Oxford Ionics: Quantum Computer

2024: Product Announcement

In July 2024, it became known about the creation of the most high-performance chip for a quantum computer. High-performance quantum chip manufactured by Oxford Ionics broke records for the performance of two-bit and one-bit valves.

According to Interested Engineering, the chip can be produced at existing semiconductor plants. According to the manufacturer's plans, it will take three years to create a working quantum computer.

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Oxford Ionics

From the beginning, we have focused on building robust technologies by addressing really complex challenges in the first place. This meant using new physics and intelligent engineering to develop scalable high-performance qubit chips that do not need bug fixes for use in useful applications and can be controlled using a classic semiconductor chip, said Chris Balance, co-founder and CEO of Oxford Ionics.

Oxford Ionics says its high-performance qubits eliminate the need to fix bugs by allowing them to be used in commercial applications at no associated cost. The company is confident that it will be able to create a 256-qubit chip in the next few years. According to the developers, their processor in comparison with competing solutions has twice the performance with a decrease in the number of qubits by 10 times.

Oxford Ionics was founded in 2019. She uses ion capture for quantum computing. Compared to other approaches, captured ions can aid in accurate measurements by remaining in superposition for longer periods of time.

Control of captured ions for computation is usually achieved using lasers. However, Oxford Ionics abandoned the use of lasers and developed an electronic way to achieve the same effect. They call it electronic qubit management.^[1]

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