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QUDORA

QUDORA is a German quantum computing company developing trapped-ion quantum processors, spun out of research at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig. Its technical approach uses microwave-driven quantum logic on trapped ytterbium ions, with on-chip conductors generating the magnetic-field gradients needed for gate operations, an alternative to laser-based ion control that the company argues is easier to scale. It is one of a small group of European trapped-ion hardware developers, working at an earlier stage than larger competitors such as Quantinuum and IonQ.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 24 September 2026

Headquarters
Braunschweig, Germany
Status
Private
trapped ion

Coverage

The Quantum Insider

German Government Selects QUDORA-Led Consortium For €122 Million Project

Germany's Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) selected a QUDORA-led consortium of seven research and industry partners for the NFQC-1k project, funded at €122 million. The consortium is tasked with building what the announcement describes as one of Europe's most advanced quantum computers.

OutlookPlausible

Within the next two years, this could place a German-built superconducting prototype in the hands of European algorithm developers, giving them a testbed for error mitigation and hybrid quantum-classical workloads that does not depend on US cloud access.

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Source

German Government Selects QUDORA-Led Consortium for €122 Million NFQC-1k Trapped-Ion Quantum Computer Project

The German government has awarded a €122 million contract to a consortium led by QUDORA for the NFQC-1k, a trapped-ion quantum computer intended to reach 1,000 qubits. The funding is described as a national-scale effort to scale up trapped-ion hardware, which will drive accompanying needs in classical control, calibration, and decoding software.

OutlookPlausible

Within two years, the project could produce reusable automated calibration and control software for large trapped-ion systems, which might then be adopted by other ion-trap developers before the 1,000-qubit machine is complete.

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