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Dutch Startup QuantWare Aims for 10,000-Qubit Chip, Leaping Over Tech Giants' Roadmaps

Subtitle: New 3D architecture challenges the industry's incremental approach, promising a path to massively scalable quantum processors by 2028. SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 9 – While tech giants IBM and Google are locked in a race to refine chips with just over 100 quantum bits (qubits), a Dutch startup claims to have a blueprint for a 10,000-qubit processor. QuantWare unveiled its VIO-40K architecture at the Q2B conference, proposing a radical shift in how quantum processors are built. The quantum computing industry has been stuck scaling up qubit counts, with Google's latest Willow chip at 105 qubits and IBM's Heron at 156. IBM's public roadmap doesn't foresee moving beyond this scale before 2028. The bottleneck lies in the exponentially complex wiring needed to control superconducting qubits on a 2D chip. QuantWare's solution is a 3D, modular design using "chiplets." The "40K" refers not to qubits, but to 40,000 input/output lines the architecture can support—a key engineering hurdle for scaling. By connecting smaller modules with high-fidelity links, it aims to bypass the routing limitations of single-chip designs. "The industry has been stuck at the 100-qubit ceiling for years, talking about distant possibilities," said QuantWare CEO Matt Rijlaarsdam. "We are providing a clear path to scale." The company, spun out from the renowned QuTech research institute in Delft, positions itself as a hardware supplier, akin to "the Intel of quantum computing," rather than building full-stack systems like its larger competitors. However, the VIO-40K remains an architectural concept. The first chips are slated for delivery in 2028, priced around €50 million each. QuantWare is also building an industrial-scale fabrication facility, Kilofab, set to open in 2026. Experts note that raw qubit count isn't everything. For practical, fault-tolerant quantum computing, thousands of physical qubits are needed to form a single, reliable "logical qubit." Both Google and IBM focus on improving qubit quality and error correction. QuantWare's approach emphasizes that scaling physical qubits is a parallel and necessary path. In a significant ecosystem move, QuantWare announced compatibility with NVIDIA's NVQLink platform, enabling hybrid quantum-classical computing. The startup also offers pre-validated full-stack system designs for enterprise deployment. QuantWare's bold claim underscores a growing divergence in the quantum roadmap: a choice between perfecting a smaller number of qubits or building a highway to massively scale them up. 1.https://quantware.com/technology 2.https://interestingengineering.com/in...