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ZuriQ

ZuriQ is a Zurich-based quantum computing startup, spun out of ETH Zurich, that is developing trapped-ion quantum computers. The company works on ion-trap hardware and the accompanying control infrastructure needed to scale trapped-ion systems beyond the few-dozen-qubit machines that dominate the modality today, putting it in the same technical camp as Quantinuum, IonQ and Oxford Ionics.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 14 October 2026

Headquarters
Zurich, Switzerland
Status
Private
trapped ion

Coverage

eeNews Europe

Infineon and ZuriQ scale trapped-ion quantum chips

Infineon and ZuriQ are broadening their collaboration around a two-dimensional Penning micro-trap design for trapped-ion quantum processors. The effort aims to apply Infineon's semiconductor fabrication processes to ZuriQ's scalable trapped-ion chip architecture. The announcement does not describe any AI or machine-learning component.

OutlookPlausible

If Infineon can fabricate the 2D Penning micro-trap arrays with acceptable yield, ZuriQ could integrate hundreds of ion sites on a single foundry-produced chip within two years, making trapped-ion processors more compact and reproducible than current hand-assembled traps.

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