{"id":16166,"date":"2025-03-04T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1412467"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:14:58","slug":"big-techs-quantum-race-is-a-golden-opportunity-for-dutch-startup-quantware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=16166","title":{"rendered":"Big Tech\u2019s quantum race is a golden opportunity for Dutch startup QuantWare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The obscure world of quantum computing is emerging from the lab and into the public domain \u2014 fuelled by Big Tech\u2019s recent progress in quantum processors. In the past few months alone, Google launched a chip called <\/span>Willow<\/span><\/a>, Microsoft unveiled <\/span>Majorana<\/span><\/a>, and this week, Amazon revealed <\/span>Ocelot<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

While tech giants are making great strides, these companies are still working in dozens of qubits \u2014 far from the numbers needed for a practical quantum computer. QuantWare, a startup from the Netherlands, could help them unlock millions more.<\/span><\/p>\n

QuantWare claims to have created a 3D chip architecture that offers the fastest route to a 1-million qubit quantum computer \u2014 and plans to sell it to Silicon Valley.  <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to get to around a million qubits for a quantum computer capable of economically-relevant, world-changing calculations,\u201d said QuantWare\u2019s co-founder and CEO <\/span>Matthijs Rijlaarsdam. <\/span>These would be large, megawatt-scale systems, comparable to today\u2019s AI<\/a> clusters, he said<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Qubits, like bits in a regular PC, are the basic units of information in a quantum computer<\/a>. The more you have, the faster the machine. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEven Google took five years to double the number of qubits on its chips \u2014 from 50 to 100,\u201d <\/span>said <\/span>Rijlaarsdam. \u201cIf this is the pace of scaling up, we\u2019re not going to get there fast enough.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Solving the quantum qubit conundrum<\/h2>\n

One of the biggest bottlenecks to scaling quantum computers is making room for more qubits. <\/span><\/p>\n

Current designs route the electronic signals used to control the qubits to the edge of the chip. But as qubit numbers grow, space runs out. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then you\u2019ve got components like amplifiers, filters, and mixers that ensure signals are delivered with the right frequency, amplitude, and noise levels to perform accurate quantum calculations. In today\u2019s quantum computers, each component is housed on a separate chip in a separate metal box \u2014 resulting in quantum computers growing too large too quickly. <\/span><\/p>\n

QuantWare\u2019s core offering \u2014 <\/span>vertical integration and optimisation, or VIO \u2014 promises to solve quantum\u2019s scaling problem. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 3D chip architecture replaces edge-based wiring, allowing signals to travel \u201cfrom above,\u201d producing higher qubit densities. VIO also integrates bulky components like amplifiers and filters onto a single quantum processor or \u2018chip\u2019. <\/span>In effect, it creates the quantum computing version of an integrated circuit in modern PCs. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe provide the fastest path towards scaling towards a million qubit system,\u201d said Rijlaarsdam. And because VIO enables all those qubits to be integrated into one chip, it will be \u201cexponentially faster\u201d than a system made up of several chips connected together, he said. <\/span><\/p>\n

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QuantWare cofounders Alessandro Bruno (left) and Matthijs Rijlaarsdam. Credit: QuantWare<\/figcaption>