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This collaboration establishes a new quantum hardware makerspace in Maryland, integrating Fermilab's open-source QICK toolkit with real quantum systems to facilitate hands-on training for researchers across academia and industry. By expanding access to diverse qubit types and fostering community development, the initiative directly addresses critical infrastructure needs for scaling practical quantum applications.
Quantum hardware makerspace opens in Maryland with Fermilab’s help

Fermilab and Microsoft partner in a new quantum research center, opening a quantum hardware makerspace in Maryland’s Discovery District. Researchers from academia, industry, and government will access real quantum hardware, while Fermilab expands its open-source Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit, or QICK.
Credit: Ryan Postel, Fermilab · news.fnal.gov Fermilab’s open-source Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit, or QICK, is now central to a new quantum hardware makerspace established by Microsoft Quantum in Maryland’s Discovery District. The center aims to connect researchers from academia, industry, and government, providing hands-on experience with real quantum systems. Fermilab plans to expand QICK’s capabilities, adapting the control and readout system for use with a wider range of qubit types, and this work marks a step in broadening access to quantum tools…
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