the last mile of quantum communication, which is limited to communication between buildings, to indoors, allowing more users to use quantum communication easily and conveniently. According to the company, by introducing a mobile node to indoor communication, which has been difficult due to technical limitations of quantum communication, it maintains communication lines even in obstacles, ensuring uninterrupted communication.
A QSIM Plus official said, “Through this solution, users can use quantum communication without moving like current Wi-Fi. “Our main customers are organizations such as national defense, banks, and data centers that require strong data security,” he said. “By expanding quantum communication, which is currently only possible at one point in the building, to indoor areas, all users in the office can use quantum communication in place without restrictions.” “The goal is to develop it so that it can be used.”
He continued, “We plan to first introduce our products at domestic universities in the first half of 2024, and we plan to collect and reflect feedback through consistent exhibition and demonstration activities.” He added, “We are spurring the development of equipment to implement a quantum communication system as well as software.” “We will provide an integrated solution for operating and building a quantum communication network,” he said.
QSIM Plus has been recognized for its technology and is carrying out national projects, and was selected as the first Deep Tech Tips by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups this year, the only company in the quantum field. In addition, he won a bronze medal at the 2023 Edison Awards.
Meanwhile, ‘CES’, the world’s largest IT exhibition hosted by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), is an exhibition that provides insight into the trends of the global home appliance industry at a glance and is held every January in Las Vegas, USA. AVING News, which has covered CES for 18 consecutive years, has reported CES news around the world every year since 2006, and has been selected through ‘BEST OF CES’ and ‘BEST OF MADE IN KOREA’, which select the best innovative products, companies and technologies. has been in progress. In addition, CES on-site issues are vividly conveyed through ‘AVING LIVE’.
The CES 2024 Seoul Unified Hall will be operated at the largest scale in terms of exhibition area, number of participating companies, and number of participating supporters since Seoul City’s first participation in CES in 2020. The Seoul Integration Center, in which 13 organizations collaborate and participate, is an important step in Seoul’s efforts to make Seoul a mecca for startups, and 17 of the companies participating in the Seoul Integration Center proved this by receiving innovation awards. The participating institutions in the Seoul Unification Center are ▲SBA ▲Seoul Bio Hub ▲Campus Town ▲AI Yangjae Hub ▲Gwanak-gu ▲Yonsei University ▲Korea University ▲Chung-Ang University ▲Sogang University ▲Kookmin University ▲Hanyang University ▲Konkuk University ▲Kyunghee University. Not only the Seoul Metropolitan Government, institutions, and companies, but also supporters through industry-academia cooperation are matched 1:1 with companies, and 85 supporters, the largest number, will participate.
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