Silicon Quantum Computing has unveiled its latest innovation, the Quantum Twins product, a silicon quantum simulator designed to tackle complex material problems. Now, thanks to direct contracts, customers have access to this groundbreaking device. This represents the latest step towards practical quantum computing.
Quantum Twins device, which has a layer of 15,000 quantum dots. This unique and strong design lets it mimic a real-world, important transition of materials, going from insulator to metal and everything in between. This ability is especially essential considering that such simulations have traditionally been a weakness for classical computers. It all comes together with smart timing in the launch. Founder Michelle Simmons and her committed team drove this extraordinary research and development achievement.
Advancements in Quantum Simulation
Silicon Quantum Computing, established in 2017. Since then they have iterated on their Precision Atom Qubit Manufacturing process to improve the quality, performance, and reliability of their quantum devices. The team drew from over 25 years of academic research pioneered by Simmons. This foundation set the stage for their pioneering technology. In 2014, they were able to incorporate the markers directly onto the chip. This breakthrough allows them to accurately map atoms, a key step in forming contacts needed to provide good simulation.
Sam Gorman, the quantum systems engineering lead at Silicon Quantum Computing, emphasized the unique approach of the Quantum Twins device.
“Instead of using qubits, as you would typically in a quantum computer, we just directly encode the problem into the geometry and structure of the array itself,” – Sam Gorman.
This approach is a significant departure from conventional quantum computing approaches, opening exciting new applications and enabling breakthroughs to many complex problems. The team’s earlier proof of concept for this technology saw them use it to simulate one-dimensional polyacetylene molecular bonds back in 2022, which took ten registers. By comparison, the new model uses an astonishing 15,000 registers, representing one of the most impressive leaps in capability I’ve ever encountered.
Potential Applications and Impact
The MIT model is of great foundational value to material science. It frequently eludes classical simulation power. As Gorman explained, the team can develop a quantum twin for nearly any two-dimensional problem. This new capability unlocks a whole new set of use cases for this technology.
So we can feel like we’ve shown that the device does what we hoped it would do,” Gorman said. Now, we’re looking to tackle high-impact issues and lingering, nagging problems. At Silicon Quantum Computing, we have a bold outlook. It has been at the forefront in tackling some of the most difficult problems in materials research.
Simmons added to this sentiment by highlighting the purity and precision of their manufacturing process:
“It’s done in ultra-high vacuum. So it’s a very pure, very clean system,” – Michelle Simmons.
Product design, unsurprisingly, requires the same dialectic elegance and pair process replication as soft– what are soft goods, anyways.
“It’s a fully monolithic chip that we make with that sub-nanometer precision. In 2014, we figured out how to make markers in the chip so that we can then come back and find where we put the atoms within the device to make contacts. Those contacts are then made at the same length scale as the atoms and dots,” – Michelle Simmons.
SiMon Technology Silicon Quantum Computing has developed a world-class manufacturing and fabrication facility. They are able to fit 250,000 registers on a single chip in eight hours and have a one week turnaround for chip designs. This efficiency goes beyond just speeding up their research and helps them become more agile in addressing their customer’s needs.
Rapid Production and Future Prospects
The company isn’t stopping there — they’re studying other, more traditional approaches to quantum computing with their state-of-the-art tools. Their ambitious and pioneering efforts moved them into the conversation of the world’s leading scientific experts, and that foundational research was recently published in the preeminent journal Nature.
Silicon Quantum Computing is at an important turning point in the development of quantum technology. This game changing innovation has broad implications across many industries.
Gorman expressed confidence in their unique abilities:
“We can do things now that we think nobody else in the world can do,” – Sam Gorman.
This level of innovation places Silicon Quantum Computing at a pivotal point in the evolution of quantum technology, with potential implications for various industries.