The quantum computing hardware pioneer IQM Quantum Computers has entered into a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA Corporation, aimed at advancing the integration of the NVQLink architecture to deliver scalable quantum error correction across next-generation systems.
Under the terms of the agreement, IQM will integrate NVIDIA’s NVQLink interconnect designed to link quantum processing units (QPUs) with high-performance GPU-based supercomputers into its quantum computing infrastructure. The two companies will work together to accelerate the development of logical qubit architectures and utility-scale quantum machines.
“With NVQLink we aim to build quantum-classical control loops that enable real-time error correction and rapid scalability,” said Jan Goetz, CEO of IQM. “Integrating NVQLink into our systems is a significant step towards building logical qubits and utility-scale quantum computers.”
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The collaboration will focus on three key areas: (1) implementing NVQLink within IQM’s cryogenic and room-temperature quantum control stacks; (2) developing firmware and software interfaces for ultra-low-latency coupling of GPUs and QPUs; and (3) co-optimising error-correction protocols so that quantum-classical workloads can execute seamlessly across hybrid architectures. With this initiative, the companies anticipate a step-change in the ability to correct qubit errors in real time a persistent challenge in realizing fully fault-tolerant quantum computing.
“Quantum computers can no longer be developed in isolation from classical high-performance compute,” said a spokesperson at NVIDIA. “NVQLink is our answer to closing the gap between QPUs and GPU back-ends, enabling the next wave of hybrid quantum-classical systems.”
By combining IQM’s vertical integration capabilities and cold-control innovations with NVIDIA’s deep expertise in GPU latency, system interconnects and high-throughput compute, the partnership is positioned to accelerate the roadmap for large-scale quantum machines. Industry analysts note that bridging quantum and classical systems efficiently has been a major bottleneck in commercialising quantum error correction and logical qubit layers.