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IQM Spark at TOYO R&D Center
IQM Spark at TOYO R&D Center is a superconducting circuits quantum computer operated by TOYO Corporation in Japan. Its physical qubit count has not been published. 15 sourced specs are in the spec sheet. No benchmark figures are recorded for it yet.
Also known as TOYO Spark
TOYO's second IQM purchase, to be installed at its R&D center in Kiba, Tokyo, delivered by the end of 2026 and operational in early 2027. The release text consulted gives no qubit count, so none is recorded.
Spec sheet
Technical details as the builder or a paper states them, each with its own source. A blank is a fact we could not source, not a zero. Fidelity and coherence figures are in the benchmark table below.
| Spec | Value | Basis | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processor | IQM Spark 5-qubit QPU | Vendor reported | IQM lists Spark as 5 qubits with 4 couplers. | iqm.techarxiv.org |
| Qubit type | transmon | Vendor reported | IQM Spark paper describes transmon qubits with transmon-based tunable couplers; family-wide statement. | arxiv.orgiqm.tech |
| Topology | star: one central qubit coupled to four outer qubits via tunable couplers | Vendor reported | IQM Spark paper describes the star layout; family-wide statement. | arxiv.orgiqm.tech |
| Max connectivity | 4 | Vendor reported | Central qubit couples to all four outer qubits; outer qubits couple only to the center. | arxiv.org |
| Couplers | 4 | Vendor reported | IQM states 5 qubits and 4 tunable couplers. | iqm.techarxiv.org |
| Native gates | arbitrary X-Y rotation (PRX) and CZ | Vendor reported | IQM Spark paper transpiles circuits to X-Y rotations and CZ; the datasheet names CZ as the two-qubit gate; family-wide statement. | arxiv.org |
| Single-qubit gate time | 20 ns | Vendor reported | IQM Spark datasheet typical single-qubit gate duration of 20 ns or less (minimum spec 40 ns); datasheet value, not measured on this unit. | iqm.tech |
| Two-qubit gate time | 60 ns | Vendor reported | IQM Spark datasheet typical CZ duration of 60 ns or less (minimum spec 100 ns); datasheet value, not measured on this unit. | iqm.tech |
| Cooling and environment | dilution refrigerator (Bluefors), experiment stage at 30 mK or colder | Vendor reported | IQM Spark paper describes a commercial Bluefors dilution refrigerator; family-wide statement. | arxiv.org |
| Operating temperature | 30 mK | Vendor reported | Paper says experiments ran with the experimental stage at 30 mK or cooler; value is an upper bound for the Spark design, not measured at this site. | arxiv.org |
| Power draw | 11 kW | Vendor reported | IQM Spark datasheet typical mean total electrical power; datasheet value, not measured at this site. | iqm.tech |
| Fabrication | IQM's own fab and clean room in Espoo, Finland | Vendor reported | IQM Spark page cites IQM-owned production facilities and clean room; the whitepaper names the Espoo facility for IQM QPUs. | iqm.techarxiv.org |
| Software | Cortex (Qiskit, Cirq, OpenQASM 2.0) and EXA pulse-level Python framework | Vendor reported | Software layers named in the IQM Spark paper; family-wide statement. | arxiv.org |
| Access and pricing | On-premises at TOYO R&D center in Kiba, Tokyo; TOYO plans to open it to Japanese universities, startups and researchers | Vendor reported | IQM release of 2026-09-15; not yet operational. | iqm.tech |
| Roadmap | Delivery by end of 2026 and operational in early 2027 at the Kiba R&D center | Vendor reported | IQM and TOYO announcement of 2026-09-15. | iqm.tech |
Timeline
- 2026-10-07: Status checked: planned
More from TOYO Corporation
- IQM Radiance 20 for TOYO at G-QuAT (planned, 20 qubits)
Comparable superconducting machines
Closest in physical qubit count within the same technology. Counts of different qubit types are not interchangeable across technologies.
| Machine | Operator | Qubits | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Euro-Q-Exa | LRZ | 54 | operational |
| ORNL Pathfinder | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 20 | operational |
| Rigetti Cepheus-1-108Q | Rigetti Computing | 108 | operational |
| Origin Wukong-180 | Origin Quantum | 180 | operational |
| IQM Radiance NOX at CINECA | CINECA | 54 | operational |
| IQM Radiance at Poznan University of Technology | Poznan University of Technology | - | operational |