Developed by Intel, a new quantum processor, which has 17 qubits and works at higher temperatures than those manufactured so far, thanks to a new manufacturing process.
Processors and graphics cards no longer interest the bulk of the large silicon manufacturers on the market. This does not mean that we are going to stop seeing this type of chips, far from it, but the money is no longer in these, it is in other technologies in development, such as autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence and quantum processors. IBM is one of the pioneers in this field, but Intel is also working on these processors and has revealed its latest quantum processor, which is a superconducting chip, equipped with advanced technologies in terms of materials and the development of exceptional manufacturing techniques. .
Intel has commented that the building blocks of quantum processors, called qubits, are highly delicate. The problem with these processors is that they can only operate at extremely low temperatures, like 250 times colder than deep space, and they have to be encapsulated very precisely and very carefully, so as not to lose data. Researchers at Intel in Oregon and Arizona have developed a process for manufacturing 17-qubit chips, using a special architecture, which makes them more reliable at higher temperatures and has achieved a reduction in radio frequency between the qubit.
This development allows these new quantum processors to send and receive between 10 and 100 times more signals than the processors developed so far. They have an improved design, which allows the techniques applied to quantum integrated circuits to be considerably larger than those typical of silicon. Intel says: “Our quantum research has progressed to the point where our partner QuTech is simulating quantum algorithm workloads, and Intel is manufacturing new qubit test chips on a regular basis at our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. Intel's expertise in manufacturing, control electronics and architecture sets us apart and will serve us well as we venture into new computing paradigms, from neuromorphic computing to quantum computing. "
Source: TechSpot
