Intel heats up the race for a scalable quantum computer

Intel has announced a breakthrough in quantum computing. The technology giant says that he is able to control the “hot” Qubits, the fundamental unit of quantum computing, at temperatures of about 1 Kelvin.

In a paper published on Wednesday in cooperation with QuTech, says Intel, as its research in this area to support future commercial quantum systems. Intel says that its work has proved with QuTech is a critical hypothesis: silicon Spin Qubits could operate at slightly higher temperatures than the current quantum systems, what would be the scalability a step closer. According to Jim Clarke, Director of quantum Hardware in the Intel Labs, this is a further step in the direction of scalability,

This research represents significant progress in our research on silicon Spin Qubits, which, in our opinion, are promising candidates for the propulsion of quantum systems on a commercial scale are making, because they are similar to the Transistors, the Intel for more than 50 years. Our Demonstration of hot Qubits, which can also work at higher temperatures and at the same time a high level of fidelity to maintain, paving the way for a variety of options for local Qubit control, without affecting the Qubit performance.

By dealing with hot Qubits in a magnitude of Thousands and millions of engineers from Intel, quantum Computing can apply to practical problems. You encounter less restrictions with regard to the overall size of a system and are better equipped to deal with the complex electronics that are used to control a large quantum system, as the researchers write:

The Demonstration of ‘hot’ and universal quantum logic in a semiconductor platform paves the way for quantum integrated Circuits, both the quantum Hardware, as well as their control circuits on the same Chip to accommodate a scalable approach for practical quantum information processing.

Intel is one of several large technology companies, including Google and IBM, focusing on solutions for the scalability of quantum computers. PsiQuantum Corp., a Startup company from Silicon Valley, is working on a commercial quantum computer on the Basis of photons, to have 1 Million Qubits, which is more than Google’s leading Qubit machine that can perform in three minutes, a calculation that would take on a today’s Standard Supercomputer for 10,000 years. The founder of PsiQuantum, Jeremy O’brien, says a truly scalable solution that would enable the quantum computing, to transform a number of industries, from genetic engineering to artificial intelligence to devices for clean energy. In a large scale used, could a quantum computer for communication, information processing, financial, security, and crypto will revolutionize graphical systems.

The Crack of Bitcoin, for example, would require, according to Dragos Ilie, a quantum computer and encryption, researchers at Imperial College London, about 1,500 Qubits.

The challenges are lurking in front of all, because of the interdisciplinary nature of the construction of a quantum computer is fundamentally different from a typical Computer. He requires a broad spectrum of employees from the areas of computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics and physics. In a video clip from the year 2018, Intel’s Clarke said that he and his Team have the goal to change the world, but that will take time.

QuTech here in the Netherlands, they are experts in all quantum. It is a very natural partnership, in which we bring our manufacturing expertise here, bring your quantum expertise, and jointly optimise, or we can design together, for quantum computing…

We still believe that we are about 10 years away from the is your or affect my life.

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