Smartphones have become our personal data vaults. They store our information, financial data, and biometrics. Powerful security systems are needed now more than ever.There's always a cat-and-mouse game between threats and security solutions. Samsung is now trying to stay ahead of the curve and deliver better security for the biggest threats that loom over the horizon.To stay one step ahead, Samsung System LSI has developed the mobile industry's first security chip equipped with hardware post-quantum cryptography (PQC). Called S3SSE2A, Samsung announced it this week.The next big thread in data security is the quantum computer, which has exceptional computational speed and can shut down existing security systems.Quantum computers are expected to become commercially available after 2030. And because they put existing security systems based on public-key cryptography at risk of easy decryption, new post-quantum cryptography solutions are needed.Samsung's new S3SSE2A chip offers hardware post-quantum cryptography, and according to the company, it can protect your critical data on the phone from quantum computing threats, which could render existing security systems powerless as early as 2028.Now, as some of you might recall, in January, Samsung's mobile division said the Galaxy S25 is its first phone with PQC capabilities, thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Samsung LSI now says the S3SSE2A chip is the industry's first to deliver hardware post-quantum cryptography. However, it didn't mention the Galaxy S25 or the Snapdragon 8 Elite in its announcement yesterday.With that in mind, it's unclear what kind of PQC solution the Galaxy S25 uses and whether or not it has any relation with the S3SSE2A chip. We'll let you know if we find out more.The post Samsung develops first mobile chip with hardware quantum security appeared first on SamMobile.