KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES SPAIN SL

Their core work

Keysight Technologies is a global leader in electronic test and measurement instrumentation — the company that makes the oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and microwave measurement systems used inside research labs worldwide. The Spanish entity participates in EU quantum research projects as the specialist instrumentation provider, contributing high-precision microwave and RF measurement capabilities that academic and research partners could not replicate internally. In both H2020 projects, Keysight's role was to supply and adapt commercial test equipment for the extreme performance requirements of quantum computing experiments — cryogenic environments, single-qubit readout, and microwave resonator characterization. They sit at the intersection of industrial hardware manufacturing and frontier quantum science.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the first project (NanOQTech, 2016–2019), Keysight engaged with optical quantum technologies at the nanoscale — a domain where precision photonics and electronic timing equipment are critical, but no detailed keywords were recorded in CORDIS. By the second project (FATMOLS, 2020–2023), the focus had shifted sharply toward microwave-domain quantum computing: molecular spin qudits, circuit QED, superconducting resonators, and quantum error correction — all areas where Keysight's RF and microwave instruments are directly relevant. The trajectory shows a deliberate move from broad quantum optics toward the microwave-based quantum computing stack, which is currently the dominant hardware paradigm for near-term quantum processors.

Keysight Spain is positioning itself as the instrumentation backbone of the European quantum computing research ecosystem, increasingly targeting the microwave and circuit QED stack where near-term quantum advantage is being pursued.

How they like to work

Keysight Spain has participated exclusively as a consortium partner — never as coordinator — across both projects, which is consistent with their role as an industry equipment supplier supporting academic research teams rather than driving research agendas. They work in mid-sized consortia (around 10 partners on average) spanning multiple European countries, suggesting they are brought in as a specialist contributor with a defined technical scope rather than a broad strategic role. For a consortium builder, this means Keysight is a reliable, low-overhead partner who delivers specific instrumentation expertise without requiring project management responsibility.

Over two projects, Keysight Spain has built connections with 19 unique consortium partners across 9 countries, a respectable network density for just two participations. The geographic spread across 9 countries suggests they are integrated into pan-European quantum research networks rather than confined to Iberian partnerships.

What sets them apart

Keysight Technologies is one of the very few large industrial test and measurement companies to participate directly in EU FET quantum research — most consortia rely on academic instrument labs or small spin-offs. This gives them a credibility advantage: they bring commercial-grade hardware reliability into experimental quantum settings, which academic-only consortia cannot offer. For a new consortium targeting quantum hardware validation or quantum computing scale-up, Keysight Spain provides a direct bridge between laboratory research and the industrial instrumentation standards that commercial quantum systems will eventually require.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FATMOLS
  The most technically advanced project in their portfolio, targeting fault-tolerant molecular spin quantum processors with circuit QED and quantum error correction — placing Keysight at the frontier of near-term quantum computing hardware.
• NanOQTech
  Their entry into EU quantum research (2016) and the highest-funded single project at EUR 357,500, establishing their presence in FET optical quantum technology consortia before the field shifted toward microwave approaches.