SQC now places hundreds of thousands of single atoms deterministically each day, transitioning from a long-held research goal to a highly automated manufacturing step. After 25 years of silicon quantum computing research, the company reports achieving what was once considered impossible: moving from single-atom devices to commercial products currently in the market. This industrialization of atomic-precision manufacturing uses existing semiconductor research worth trillions of dollars, and is SQC’s pathway to building fault-tolerant quantum systems.
Atomic Precision Enables Silicon Quantum Processors
Ludwik Kranz, Head of Quantum Engineering at SQC and CEO Michelle Simmons detail this progression in the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology, tracing a path from initial single-atom transistors to fully manufacturable quantum processors. The company’s work demonstrates that achieving the previously impossible is possible through routine precision; single-atom devices have evolved into qubits, then processors, and are now yielding commercial products, SQC says.
“The lesson from 25+ years of silicon quantum computing is that the impossible becomes industrial when precision becomes routine,” said Michelle Simmons. The team’s advancements, described in their Nature Nanotechnology Comment piece, signal a shift towards scalable and reliable quantum computing systems.
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