Atlantic Quantum, which spun out of research at MIT, has developed a new type of quantum architecture that’s easier to scale.
A key component that undergirds a quantum computer is a “qubit,” a aluminum superconducting circuit or “electrical switch” built on silicon chips that encodes information. But scientists are struggling to structure a qubit that can be scaled to the point where it’s better than conventional computing.. Atlantic Quantum’s goal is to address just that, and it’s inching closer, Kannan says.
“With quantum you know, it really isn't a question of if quantum computers will be able to do these, it's a question of when, and, and that's what we need to do. We just need to make sure that the when is not 50 years from now,” he says. So far, the technological architecture pioneered by the startup yields 99.9% accuracy for a two-qubit circuit. Eventually, approximately TK million will be needed to work in tandem to achieve speeds that are faster than conventional computers–to give a sense of where the industry is at, the quantum computer with the most qubits built so far, by, only has 433..
“They probably should, but I mean, we own a lot of the IP around it, so they can't,” he says. “It's not so easy, I would say to just flick your fingers and start using that qubit… That’s where a lot of our key IP lies as well, is that we have a way of controlling these qubits that is much simpler than the standard.”
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