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Quandela Establishes South Korea as Asian Hub for Photonic QPU Manufacturing and ...
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Fusion42 · 29 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
French photonic quantum computing firm Quandela has designated South Korea as its central Asian hub for manufacturing photonic quantum processing units (QPU), system integration, and R&D, partnering with key Korean semiconductor and optoelectronic companies and research institutes. The move includes co-developing manufacturing protocols, integrating Korean control modules, and collaborating with NVIDIA to reduce GPU-QPU latency, aiming to scale quantum hardware production and hybrid HPC-QPU systems.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Quantum Computing.
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South Korea is now a manufacturing and R&D base for photonic quantum processors with Quandela leading integration and production partnerships; if you make quantum hardware components, this shifts where scale and collaboration happen. Your supply chain and development opportunities just moved closer to key Korean semiconductor players and research centres.
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