Quantum computing will do to traditional computing what Einstein did to Newton. The complexity of future quantum computers could be tamed by dedicated classical supporting electronics. To enable scaling, reduce footprint, and minimize power consumption we’re exploring the behavior of classical CMOS electronics at temperatures down to the millikelvin regime. Imec’s deep expertise in 3D integration on foundry-compatible 300mm platforms can be leveraged for quantum computing. Quantum computers, with their huge computational power, are ideally suited to solving these problems. Indeed, some problems, like factoring, are “hard” on a classical computer, but are “easy” on a quantum computer. This creates… Read More

Some types of anyons can be used to make what are called “topologically protected” qubits, which are stable against any small, local disturbances. The Wellcome Trust has selected the Cleveland Clinic-IBM Discovery Accelerator to develop proof-of-concept demonstrations of quantum computing for biologic and health applications through the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio Challenge. The complex mathematics behind these unsettled states of entangled ‘spinning coins’ can be plugged into special algorithms to make short work of problems that would take a classical computer a long time to work out… if they could ever calculate them at all. Quantum algorithms take a… Read More