Quantinuum to use Infineon ion traps for fault tolerant quantum computer
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Infineon Technologies has signed a key deal with the world’s largest quantum company Quantinuum for the technology to reach a fault tolerant quantum computer
Infineon will provide expertise in process development, fabrication, and quantum processing unit (QPU) technology for the future generation of ion traps for Quantinuum, a spinout of Honeywell’s quantum hardware business.
Infineon has invested in this field since 2017 at Villach in Austria with high-volume processing technologies and integrated photonics and control electronics to enable partners such as Oxford Ionics and EleQtron to scale the qubit count of their machines.
In Quantinuum’s hardware approach, charged atoms are trapped with electromagnetic fields so they can be manipulated and encoded with information using microwave signals and lasers. This design has distinct advantages over other quantum hardware, including higher fidelities and longer coherence times.
Engineers from the two companies have been working together for more than a year and will intensify their efforts under the current partnership to develop powerful ion traps for Quantinuum’s next-generation quantum computers for a fault tolerant system by 2029.
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“We are thrilled to partner with Quantinuum, a leader in quantum computing, to push the boundaries of quantum computing and generate larger, more powerful machines that solve meaningful real-life problems,”
“This collaboration brings together Infineon’s state-of-the-art knowledge in process development, fabrication, and quantum processing unit (QPU) technology with Quantinuum’s cutting-edge ion-trap design expertise and experience with operating high-performance commercial quantum computers,” said Richard Kuncic, Senior Vice President and General Manager Power Systems at Infineon Technologies.
Quantinuum’s trapped-ion quantum computers currently hold the world records in key performance benchmarks such as 2-qubit gate fidelity, quantum volume and cross-entropy benchmark fidelity. To deliver even better fidelity at greater scale and achieve commercial advantage, larger and more sophisticated ion traps are needed.
“At Quantinuum, our mission is to accelerate useful quantum computing. We have announced a roadmap to reach universal fault-tolerance in 2029. Our partnership with Infineon is key to our delivering on this commitment,“ said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, President and CEO of Quantinuum.
www.infineon.com; www.quantinuum.com
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