TEL AVIV, Israel and BOSTON, Nov. 7, 2023 — Quantum Machines and QuEra Computing at this time introduced they’ve been awarded an innovation grant from the Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation to collectively develop a photonic management unit (PCU) to considerably speed up the computational energy of quantum computer systems at this time and sooner or later.
Quantum Machines delivers OPX1000, a sophisticated quantum controller that leads the trade throughout key efficiency metrics, together with suggestions capabilities, runtime, analog efficiency, and channel density. OPX1000 incorporates a singular Pulse Processor Unit (PPU) that integrates classical processing and management stream on the coronary heart of a quantum management system, orchestrating quantum and classical operations from the identical machine. The PPU permits the implementation of advanced quantum error corrections and error mitigation in real-time. Built to scale, the answer helps the necessity for managing rising qubit counts in a means that’s each economical and environment friendly.
The joint growth of the PCU relies on QuEra’s superior photonic microchips with co-designed optical peripherals pushed by high-speed analog controllers from Quantum Machines. The PCU will probably be built-in into QuEra’s quantum computer systems and in Quantum Machines testing amenities and product traces. In addition to atoms, the PCU might additionally handle ions, NV facilities, and optically addressable spin qubits – permitting true differentiation for scaling up optically pushed programs. It will present vital worth to different quantum market segments using lasers, together with quantum laptop producers, quantum sensors, and communications units.
“We are honored to receive the BIRD Foundation grant with Quantum Machines,” stated Alex Keesling, CEO of QuEra. “This collaboration represents an important opportunity to address another key hurdle to scaling quantum computers. By combining QuEra’s expertise in neutral atom qubits with Quantum Machines’ prowess in quantum control solutions, we expect to deliver groundbreaking innovation to the market.”
“Innovation is the driving force behind the quantum revolution, and we are excited to collaborate with QuEra Computing in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in quantum computing,” stated Itamar Sivan, co-founder and CEO of Quantum Machines. “This award from the BIRD Foundation underscores our commitment to advancing the field and accelerating the realization of practical quantum computers.”
About the BIRD Foundation
The BIRD Foundation (Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation) works to encourage and facilitate cooperation between U.S. and Israeli corporations in a variety of know-how sectors and presents funding to chose initiatives. The Foundation helps initiatives with out receiving any fairness or mental property rights from the taking part corporations or the initiatives themselves. BIRD funding is repaid as royalties from gross sales of merchandise that had been commercialized due to BIRD assist. The Foundation supplies funding of as much as 50% of a mission’s finances, starting with R&D and ending with the preliminary phases of gross sales and advertising. The Foundation shares the chance and doesn’t require reimbursement if the mission fails to achieve the gross sales stage.
About Quantum Machines
Quantum Machines (QM) drives quantum breakthroughs that speed up the conclusion of practical quantum computer systems. The firm’s Quantum Orchestration Platform (QOP) basically redefines the management and operations structure of quantum processors. The full-stack {hardware} and software program platform is able to operating even probably the most advanced algorithms proper out of the field, together with quantum error correction, multi-qubit calibration, and extra. Helping obtain the total potential of any quantum processor, the QOP permits for unprecedented development and speed-up of quantum applied sciences in addition to the flexibility to scale to hundreds of qubits.
About QuEra
QuEra Computing is the chief in commercializing quantum computer systems utilizing impartial atoms—widely known as a highly-promising quantum modality. Based in Boston and constructed on pioneering analysis from close by Harvard University and MIT, QuEra operates the world’s largest publicly-accessible quantum laptop, available over a significant public cloud and for on-premises supply. QuEra is growing large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer systems to sort out classically intractable issues, changing into the accomplice of selection within the quantum discipline.
Source: QuEra
