MIPT Quantum Computer

2024: Computer Start Up

Specialists of the Moscow University of Physics and Technology (MIPT) launched the first 12-qubit quantum computer in Russia. It is based on superconductors - materials that conduct electric current without resistance and loss of electricity), whose computing elements are made of pure aluminum.

According to the developers, the processor created at MIPT has world-class characteristics: the average lifetime of a qubit is about 14 microseconds, and the average time of one quantum operation is only 50 nanoseconds. These parameters are key to ensuring high accuracy and stability of quantum computing. An important feature of the new system was also the transition to a two-dimensional layout of qubits, while earlier they were located in the same plane, which is necessary for further scaling of the platform.

MIPT scientists launched a 12-qubit quantum computer

This is a big step forward for our laboratory and for the entire scientific community engaged in quantum research in Russia. The work demonstrates not only our ability to show new results at the world level, but also promises significant progress in the practical application of quantum technologies, since we always strive to test our devices on real tasks, "added MIPT professor Oleg Astafiev.

The strengths of development include a multi-stage study, including theoretical and numerical calculations, the manufacture of prototypes and the measurement of their properties, Nikolai Ushakov, associate professor of the Higher School of Applied Physics and Space Technologies at SPBPU, is sure.

According to MIPT scientists, by January 2024, their invention can only be used for research purposes. Its practical application will be possible only when the processor scales up to 100 qubits. The next scientists, according to the plan, at the end of 2024 should have a 16-qubit processor.^[1]

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