Quandela Seeks South Korean Partners for Photonic Quantum Computing

Insider Brief

• Quandela plans to spend the next two years developing strategic partnerships in South Korea covering quantum manufacturing, system integration and operations.
• The company wants to work with Korean partners on photonic module manufacturing, advanced packaging, wafer-level inspection, optical alignment and integrated quantum control systems.
• Quandela is also considering a Korean quantum manufacturing consortium and potential cooperation across Seoul, Jeonnam-Gwangju and southeastern regional quantum clusters.

French photonic quantum computing company Quandela intends to spend the next two years lining up strategic partners in South Korea, with joint work expected to cover quantum chip manufacturing, system integration, demonstration, and real-world operation, Seoul Economic Daily reported.

CEO Niccolo Somaschi presented the company’s Korea strategy and a medium- to long-term roadmap toward fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) at a press conference held at Centropolis in Seoul’s Jongno district on the 28th.

Quandela‘s quantum computers run on photons. The company has recently worked with NVIDIA to connect quantum processing units (QPUs) with graphics processing units (GPUs), part of an effort to pair quantum machines with existing computing infrastructure. Mass-producing photonic quantum computers and scaling their performance over time depends on semiconductor-grade precision manufacturing and inspection, which is why the company wants to deepen technical ties with Korea’s manufacturing base.