Taiwan has put its first locally designed post-quantum security chip on sale, a win for the island's chip industry as it moves to protect data from future quantum computers.

• The chip was developed by ITRI with security firm Ankh Security and launched at SEMICON Taiwan.
• It supports all three US post-quantum encryption standards set by NIST, the first Taiwanese chip to do so.
• Quantum computers are expected to eventually break today's encryption, so governments and companies are racing to swap in new codes.
• The chip is a general-purpose part meant for network gear, security cameras, factory controls and connected devices, lowering the cost of building quantum-safe products.
• Taiwan's digital ministry is backing the push with an industry alliance, migration guidelines and research subsidies.

Outlook: Expect more Taiwanese firms to build the chip into their products as the global race to replace old encryption picks up speed.