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September 30, 2026Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

Infleqtion and Riverlane Execute Strategic MOU to Integrate Neutral-Atom Hardware with Real-Time QEC Decoders

Infleqtion and Riverlane have partnered to integrate real-time quantum error correction with neutral-atom hardware. …

Infleqtion and Riverlane Execute Strategic MOU to Integrate Neutral-Atom Hardware with Real-Time QEC Decoders

Quantum technology developer Infleqtion (NYSE: INFQ) and quantum error correction (QEC) software specialist Riverlane have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to integrate real-time fault-tolerant decoding infrastructure with neutral-atom hardware architectures. Announced in Oxford, the strategic partnership combines Riverlane's Deltaflow real-time QEC decoding platform and Deltakit diagnostic suite with Infleqtion’s Sqale neutral-atom QPU platform, Superstaq compiler, and quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) algorithmic library.

The collaboration focuses on closing the latency gap between physical qubit error detection and real-time syndrome processing, a core requirement for generating logical qubits at scale. While physical neutral-atom arrays utilize optically trapped alkali/alkaline-earth atoms (such as cesium or rubidium) controlled via Rydberg blockade gates, environmental noise and laser pulse fluctuations necessitate sub-millisecond, real-time decoding feedback. By pairing Infleqtion's qLDPC software—developed to reduce physical-to-logical qubit overheads by 10× to 100×—with Riverlane's dedicated ASIC/FPGA decoder hardware, the partnership establishes a co-designed stack designed to run dynamic error correction cycles without interrupting execution runtime.

[ Infleqtion & Riverlane Joint Fault-Tolerant System Stack ]

Stack Layer

Contributing Vendor & Platform

Technical Function & Integration Target

• Physical QPU Hardware

• Infleqtion Sqale Platform (100+ Physical Neutral-Atom Array)

• Optically trapped Rydberg-state physical qubits deployed at UK NQCC

• Compilation & qLDPC

• Infleqtion Superstaq & qLDPC Library

• Logical-to-physical pulse compilation & high-rate qLDPC code mapping

• Real-Time Decoding

• Riverlane Deltaflow & Deltakit

• Ultra-low-latency syndrome decoding, error tracking, & ASIC feedback control

The joint initiative leverages Infleqtion's established footprint in the UK quantum ecosystem, centered around its Quantum Innovation Centre and Manufacturing Hub in Oxford and its 100-physical-qubit neutral-atom system delivered to the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC). The companies will conduct a series of technical workshops and co-design engineering sprints to define hardware-software integration points and benchmark fault-tolerant demonstration workloads on UK-built neutral-atom hardware.

Review the corporate disclosure via Infleqtion Investor Relations here.

September 30, 2026

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