Scaling quantum computing requires connecting processors into larger systems. That’s what we’re building at memQ: the infrastructure to connect QPUs and enable distributed quantum computing. Our CEO Charles Foley spoke with EE Times about the quantum interconnect challenge and what it will take to connect processors reliably as quantum systems scale. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gQRatckr #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #DistributedQuantumComputing #DeepTech
About us
memQ is building the hardware and software foundation for distributed quantum computing. We develop telecom-band and CMOS-compatible quantum networking components, including quantum network interface controllers (QNICs), quantum control systems (QCS), quantum memory modules (QMM), and distributed quantum compilers (xDQC), to interconnect quantum processors. Our goal is to make quantum computers scalable, modular, and networked.
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https://www.memq.tech
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- Industry
- Computer Hardware Manufacturing
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2022
- Specialties
- Quantum Networking, Quantum, and Integrated Photonics
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We’re excited to be leading an official workshop at Quantum World Congress 2026 on Connecting Quantum: The Path to Scale-Out Architectures. On September 23rd our CEO Charles Foley will explore how quantum networking can connect processors across different qubit modalities and vendors to build larger, distributed quantum systems. We’ll discuss photon-mediated entanglement, heterogeneous quantum architectures, the hardware and software needed to connect quantum processors, and the technical challenges that still need to be solved to make scale-out quantum computing a reality. If you’re attending QWC 2026 in College Park, we hope you’ll join us! #QWC2026 #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #QuantumTechnology
What if the path to bigger quantum computers isn’t just… bigger quantum computers? There’s a limit to how far the industry can scale by packing more and more qubits onto a single chip. So another path is emerging: connect the machines. At #QWC2026, Connecting Quantum: The Path to Scale-Out Architectures will explore how quantum networking could allow distinct quantum systems — even systems using different qubit modalities or built by different vendors — to work together as a larger quantum cluster. Led by Charles Foley of memQ, this Official QWC 2026 Workshop will dig into: • How photon-mediated entanglement can connect quantum processors • The promise of heterogeneous quantum architectures • “Right qubit for the right task” processing • The hardware and software needed to build quantum networks • The technical challenges still standing between today’s systems and true scale-out quantum computing Classical computing learned long ago that scale doesn’t have to mean one enormous processor. Quantum may be headed in the same direction. 📅 Wednesday, September 23 ⏰ 8:00–10:00 AM 📍 Orientation Room Registering for Quantum World Congress? You can add this Official QWC 2026 Workshop directly to your agenda during registration: quantumworldcongress.com. #QuantumWorldCongress #QWC2026 #QuantumNetworking #QuantumComputing #QuantumTechnology
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We’re excited to join the Global Quantum Industry Group (GQIG). As the quantum ecosystem continues to grow, collaboration across the industry will be critical to moving from individual breakthroughs toward scalable, commercially useful quantum systems. We’re looking forward to contributing to the GQIG community and working alongside others building the future of quantum computing. #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #DistributedQuantumComputing #DeepTech #GQIG
Welcome memQ to GQIG! Founded in 2021 as a technology spin-out from the University of Chicago, memQ enables the scalable implementation of quantum computing through standards-based connectivity across optical connections between quantum computers anywhere. The company provides secure connectivity and control across local, campus, metro, and wide-area quantum compute resources with high fidelity and low loss, regardless of qubit structure. memQ's xQNA portfolio includes QNICs (quantum network interface controllers that let various types of quantum computers join a quantum network), QMMs (quantum memory modules providing stable quantum memories for centralized entanglement operations), and QCS + xDQC (a quantum control system that orchestrates qubit and entanglement operations across a distributed network with atomic precision, paired with a distributed quantum compiler that allocates workloads based on optimum resource allocation). We're excited to welcome memQ to the GQIG community as we continue building the future of the quantum industry together. Become a member now: gqig.org GQIG is the first C-level and Director-only council built exclusively for the quantum computing industry. Learn more at gqig.org or contact membership@gqig.org. #GQIG #QuantumComputing #memQ #QuantumNetworking #DistributedQuantumComputing #theISIG Amy Leong, Salah Nasri, Kevin Dei, Jubed Miah, Mia Chen, Elsa Medin, Michelle Yan, Sephora Maio, Germantas Kneita, Christine Dunbar, Anastasia Marchenkova, Denise Ruffner
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Great conversation with our co-founders Manish Kumar Singh and Sean Sullivan on Lab Rats to Unicorns about what it will take to scale quantum computing. They discuss why quantum networking will be critical to connecting quantum processors, what it takes to build and manufacture frontier technology at scale, and the work memQ is doing to make distributed quantum computing a reality. #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #DistributedQuantumComputing #DeepTech
What will it take to make quantum technology useful at scale? In the latest episode of Lab Rats to Unicorns, John Flavin sits down with memQ co-founders Manish Kumar Singh and Sean Sullivan to explore quantum computing, the importance of quantum networking, and the technology memQ is building to connect quantum processors. They also discuss building a frontier technology startup, working with DARPA, scaling manufacturing, and Chicago’s growing quantum ecosystem. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/geTYUi8B
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Thank you to the UChicago Science Incubator for highlighting memQ alongside Bluefors as part of the quantum work already underway in Chicago. We are proud to be building within this community and excited to see the Bloch Quantum Tech Hub expand access to the specialized infrastructure, resources, and connections quantum companies need to scale. #QuantumTechnology #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #Chicago #DeepTech
The UChicago Science Incubator is expanding its support for quantum startups as part of the Bloch Quantum Tech Hub. Backed by a $55 million investment to strengthen the domestic quantum supply chain, the Polsky Center at the University of Chicago is helping position the Midwest at the forefront of quantum commercialization by providing the infrastructure and resources companies need to scale. Building on the work already happening in our space with companies like memQ and Bluefors, this initiative will provide participating companies with access to specialized equipment, workspace, mentorship, events, and networking opportunities. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dgVAUYWQ
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Going to FMS 2026 next week? Add this session to your agenda. 👇 On August 4, memQ Chairman & CEO Charles Foley will speak on the panel: “Quantum Memory vs. Classical Memory: Disruption or Convergence?” Chuck will join leaders from IBM Research, Infleqtion and Global Quantum Intelligence to discuss how memory infrastructure must evolve for quantum computing. 📅 August 4, 2026 ⏰ 3:30 p.m. 📍 Santa Clara Convention Center If you are attending FMS, come watch Charles and the panel discuss the future of quantum memory. View the session: https://lnkd.in/edEEhrmu #FMS2026 #QuantumMemory #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking
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How do you move quantum networking from the lab to systems that can scale? Much of today’s quantum-networking hardware relies on optical tables, discrete fiber components and other laboratory-scale equipment that becomes difficult to replicate across many parallel qubit interfaces. At memQ, we are using semiconductor manufacturing and silicon photonics to shrink this infrastructure onto compact, manufacturable chips. This approach underpins our hardware platform, including Quantum Network Interface Controllers (QNICs), Quantum Memory Modules (QMMs) and Quantum Control Systems (QCSs), which in together provide the ability to connect quantum processors. As one example of the potential density improvement, a setup that might control a single quantum memory on a breadboard could instead support as many as 100 quantum memories on a chip the size of a fingernail. To achieve this, memQ works with commercial foundries, has completed dedicated 300 mm tape-outs and applies proprietary back-end processing to add quantum functionality and interfaces for different qubit modalities. In this clip from our recent webinar, memQ CTO and co-founder Sean Sullivan explains how semiconductor manufacturing can help make quantum-networking hardware more compact, manufacturable and scalable. Watch the full webinar here: https://lnkd.in/eBxFVQKU #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #SiliconPhotonics #Semiconductors
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What can quantum computing learn from the classical von Neumann architecture? Classical computing advanced by combining specialized components, linking them through shared memory and a common bus, and repeating those units at scale. A similar architecture will emerge in quantum computing. Instead of relying on a single monolithic processor, future systems will connect specialized quantum components through a shared memory backbone and a photonic entanglement bus. In this clip from our recent webinar, memQ CTO and co-founder Sean Sullivan explains how this model could help enable more modular, scalable and heterogeneous quantum computers. Watch the full webinar here: https://lnkd.in/eBxFVQKU #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #DeepTech
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Quantum computing will change not only how information is processed, but also what memory means. On August 4, memQ Chairman & CEO Charles Foley will speak at Future of Memory and Storage 2026 on the panel: “Quantum Memory vs. Classical Memory: Disruption or Convergence?” At memQ, we are developing telecom-wavelength quantum memory modules built on silicon photonics to help enable distributed quantum computing at scale. Chuck will be joined by Roman Pletka of IBM Research, Paul Lipman of Infleqtion and Doug Finke of Global Quantum Intelligence. Nilesh Shah of ZeroPoint Technologies will moderate the discussion. 📅 August 4, 2026 ⏰ 3:30 p.m. 📍 Santa Clara Convention Center Registration is still open. Sign up for FMS 2026 and join us in Santa Clara. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gmegAyaf #FMS2026 #QuantumMemory #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking
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The quantum industry has spent years racing to fit more qubits onto a single chip. We think the more interesting question is how to network quantum processors together to get higher qubit counts, faster. On 21 July, join Sean Sullivan and Skip Sanzeri for a 30 minute webinar on what scale-out quantum computing looks like, why it’s needed and why leading programs such as DARPA's HARQ initiative are now focused in this direction. Free to attend. Register below. #QuantumComputing #QuantumNetworking #DeepTech #Webinar
Quantum Scale-Out: The Power of Networked Quantum Computing
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