Q-CTRL's Boulder Opal automates QPU calibration with 99.95% median 1Q gate fidelity
MJBiercuk · x · 2026-10-12
Q-CTRL launched Boulder Opal autonomous calibration for QuantWare D-Line quantum devices, replacing manual calibration by PhD experts and re-running automatically whenever devices drift.
Key figures:
- Feedline bring-up in under 3 hours, down from days
- 99.95% median 1-qubit gate fidelity across the device; 96% median 2Q fidelity
- Automates feedline/qubit discovery, coupler characterization, and gate calibration
- Works with off-the-shelf Quantum Machines and Qblox controllers
The system encodes physics-informed AI into a repeatable, deterministic autocalibration framework; a 30-day free trial is available.
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