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Aegiq develops Quantum computing hardware rooted in research at the University of Sheffield. Founded in the city in 2019, the company combines deterministic photon sources with silicon photonics. Its work spans the physical hardware, the architecture of computing systems and applications designed to use quantum processing. [Aegiq](https://www.Aegiq.com/company)
The company's aim is to build compact systems that can work alongside existing high-performance computing infrastructure. It is developing the components and designs needed to increase the scale of photonic quantum computers. Fault-tolerant commercial computing is a development objective, rather than a capability established by that description. Its origins in semiconductor quantum photonics connect the business to both specialist light sources and complete computing systems. [Company profile](https://www.Aegiq.com/company)
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