Quantum Computing Inc., a developer of full-stack quantum software and hardware, has announced plans to build and operate a new quantum nanophotonics technology production and research facility to augment its chip development capabilities. The company is negotiating several offers of federal, state, and regional financing incentives to finance the project.
Optical processors are predicted to give the highest scalability and performance advantages for future quantum information processing, networking, sensing, and imaging applications. QCI intends to generate $30 million for the new facility through CHIPS funding and state and regional incentives. The research facility would complement the ongoing research and development operations at QCI’s New Jersey facilities and expand and widen the scope of quantum research endeavours.
“The passage of the CHIPS Act is a historic opportunity to transform the U.S. semiconductor industry,”. “We are positioned to play a significant role in this effort by applying our engineering expertise and quantum technology to develop the next generation of quantum computing technology, including nanophotonics chips.”
QCI’s CEO, Robert Liscouski
The CHIPS Act allots $52 billion to revitalize onshore semiconductor production in the United States. $39 billion of the fund will support manufacturing incentives and $13 billion for new research and development. These federal funds will be distributed to state and municipal governments in the first quarter of 2023. Currently, QCI works closely with government authorities, economic development groups, and business communities to marshal the necessary resources for the initiative.
While commercial quantum computing is still in its infancy, QCI has emerged at the vanguard of a technological revolution, employing its technology to address challenging constraint optimization challenges that corporations and governments face today.
The Dirac 1, QCI’s Entropy Quantum Computer (EQC), is tackling real-world business challenges with game-changing quantum computational capabilities that outperform anything currently on the market. Entropy Quantum Computer enables users to conduct complex optimization tasks in a controlled, room-temperature PC environment.
The system’s platform technology will transition from a discrete component architecture to a highly integrated system-on-a-chip design extending the core technology in scalability, stability, performance, and cost.
This approach will broaden the capabilities of the core technologies in developing solutions for:
- Multi-body interaction optimization problems
- Photonic gate-model circuits, quantum cybersecurity
- Encryption methods
- Ultrasensitive sensing and imaging systems
all of which will leverage the power of photonic quantum engineering.
“We believe the development of a commercially scalable quantum computing chip represents a massive opportunity, and one that QCI is ready to tackle,” “The launch of this new manufacturing and research project presents a bold first step toward achieving our vision of a new quantum future.”
ROBERT LISCOUSKI