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Honeywell claims they are on the brink of unveiling one of the worlds most powerful Quantum Computers

March 3, 2020 by Rusty Flint

Honeywell claims they are on the brink of unveiling one of the worlds most powerful Quantum Computers

You’d be forgiven for not knowing much about Honeywell (NYSE: HON). It’s name is synonymous in our family for the thermostatic controls it makes. I don’t think I’ve ever bought a Honeywell product in my life, however my plumber has on my behalf. Anyway, we listed last year an article on public companies that are working on Quantum Computing, and Honeywell is one of those companies.

The industrial giant announced that they had made a breakthrough that will increase the capability of Quantum Computers with the anticipation that they will release the worlds most powerful Quantum Computer, competing with the likes of Rigetti, IBM, Google and Microsoft. Their control expertise has led them into the Ion trap methodology of creating Qubits.

More powerful than IBM’s Quantum Computer?

The claim is that the Honeywell Quantum Computer is even more powerful than that from IBM. Even by the metrics that IBM have pioneered ( Quantum Volume ) or QV, the proposed Honeywell machine is expected to exhibit a Quantum Volume of 64, which is twice the current IBM Quantum Volume of 32. The aim is to deliver a product by June 2020.

Honeywell’s Technology

Trapped-ion QCCD is outlined in a paper which provides more details on the structure – its quantum charge coupled device (QCCD) architecture, a major technical breakthrough in accelerating quantum capability. For those of a scientific persuasion the paper is now available for download.

First Applications

Honeywell’s strategy has been to partner with other companies in the Quantum space – specifically two start-ups. The aim is to work on Financial Applications with JP Morgan (JPM: NYSE).

Read the press release from Honeywell.

Rusty Flint

Rusty is a science nerd. He's been into science all his life, but spent his formative years doing less academic things. Now he turns his attention to write about his passion, the quantum realm. He loves all things Physics especially. Rusty likes the more esoteric side of Quantum Computing and the Quantum world. Everything from Quantum Entanglement to Quantum Physics. Rusty thinks that we are in the 1950s quantum equivalent of the classical computing world. While other quantum journalists focus on IBM's latest chip or which startup just raised $50 million, Rusty's over here writing 3,000-word deep dives on whether quantum entanglement might explain why you sometimes think about someone right before they text you. (Spoiler: it doesn't, but the exploration is fascinating.