Tuna-5: Europe’s New Quantum Computer Goes Live via Quantum Inspire

On May 15, 2025, a major milestone was reached by our partners in Delft: Tuna-5, a new quantum computer, is now publicly available through the Quantum Inspire platform. Built in close connection with OpenSuperQPlus, Tuna-5 is an open-architecture quantum computer – designed using modular, interoperable components and open for researchers and developers to access and explore.

Its name Tuna reflects a unique feature: the system can dynamically tune the connections between its quantum bits (qubits), an important capability for future quantum technologies. Tuna-5 was built entirely using technology from the Delft quantum ecosystem, featuring many OpenSuperQPlus partners: quantum chips from QuantWare, control electronics from Qblox, and software tools and operating system from Orange Quantum Systems. The integration and testing were led by the DiCarlo Lab at QuTech / TU Delft, where Tuna-5 is also physically hosted.

Software integration was carried out by TNO and the Quantum Inspire team, allowing users to write Python code that is automatically translated into the hardware-level instructions the computer needs to run.

Tuna-5 showcases how European research, startups, and industry are working together to build quantum computers that are open, flexible, and built to scale. It is a key step on our path toward a 100-qubit quantum computer – currently under development and set to be publicly released in late summer 2026.

Explore Tuna-5’s live performance data here:  Live performance monitoring Tuna-5

Read the original news by QuTech here:  Tuna-5 launch

The open-architecture Tuna-5 quantum computer was developed as a part of the HectoQubit/2 project with support from OpenSuperQPlus – © QuTech