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German firm debuts first 100+ qubit diamond-based quantum processors
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21 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 21 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
A German quantum hardware company has announced the first 100+ qubit quantum processors based on diamond-lattice technology, marking a potential shift in the quantum computing hardware competition away from superconducting and ion-trap approaches.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
If you're building quantum software or applications, you now have a third credible hardware platform competing for your stack—and this one scales to 100+ qubits without needing the cooling and isolation of superconducting rivals. Call them this week; the cost and complexity calculation just changed.
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Quantum Computing · quantum-computing · hardware-breakthrough · diamond-qubits · qubit-scaling