ZuriQ

Native two-dimensional geometry lets qubit count grow with chip area rather than along a single chain, which can unlock thousands of ions on a standard die. Free three-dimensional ion transport supports flexible connectivity without complex junction structures.

High-fidelity trapped-ion operations are retained while manufacturing partners such as Infineon provide an industrial fabrication path compatible with existing semiconductor tooling.

ZuriQ remains early-stage relative to multi-year trapped-ion leaders that already operate larger commercial systems and cloud access programs. Scaling from a nine-ion demonstrator to hundreds of qubits still requires extensive engineering across control electronics, lasers, vacuum hardware, and error correction.

Penning-trap systems also depend on large static magnetic fields and specialized cryogenic or vacuum environments, which can raise system integration complexity for industrial deployments.

ZuriQ's core offering is a natively two-dimensional trapped-ion quantum processor. Penning micro-traps use static magnetic and electric fields so ions can be held and moved across a planar chip without the junction bottlenecks of one-dimensional RF architectures.

Chips are fabricated with Infineon using semiconductor processes, and a 3x3 demonstrator of nine individually controlled ions validates the path toward larger qubit arrays.