New method of measuring qubits promises ease of scalability in a microscopic package
Aalto University researchers are the first in the world to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors
IQM
Full stack quantum computers and applications to HPCs, research institutes, universities and business enterprises.
Status:
Unicorns
SDGs:
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Industry:
ICT
Impact:
Sustainable systems
Origin:
-
School:
School of Science
Established:
2018
About IQM
Quantum computing will revolutionize industries like drug discovery, materials science and finance by solving complex problems in hours instead of years.
IQM announces KQCircuits - An open-source software to design superconducting quantum processors
IQM Quantum Computers (IQM) announced today its open-source
software tool KQCircuits to automate the design of superconducting quantum processors. KQCircuits is a Python library jointly developed by Aalto University and IQM using the KLayout design program.
Unimon - A new qubit to boost quantum computers for useful applications
The researchers have achieved the first quantum logic gates with unimons at 99.9% fidelity — a major milestone on the quest to build commercially useful quantum computers.
Aalto quantum computing spinout secures €11.45m in funding
IQM hopes to commercialise groundbreaking research from Aalto and VTT
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The World Planning Schools Congress 2026 brought together more than 1500 participants in Espoo and Helsinki
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Prototyping and Validation Grant: Deployable
Four Aalto master's students built a physical AI startup on a borrowed GPU, beat PhD teams at a hackathon, and received Aalto's prototyping and validation grant.