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First Full-stack Silicon CMOS Quantum architecture which integrates all the required
Computer compute, readout, and control elements into a dense
array that can be repeatedly printed onto a chip,
Quantum Motion has developed the industry’s first
enabling future expansion to millions of qubits per
full-stack quantum computer to be built using a
QPU. The system also represents a breakthrough in
standard silicon CMOS chip fabrication process, the
AI machine learning tuning, enabling more efficient
same transistor technology used in conventional
operation and automated algorithms for control and
computers.
calibration.
Reference: Colby, T., ‘Quantum Motion’s First Full-stack Silicon CMOS
Quantum Computer’, Electronic Specifier, 15th. September
Qubic to develop Advanced Quantum
Amplifier Technology
Qubic, a quantum technology company pioneering
advanced radar and cryogenic amplifiers, has been
awarded a $925,000 (CAD) grant from the Canadian
government to support a $2.5 million project to
develop cryogenic amplifiers made from quantum
materials. This will help overcome thermal barriers
that are currently impeding the development of
quantum computers.
Most quantum computers perform operations in
a cryogenic environment. The heat generated by
the system’s electronics typically requires extra
cooling, potentially disrupting the cryogenics used
in quantum systems and limiting the number of
Deployed at the National Quantum Computing qubits that can run together in a single cryogenic
Centre (NQCC), this is the first full-stack quantum arrangement. Traditional amplifiers used in
computer to use mass manufactured 300nm silicon quantum systems are the primary source of this
CMOS wafer technology and the first silicon spin qubit heat dissipation and as such represent a significant
computer to be installed under the NQCC’s Quantum barrier to the development of fault-tolerant quantum
Computing Testbed Programme. systems.
The system integrates the company’s Quantum The Qubic quantum amplifier reduces heat
Processing Unit (QPU) with a user interface and dissipation by a factor of 10,000, so removing this
control stack compatible with industry standard barrier to scaling quantum computers. It is expected
software frameworks such as Qiskit and Cirq, to come to market in 2026 with the assistance of
making it a full-stack solution. The system has a the University of Waterloo, the Institute for Quantum
data centre friendly footprint of just three 19-server Computing, and the Quantum Nanofabrication and
racks, housing the dilution refrigerator and integrated Characterisation Facility.
control electronics. It is based on a scalable tile
Article contributed by Qubic
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