December 22 morning news, Intel is planning to use existing hardware materials to develop quantum computers. Through the quantum mechanism, quantum computing can bring more powerful computing performance.

Competitors IBM, Microsoft and Google are all developing quantum computers, but these quantum computers are very different from today’s computers. Intel plans to use the current silicon transistor material to achieve the quantum computer.

A team of Quantum Hardware Engineers located in Portland, Oregon, is working with researchers at the QuTech Institute of Quantum Research at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Last year, the two sides jointly set up a scale of 50 million US dollars of the project. Earlier this month, Intel reported that an ultra-clean silicon film could be grown on top of standard silicon wafers used in chip factories for quantum computing. frb-wt145

The basic unit of a quantum computer is a qubit. Other companies use superconducting circuits to implement qubits, but the number of qubits is limited. Intel’s new technology in this regard is further.

A quantum computer requires thousands, or even millions, of bits to perform useful functions. Jim Clarke, director of the hardware project at Intel, said silicon-based qubits are more likely to do so (Intel is also looking at qubits based on superconducting materials). “One big advantage of silicon is that the industry has built up a lot of expertise in this area, and there are ready-to-use devices that can help the quantum bit grow faster,” he said. xc6slx75-3fgg484c

Another reason for developing qubits with silicon transistors is that the reliability of the silicon qubits is better relative to the superconducting materials.