Qruise and Quantum Machines Automate 21-Qubit QPU Bring-Up at IQCC

Qruise has completed a proof-of-concept integration of its QruiseOS automated bring-up software at the Israeli Quantum Computing Center (IQCC). Utilizing Quantum Machines’ OPX1000 control system and the Quantum Orchestration Platform (QOP), the deployment successfully automated the calibration and characterization of a 21-qubit QuantWare Contralto QPU. The integration reduced the total bring-up time to approximately 15 minutes, a significant reduction from the manual labor typically required to move a superconducting processor from an uncalibrated state to full operational readiness.

The technical setup at the IQCC—a national testbed co-located at Tel Aviv University—combines the 21-qubit Contralto QPU with the OPX1000's real-time, low-latency hybrid control capabilities. QruiseOS configured and executed more than 25 single- and two-qubit bring-up experiments, including CZ flux chevron maps, conditional phase optimizations, and interleaved randomized benchmarking. These workflows are designed to be fault-tolerant and are integrated into the Qruise knowledge base, an experiment-tracking platform that enables automated recalibration triggered by performance thresholds or scheduled maintenance cycles.

This deployment highlights the growing importance of integrated quantum-classical stacks and the use of Digital Twins to maintain system stability over multiple thermal cycles. According to Nir Alfasi, General Manager at IQCC, the center provides a platform where companies like Qruise can validate software on real, uncalibrated hardware supported by NVIDIA DGX Quantum supercomputing resources. Following this success, the partners—Qruise, Quantum Machines, and IQCC—intend to refine these multiplexed workflows to support broader multi-user, multi-QPU environments, further accelerating the path toward scalable quantum-classical operations.

You can find the official announcement regarding the QruiseOS integration at IQCC here. Detailed technical context on the OPX1000 control platform and its role in the Israeli National Quantum Initiative is available here.

May 2, 2026