Diraq and Q-CTRL join to boost quantum computers

Silicon quantum computing company Diraq is one of four global quantum computing brands that have integrated Q-CTRL’s Fire Opal performance-management software in their hardware products.

The technologies of the two Australian companies combine to deliver unprecedented capabilities to end users, according to an announcement.

The integration was announced at the Quantum World Congress being held at Tysons, Virginia.

Diraq has developed Silicon-spin-qubit quantum processors, while Q-CTRL’s AI-driven software improves the usability and capability of quantum computing by minimising errors.

Errors in quantum computers constitute the biggest bottleneck in the technology’s advancement, while managing these errors consumes a significant amount of time for hardware vendors and end users.

The other hardware suppliers integrated with Fire Opal are IBM Quantum services, Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services (QCS), Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) Cloud QCaaS devices, and Diraq’s Silicon quantum processors.

Diraq CEO and Founder Professor Andrew Dzurak said: “Over the past decade the Diraq team has produced multiple world-first results in the development of Silicon quantum computers.

“It’s only natural that we would be the first Silicon quantum computer manufacturer globally to partner with Q-CTRL to integrate their world-leading performance-management software into our systems.

“Partnering with the world’s leading quantum performance management software provider is firmly aligned with our strategic focus and technical development programme.”

Recently published results leveraging Q-CTRL’s performance-management integration with IBM quantum hardware show that end users are setting new records in Quantum Machine Learning and Quantum Phase Estimation for quantum chemistry using Fire Opal.

Q-CTRL CEO and Founder Michael J. Biercuk said: “The first time we saw over a factor of a thousand improvement on a commercial quantum computer we knew this could change the direction of the industry.

“Now we’re thrilled that through new partnerships with some of the world’s leading quantum computing hardware vendors, we can seamlessly deliver real value to an increasing range of users.

“These partnerships have been built over the long-term through trusted relationships and real demonstrations of what’s possible, and they’re built to last.”

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