{"id":634449,"date":"2026-09-24T10:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634449\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:56:23","slug":"fermilab-and-microsoft-partner-to-provide-new-quantum-tools-and-expand-quantum-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634449\/","title":{"rendered":"Fermilab and Microsoft partner to provide new quantum tools and expand quantum research"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is joining Microsoft Quantum as an initial partner<\/a> in the company\u2019s new quantum hardware makerspace in its newest quantum research center in the University of Maryland\u2019s Discovery District. Here, researchers within the academia, industry, and government sectors will provide access to real quantum hardware and expertise for students and others in the emerging quantum community.<\/p>\n

Through its broader collaboration with Microsoft, Fermilab also aims to add new capabilities to the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit,<\/a> or QICK, an open-source hardware and software toolkit it developed to control and read out information from quantum bits.<\/p>\n

\"QICK\"The Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit \u2014 or QICK \u2014 an open-source quantum control and readout system developed at Fermilab. Photo: Ryan Postel, Fermilab<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled that Microsoft has chosen QICK to be part of the quantum hardware makerspace and look forward to working with them on other projects as well. Fermilab is committed to keeping QICK open source to allow users from academia, the national labs and industry to train the quantum workforce and build applications on top of QICK,\u201d said Anna Grassellino, chief technology officer and associate laboratory director for the Technology Directorate at Fermilab.<\/p>\n

Originally designed for superconducting qubits, the Fermilab QICK development team worked with partners<\/a> to adapt QICK to use with trapped ions, cold-atoms, silicon-spin qubits, quantum-dot and biological qubits. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Fermilab is committed to keeping QICK open source to allow users from academia, the national labs and industry to train the quantum workforce and build applications on top of QICK.<\/p>\n

Anna Grassellino, chief technology officer and associate laboratory director for the Technology Directorate at Fermilab<\/p>\n

Fermilab is committed to keeping QICK open source to allow users from academia, the national labs and industry to train the quantum workforce and build applications on top of QICK,<\/p>\n

\u201cOur work with Fermilab extends beyond training,\u201d said Charles Tahan, Partner, Microsoft Quantum.\u00a0 \u201cWe are collaborating to broaden the applicability of quantum-control technologies across hardware platforms while working with the University of Maryland to explore how tools such as [QICK] can be incorporated into education. As quantum computing matures, it\u2019s important that learners have opportunities to work with real systems, real tools, and the people who build them.\u201d<\/p>\n

By sharing their results with the open-source user community, Fermilab and Microsoft will provide new tools to the growing quantum ecosystem and help advance quantum information science.<\/p>\n

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is America\u2019s premier national laboratory for particle physics and accelerator research. Fermi Forward Discovery Group manages Fermilab for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. Visit Fermilab\u2019s website at www.fnal.gov<\/a> and follow us on social media.<\/p>\n

The development of QICK at Fermilab was originally supported primarily through the lab\u2019s key partnership in the Quantum Science Center, a DOE National Quantum Initiative Science Research Center headquartered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.<\/p>\n


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\n Fermilab and Harmoniqs integrate open-source tools to advance qubit control optimization <\/a><\/p>\n

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Fermilab developed the Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit, or QICK, as a compact, customizable and cost-effective quantum readout and control option for scientists. Harmoniqs, a quantum computing software company, developed Piccolo.jl, a quantum control and calibration software package. Together, their developers are integrating the two to achieve precise, repeatable qubit control, providing better results in less time.<\/p>\n


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