QBit Semiconductor unveils robotics and drone chips at SEMICON Taiwan

QBit Semiconductor has unveiled its robotics and drone chipset roadmap at SEMICON Taiwan 2026, focusing on specialized hardware for Physical AI. The company introduced the QB88XX series, a System-on-Chip (SoC) designed to consolidate multi-joint control for dexterous robotic hands. Utilizing a Cerebellar Model Articulation Controller (CMAC) architecture, the chip combines quad-core Arm Cortex-A78 processors with an NPU to manage up to 32 motors, aiming to reduce system costs and energy consumption.

For the drone market, QBit is implementing a two-phase strategy. The first phase (2026–2028) involves the QB77XX series, which supports up to 32GB of LPDDR5/5X memory and focuses on real-time flight control. The second phase, beginning in 2029, will introduce a drone-dedicated QB88XX SoC that unifies flight control and mission computing into a single chip with capabilities for optical flow control and target tracking.

Additionally, the company highlighted its progress in cybersecurity, noting that its QB7 series has passed the U.S. NIST CAVP validation for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) ML-DSA algorithms.