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Singapore's Quantum Powerhouses and Keysight Technologies Form Five-Year Strategic Alliance to Master Qubit Control
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To further quantum hardware development, Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) inked a five-year Master Research Collaboration Agreement (MRCA) with Singapore's top quantum research universities.
This broad collaboration, announced in December 2025, brings Keysight together with NTU Singapore, A*STAR, and NUS's Centre for Quantum Technologies. Qubits are the building blocks of quantum information, therefore the alliance focusses on qubit design, measurement, and control, the biggest quantum computing challenges.
Bridging “Scalability Wall”
Quantum computing is facing a “scalability wall” despite its potential to revolutionise medication discovery and cryptography. Current quantum processors have low qubit counts and complicated control circuitry. To tackle these challenges, the partnership uses concentrated programs that combine academic research with industrial-grade engineering. Keysight's cutting-edge Quantum Control Systems (QCS) are fundamental to this relationship.
These technologies enable precise algorithms on new processor architectures with flexible gate designs. Flexible gates offer more effective quantum logic operations than static designs, which may reduce physical overhead for error correction as systems increase. By providing high-fidelity qubit manipulation infrastructure, the partners hope to go beyond experimental setups and towards more dependable, large-scale, modular quantum processors.
Measurement and Cryogenic Innovation
Because qubits are sensitive to their surroundings, quantum engineering requires precision. Much of the study will focus on cryogenic measurement and qubit manufacturing. Qubits require temperatures near absolute zero, where even the slightest electronic interference can collapse quantum states.
For monitoring these extreme conditions, Keysight oscilloscopes and signal generators are needed. To keep control signals sent to dilution refrigerators “clean” the cooperation will focus on subatomic “quality-checking” chips. This level of accuracy increases qubit lifetime and reduces decoherence.
Unifying Simulation and Reality
Developing scalable quantum devices requires advanced EDA and integration. Previous quantum chip creation involved microwave engineering and theoretical physics. To address this gap, Keysight plans to develop QuantumPro, a quantum circuit design tool that builds on its decades of RF and microwave experience.
The MRCA will involve Keysight engineers simulating and building the next generation of quantum chip designs with Singaporean national laboratory and university partners. Researchers can precisely model spin qubit and superconducting circuit electromagnetic activity using QuantumPro before manufacturing. Predictive ability is essential for modular quantum processors, because numerous small circuits must be connected to build a coherent system without losing quantum coherence.
Strengthening “Quantum Tropical Hub”
Singapore aims to become a global "Quantum Hub" through its National Quantum Strategy, and this five-year arrangement represents a crucial investment in its quantum research environment. By working with Keysight, Singapore is leading the quantum technology world.
This long-term commitment was stressed by Dr. Eric T. Holland, General Manager of Keysight Quantum Engineering Solutions, who said quantum computing's maturity depends on collaborations that take calculated risks to achieve breakthroughs. The partnership should boost technology and workforce development. The program integrates Keysight engineers into national laboratories and universities to provide Singaporean researchers and students hands-on experience with industry-standard tools. In the global race for quantum talent, “next-generation” education is crucial.
Growing innovation ecosystem
This partnership corresponds with a late 2025 quantum industry boom. QubitSolve received a $1.2 million quantum grant and Riverlane released hardware decoders for real-time error correction on the same day as Keysight. Anyon Systems received $23 million CAD to promote fault-tolerant quantum computing, and India's QNu Labs opened a training academy.
In this competitive sector, Keysight's end-to-end design and emulation from EDA tools to physical test solutions makes it a global innovation partner. Keysight, an S&P 500 company, helps inventors in semiconductor, aerospace, and military sectors implement ideas faster and more safely. This new alliance guarantees the finest precision in designing and controlling quantum era building blocks.
From automated calibration for huge qubit arrays to high-density cryogenic cabling, the MRCA will fund several joint research projects over the next five years. When computers reach dozens, hundreds, or thousands of qubits, the “control bottleneck” is the amount of wires and circuits needed. This is a huge engineering difficulty. Keysight-Singapore can solve this problem by developing integrated, modular control systems that grow with chips.
