South Korean quantum equipment developer and systems integrator SDT has joined Canadian non-profit organization Open Quantum Design (OQD) as a primary hardware manufacturing partner. Announced at Quantum Korea 2026, the strategic agreement tasks SDT with translating OQD’s open-source hardware blueprints into physical trapped-ion quantum processing units (QPUs) and integrating their supporting control infrastructure.
OQD develops full-stack, open-source trapped-ion quantum computers—publishing complete schematics for ultra-high vacuum (UHV) chambers, microfabricated surface ion-trap electrodes, laser control optics, and open software stacks. As the designated manufacturing partner, SDT will fabricate and assemble complete QPU hardware modules, build control electronics, and co-develop user-interface software to make open-source quantum computers commercially reproducible for global universities, research laboratories, and defense agencies.
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OQD Open-Source Hardware & Software Blueprints SDT System Integration & Manufacturing
• Public UHV Chamber & Electrode Designs. • Precision Fabrication of Vacuum & Ion Traps.
• Open Control Electronics Schematics. • Free-Space Optical Assembly & Laser Systems.
• Open-Source Software Stack & Drivers. • QuREKA QCaaS Cloud & Interface Integration.Additionally, SDT has joined the preferred-supplier network for LightFlow, a cloud-based design and manufacturing platform for free-space optical systems, securing its role in producing optical subsystems and ion-trap assemblies for OQD systems.
Concurrently, SDT is deploying its QuREKA Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) platform to support hybrid CPU-GPU-QPU research across South Korea’s bio-pharmaceutical sector. Operating out of its Quantum-AI Hybrid Data Center in Seoul, QuREKA integrates CUDA-Q toolchains with local superconducting QPUs, IonQ trapped-ion systems, and high-performance classical emulators (including QPerfect’s MIMIQ engine) to accelerate molecular modeling, protein structure analysis, and drug candidate discovery.
Led by SDT CEO Ji-won Yoon and OQD Co-Founder & CEO Greg Dick, the alliance expands OQD’s open-source quantum ecosystem across the ASEAN region and South America while solidifying SDT’s position within the global quantum hardware supply chain.
Review the announcement on the Seoul Economic Daily here, read coverage on The Asia Business Daily here and Kyosu Shinmun here, and examine our previous coverage of BTQ Acquiring QPerfect for QuREKA Cloud Emulation here.
August 13, 2026
