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Universal Quantum

United Kingdom · Hardware · Founded 2018 · Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

Universal Quantum is a University of Sussex spin-out building large-scale trapped-ion quantum computers using microwave-based qubit control instead of lasers, combined with a modular chip architecture connected via electric-field links. The company holds a EUR 67 million contract from Germany's DLR to build fault-tolerant quantum systems and has raised close to GBP 100 million in combined public and private funding.

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Universal Quantum is a University of Sussex spin-out building large-scale trapped-ion quantum computers using microwave-based qubit control instead of lasers, combined with a modular chip architecture connected via electric-field links. The company holds a EUR 67 million contract from Germany's DLR to build fault-tolerant quantum systems and has raised close to GBP 100 million in combined public and private funding.

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Modular Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer

Large-scale trapped-ion system using microwave-based qubit control and modular chip architecture connected via electric-field links

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