IQM Radiance 54 Superconducting Quantum Computer Goes Live at CINECA in Italy

Sovereign hardware developer IQM Quantum Computers, alongside the Italian Research Centre on High Performance Computing, Big Data, and Quantum Computing (ICSC), has announced the official inauguration of the IQM Radiance 54 quantum computer at the CINECA supercomputing facility. Located at the DAMA Tecnopolo in Bologna, the system represents a strategic technology asset engineered to accelerate regional research across complex combinatorial optimization, physical simulations, and quantum machine learning. The deployment deepens Italy's sovereign computing capacity, marking the first on-premises superconducting quantum platform to go live at CINECA and the second IQM hardware system to become operational nationwide.

The NOX QPU Architecture and Co-Located Leonardo Orchestration

The newly launched system, designated NOX, is powered by a 54-qubit superconducting quantum processing unit (QPU) built on IQM's flagship Radiance hardware architecture. To transition the machine from an isolated research prototype into a high-throughput production asset, NOX is structurally integrated into the hardware backplane of Leonardo—one of the world's fastest pre-exascale supercomputers, ranked 10th on the global Top500 index. This co-located layout enables site operators to execute native, hybrid high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum workflows. By linking classical parallelized GPU-CPU nodes with the low-latency superconducting loops of the Radiance processor, the unified cluster provides researchers with a stabilized environment to test emerging classical-quantum co-processing paradigms.

Vertical Supply Chain Control and Nasdaq SPAC Merger Timelines

Headed by Chief Commercial Officer Sylwia de Weydenthal, IQM’s on-premises delivery pipeline emphasizes a vertically integrated business model that encompasses in-house chip design software, a custom fabrication foundry, assembly lines, and dedicated data center frameworks. To date, this independent manufacturing structure has achieved 23 global hardware system sales, with on-premises configurations actively running at four of the world's top ten supercomputing hubs. The CINECA installation directly supports IQM's ongoing capital scaling strategy as the company advances its proposed business combination with Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RAAQ). The transaction, which recently received SEC regulatory clearance via an effective Form F-4 statement, is on track for a shareholder vote on June 25, 2026, positioning IQM to finalize its public listing under the ticker IQMX by mid-2026.

The official, joint press statement and corporate integration specs can be reviewed directly via the active IQM Newsroom here. For historical context regarding adjacent hardware architectures deployed at the Bologna technopole, including the multi-vendor neutral-atom array inaugurated on the same floor, read our recent coverage on the CINECA computing infrastructure here.

June 11, 2026