Part of Innovate UK’s Quantum Mission Pilot, TreQ has announced the deployment its Open-Architecture Quantum (OAQ) Testbed, which is now in active use. The platform is designed to be a multi-vendor system that operates independent processor, control, and software layers.
The platform enables:
- Reconfiguration and upgrades without rebuilding the stack
- System-level evaluation and comparison of potential builds
- Portability of solutions across configurations
“Open architecture quantum requires systems engineering to define interfaces, validate integration, and operate at system scale. It is much more than assembling components from multiple vendors,” said Mandy Birch, Founder and CEO of TreQ. “With the OAQ Testbed in operation, we’ve demonstrated that capital-efficient, flexible quantum infrastructure can be built and operated today.”
Beginning with two options each for QPU, control hardware, and calibration software, the system supports eight computing configurations within the same three-rack footprint. The full system configuration can be switched via software, allowing performance assessment in different contexts without cycling or recabling the hardware.
According to TreQ, this approach shifts quantum infrastructure from fixed configurations to adaptable architectures – by defining core layers and integrating them through transparent interfaces, users can evaluate, upgrade, and incorporate new technologies as they emerge, making direct evaluations and comparisons within a single engineered environment.
