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A scaling breakthrough that resets the trajectory of quantum computing
QuantWare has announced VIO-40K™, a new generation of its VIOTM 3D scaling architecture enabling 10,000-qubit Quantum Processors, the first time the industry has crossed the KiloQubit threshold. VIO-40K is 100× larger than any QPU available today, yet occupies a smaller footprint than current 100-qubit devices. It is a decisive break from the scaling stagnation that has limited quantum computing for nearly a decade.
Quantum hardware has been stuck around ~100 qubits for years. Google moved from 53 to 105 qubits across six years; IBM recently unveiled a 120-qubit processor that is expected to lead the market in 2028. The bottleneck wasn’t demand, it was hardware scalability. Most systems rely on networking many small QPUs, producing high total cost of ownership and low fidelity.
VIO changes the physics and the economics.
VIO-40K uses a 3D chiplet-based architecture with 40,000 I/O lines and ultra-high-fidelity chip-to-chip connections. The result: exponentially more compute per dollar and per watt, without the architectural compromises of multi-QPU networking.
VIO is openly available to any organization using superconducting qubits. It turns every qubit design into a scalable platform, enabling QPU sizes previously considered out of reach.
QuantWare continues to expand the Quantum Open Architecture (QOA) ecosystem, with NVIDIA NVQLink now fully compatible. NVQLink integrates VIO-powered hyper-scaled quantum processors with classical AI supercomputing via the CUDA-Q platform, linking two performance frontiers into a single workflow.
To meet demand for VIO-powered megaqubit processors, QuantWare is building Kilofab, the world’s first dedicated fab for QOA devices. Opening in 2026 in Delft, Kilofab will expand production capacity by 20×, reinforcing QuantWare’s status as the highest-volume QPU supplier globally.
“QuantWare’s VIO finally removes this scaling barrier, paving the way for economically relevant quantum computers,” said Matt Rijlaarsdam, CEO of QuantWare. “With VIO-40K, we’re giving the entire ecosystem access to the most powerful, hyper-scaled quantum processor architecture ever.”
From prototype ambition to quantum processor powerhouse
We backed QuantWare early during pre-seed, via a CLA. This was when the “Intel of quantum computing” was a conviction, not a headline. The team in Delft was small but relentless, engineering manufacturable qubit hardware while the rest of the industry stayed in lab-scale mode. We invested again and again, including in the oversubscribed $27M Series A, pairing capital with the deep hardware discipline required to industrialize superconducting QPUs.
QuantWare set out to make quantum processors a product. We made sure the company had the capital, structure, and commercial discipline to scale that product globally.
QuantWare is turning superconducting qubits into an industrial product and putting Europe at the center of the quantum hardware supply chain.
Beau-Anne Chilla, Partner at FORWARD.one & board member Quantware
“QuantWare didn’t just scale a chip, they changed the industry’s velocity. VIO-40K proves what disciplined engineering can achieve: real hardware, real manufacturing, real economics. This is the leap that brings quantum computing into the realm of inevitable, not theoretical.”
VIO-40K marks the point where quantum hardware shifts from research-scale to industry-scale. Moving from 100 to 10,000 qubits is not incremental progress; it is a structural reset of what quantum systems can deliver in materials, energy, and high-performance industrial simulation.
QuantWare’s approach; open architecture, manufacturable design, disciplined scaling, aligns with the industrial tech future we believe in: hardware that performs, scales, and ships.
Julia Kuijs, Associate at FORWARD.one, member of Quantware dealteam
“Kilofab will give Europe a strategic production advantage, while VIO will give the global ecosystem the scalable foundation it has lacked for a decade.”
We follow performance, not plans. And QuantWare’s performance is rewriting the roadmap for quantum computing.
