The European Commission has announced a €3M investment in developing a pioneering quantum chip that integrates electronics and light, utilizing Germanium-Silicon (GeSi) technology. This initiative, driven by the ONCHIPS consortium and the Quantum Flagship, aims to improve the speed, efficiency, and scalability of quantum computers, thereby addressing issues in drug discovery, AI, and cybersecurity. Project coordinator Professor Floris Zwanenburg highlighted the complexity of qubits interacting as their numbers increase, while emphasizing that the new chip's approach could significantly enhance communication and resolve scalability bottlenecks in quantum computing.
"One major issue of scalability is that qubits are often limited in their ability to interact with one another... effective communication between them becomes more complex."
"We are combining spin qubits for computation and photonics for communication on a GeSi platform that is compatible with traditional CMOS manufacturing, which could be a total game-changer for scaling quantum computers."
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