Advancing quantum processor development: Keysight and Q-CTRL join forces

Keysight Technologies and Q-CTRL are strategically partnering to revolutionize quantum processor development, characterization, and key scientific demonstrations. Quantum computation offers exponential computational space with the addition of qubits to a processor. However, this exponential growth brings complexities in design, testing, and operation, slowing down the development cycle for quantum hardware developers. To address these design challenges, Keysight and Q-CTRL are partnering to provide an integrated solution enabling quantum developers to effectively scale both quantum processor quantity and quality. The solution will integrate Q-CTRL's Boulder Opal hardware optimization and automation functionality into Keysight's Quantum Control System (QCS) providing enhanced capability in quantum processor characterization and optimization to rapidly decrease characterization time and improve device up-time. To accelerate quantum development, the joint solution will: Help navigate complexity – Provide advanced AI/ML tools to navigate complex design and characterization spaces. Automate device optimization – Enable closed loop, autonomous agents to efficiently determine the relationship between Hamiltonian parameters and QCS hardware settings. Accelerate the quantum design cycle – Less time calibrating and characterizing a quantum processor means faster developme...