Zurich, Switzerland. July 11 2024 — Qruise (Saarbrücken, Germany) and Zurich Instruments (Zurich, Switzerland) are pleased to announce their partnership. The two companies are joining forces to accelerate quantum computer development by integrating Qruise’s Machine Learning Physicist with the Quantum Computing Control System from Zurich Instruments. Combining leading control hardware and automation software simplifies quantum processor tune-up, expediting progress towards practical quantum computing.

Tuning up a quantum computer is required to let it process quantum algorithms with the lowest possible error rates. Automation technologies such as Qruise’s Digital Twin and Rapid Automated Bring-up are essential in tackling the tune-up challenge as quantum processing units (QPUs) continue to grow in size. The Zurich Instruments control system with the recently developed SHF+ product line enables scalable, high-fidelity qubit control and readout through its superior analog performance.

Qruise's software integrates directly with Zurich Instruments' open-source control software LabOne Q to enable high-speed sweeps, real-time signal precompensation, and parallel tune-up. QruiseOS provides a library of over 40 experiments and analysis modules for one-, two- and many-qubit calibration and characterization, which are weaved together with user-defined experiments to rapidly and accurately bring up the QPU. The QruiseML software creates a comprehensive Digital Twin of the QPU using the collected data and provides users with an accurate simulation environment to aid their design process. The high predictive power of this Digital Twin produces an actionable error budget – a unique capability of the software platform – which helps R&D teams identify high-impact areas of improvement in their quantum hardware.

The new partnership is established in a Memorandum of Understanding and builds on a long-standing collaboration between the two companies in multiple European and German research projects since 2018. A key achievement has already been demonstrated by the  automated nightly tune-up of various quantum processors at the Forschungszentrum Jülich as part of the QSolid collaborative research project, ensuring device stability and optimal gate fidelities. The system's robust performance allows both experimenters to consistently achieve fast and reliable tune-ups, and external users to focus on algorithmic tasks without worrying about calibration.

As the quantum computing market expands, Qruise and Zurich Instruments are excited to bring their collaboration to the next level, offering enhanced value to customers by merging their expertise. “It is fantastic to witness the outcome of our longstanding collaboration,” said Claudius Riek, Managing Director at Zurich Instruments Germany. “In a time where QPUs are growing larger and more complex, it is a privilege to work with a partner capable of overcoming the tune-up challenge.”

“Zurich Instruments and Qruise have been closely collaborating from the day Qruise was born, and I have been personally collaborating with them for years prior in the academic environment,” says Shai Machnes, CEO & co-founder of Qruise. “I am excited to formalize our relationship with this agreement, and to take it to further heights, providing even more value to our shared customers.” Anurag Saha Roy, Qruise’s Chief Product Officer, added: “Our collaboration has always been successful. We have greatly benefited from being able to use Zurich Instruments' latest features, both in software and hardware.”