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SDT has joined Open Quantum Design as a member and manufacturing partner to support the development of open-source ion-trap quantum computing hardware.
The partnership will have SDT manufacture components including vacuum chambers, ion-trapping electrodes, optical systems, and control electronics based on OQD’s publicly available designs.
SDT and OQD aim to expand access to quantum hardware development by combining open-source designs with manufacturing and integration capabilities.
South Korean quantum technology company SDT has joined Open Quantum Design, a Canadian non-profit organization, as a member and will serve as its official manufacturing partner, the Seoul Economic Daily reported. SDT announced the membership on August 13, with the agreement signed at Quantum Korea 2026. Greg Dick, co-founder and CEO of OQD, and Yoon Ji-won, CEO of SDT, signed the membership at the ceremony.
