External Users Gain Access to the QSolid Quantum Computer for the First Time

19 November 2025

Scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich, together with their partners from the QSolid consortium, have achieved a significant project milestone: the project team has successfully integrated the prototype of a quantum computer into the Jülich Supercomputing Centre’s infrastructure, known as JUNIQ. This marks an important step toward establishing a comprehensive German quantum ecosystem.

Just three and a half years after the project’s kick-off, the prototype of a system-integrated quantum computer is being made available to external users for an initial two-week test phase starting on 17 November 2025. “It is an outstanding achievement by our team to have succeeded in building a complete prototype from scratch. From the chip upwards, it consists of hardware developed at Forschungszentrum Jülich. In addition, another prototype will be launched in January. The feedback from our first users will now be crucial to further optimise the quantum computer,” explains Prof. Dr. Frank Wilhelm-Mauch, coordinator of QSolid.

Contacts

Prof. Frank Wilhelm-Mauch

Director, Institute for Quantum Computing Analytics PGI-12

• Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI)
• Quantum Computing Analytics (PGI-12)

Building 04.9 /
Room 33

+49 2461/61-6106

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Paolo Bianco

• Peter Grünberg Institute (PGI)
• Quantum Computing Analytics (PGI-12)

Building 02.18 /
Room 2014

+49 2461/61-96264

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Tobias Schlößer

Pressereferent / Press Officer

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Room R 3028a

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Weitere Informationen

Project

QSolid

Twenty-six German institutions from science and industry are working on a quantum computer with enhanced error correction in the collaborative project QSolid. The consortium is the largest of its kind in Germany.

Research Infrastructure

JUNIQ

The ‘Jülich UNified Infrastructure for Quantum computing’, or JUNIQ for short, is the world's first quantum computing infrastructure to offer users from science and industry access to a variety of quantum systems at different stages of development.

Research

Quantum Technology

Quantum computers are changing computing in a fascinating way. At Jülich, we are testing systems and prototypes that users from all over Europe can utilize for their development work.