NVision advances quantum chip manufacturing with Nature paper and HyperLight partnership
Quantum computing developers are seeking manufacturing methods that can scale beyond highly specialized lab processes as the sector pushes toward commercially useful machines. German startup NVision says research published on Wednesday shows its technology can be adapted to build quantum chips using materials and techniques related to those already common in smartphone display production.
Highlights
- NVision publishes research in Nature demonstrating its quantum chip technology works with organic molecules similar to those in OLED displays.
- NVision partners with U.S.-based HyperLight to produce its first chips, leveraging over $155 million in funding from investors including Abbott Laboratories.
- CEO Sella Brosh states NVision aims to build and sell a complete quantum computer, expanding beyond molecule sales to full chip fabrication and system integration.
Research outlines display-based chip approach
As reported by Reuters, citing Nature, NVision publishes research showing that its technology can work on organic molecules similar to those used in organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, displays that are widely used in the electronics industry.The company makes the finding while working in medical devices rather than quantum computing. NVision had developed a machine that can zap special sugar molecules until the spin of their electrons aligned, a process that makes the sugars much easier for MRI machines to detect and helps identify cancer cells that consume the sugars faster than healthy cells.
In the paper, NVision says it uses AI to simulate hundreds of candidate molecules and then physically synthesizes about 40 of them before finding one that can be deposited in a thin layer over a chip made with conventional technology to create a quantum chip. Ilai Schwartz, the company's chief technology officer, tells Reuters the firm found a "Goldilocks" molecule for the process.
Commercial plans broaden beyond molecules
NVision says on Wednesday that it is partnering with U.S.-based chipmaker HyperLight to make its first chips. The startup, which has raised more than $155 million from investors including Abbott Laboratories, is moving into a field where companies such as Microsoft and IBM are also racing to build quantum computers capable of solving problems that would take conventional machines thousands of years.Chief executive Sella Brosh says NVision plans to build a full quantum computer instead of only selling the specialized molecules used in the manufacturing approach. He says the company wants to fabricate the chips, deposit the molecules and carry out the error correction needed on top of the system, with the eventual goal of selling a rack-ready computer.
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