Irish startup Equal1 unveils world’s first silicon-based quantum computer
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Irish startup Equal1 unveils world’s first silicon-based quantum computer
https://thenextweb.com/news/irish-startup-equal1-unveils-worlds-first-silicon-based-quantum-computer
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Irish startup Equal1 has unveiled the world’s first quantum computer that runs on a hybrid quantum-classical silicon chip.
Dubbed Bell-1 — after quantum physicist John Stewart Bell — the computer weighs around 200kg and plugs into a regular electrical socket. The rack-mountable machine is designed to simply slot into high-performance computing (HPC) data centres alongside standard servers.
Equal1’s CEO Jason Lynch told TNW that combining quantum technology with today’s most advanced classical processors offers the fastest route to a quantum computer capable of potentially world-changing calculations.
The potential applications are endless. Quantum computers have the potential to solve complex problems that classical computers cannot, which could lead to breakthroughs in drug discovery, cryptography, modelling, and AI.
“We’re leveraging established semiconductor technologies to scale up faster than the competition,” said Lynch. “This is the best way to scale quantum computing at the pace required.”
Is it really a quantum computer? Even more traditional quantum computers that need to get cooled to near absolute zero, to show quantum effects, are often criticized for not showing real quantum computing improvements. Highly skeptical of this one.
It is a toy quantum computer, with only 6 qubits. That being said, its a great bit of technology that is actually for sale. For company who wants to start development on quantum computing and needs a footing, this looks pretty cool.
The cooling technology is pretty incredible, they seem to have made a cooler able to reach 0.3 Kelvin in a rack mountable shell. I still remember times where such things could only be done with things the size of a car.