Australian quantum software startup Q-CTRL has partnered with four major quantum computing platforms to integrate its Fire Opal performance management software. The integration will enable Q-CTRL's Fire Opal to be natively available on IBM Quantum services, Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services, Oxford Quantum Circuits Cloud QCaaS devices, and Diraq's silicon quantum processors.

This collaboration aims to improve quantum computing performance by minimizing errors and simplifying hardware operation, potentially enabling more complex quantum algorithms and applications.

Analyst QuickTake: The partnerships, built on long-term relationships and demonstrations of Fire Opal's capabilities, have shown significant improvements in quantum computing performance. For example, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation reported a 5x increase in achievable circuit width for Quantum Phase Estimation studies using Fire Opal on IBM Quantum systems. Additionally, in June 2024 , Q-CTRL demonstrated a significant 4x increase in the capacity of IBM's utility-scale quantum computers to solve optimization problems accurately.