Shor's Algorithm

Shor's algorithm factors integers in polynomial time - a threat to today's cryptography that shapes how Kronos protects its own data and IP.

The concept

Factoring reduces to period-finding: prepare a superposition, compute a modular exponential, and use the QFT to read the period, from which factors follow. It is an exponential speedup over known classical methods.

How Kronos uses it

Kronos does not run Shor - the point is defensive. A future fault-tolerant machine running Shor would break RSA and elliptic-curve keys, so Kronos treats post-quantum-ready handling of its confidential design and IP data as the practical response.

Honest note

Breaking real key sizes needs millions of error-corrected qubits that do not yet exist; the prudent migration is underway now regardless.