[机柜]英特尔发布Horse Ridge芯片 推动实现商业上可行的量子计算机

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英特尔主任Jid,lar硬子表示:虽然人们非常重视量子位本身,但同时控制多量子位仍然是该行业的一大挑战。英特尔意识到量子控制是大规模商业量子系统开发的核心环节,这也是英特尔投资量子错误和控制技术的原因。英特尔开发了一个可扩展的控制系统,可以加快测试速度,实现量子计算的潜力。&rdquo

在实现量子计算机的功能和潜力竞争中,研究人员广泛关注量子位的制造,构建测试芯片,以证明叠加运行的少数量子位提高了指数级的计算能力。然而,在早期的量子硬件开发过程中,如在英特尔硅自旋量子位和超导量子位系统的设计、测试和表示中,英特尔发现实现商业规模量子计算的主要瓶颈是连接和控制电子设备。英特尔推出了一个巧妙的解决方案,可以控制多个量子位,并指出了系统未来扩展到更多量子位的方向,这是实现量子实用性的重要里程碑

量子计算机有望解决传统计算机无法处理的问题,因为量子位可以同时存在于多种状态。在这种量子物理现象的帮助下,量子位可以同时大量计算,从而大大加快了解决复杂问题的速度。如果显示量子实用性是一场马拉松,那么量子研究领域刚刚完成了一英里。量子研究领域应以量子实用性为基础,确定量子系统是否能提供颠覆性的性能,以解决现实世界的问题。英特尔对量子计算的投资涵盖了整个硬件和软件堆栈,旨在开发一个实用和可行的商业量子系统,并将其投资于商业。

目前,研究人员一直致力于构建小规模的量子系统,以证明量子设备的潜力。在这些尝试中,研究人员依靠现有的电子工具和高性能计算机架级仪器,将低温冰箱内的量子系统与调节量子位性能并对系统进行编程的传统计算设备相连。这些设备通常是定制设计以控制单个量子位,如果要控制量子处理器,则需要数百根连接线进出冰箱。然而,这种针对每个量子位的广泛控制布线将会束缚量子系统的能力,使其无法扩展到证明量子实用性所需要的成百上千个量子位,更不用说商业可行的量子解决方案所需的数百万个量子位了。

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用于控制冰箱中的量子位,其编程指令对应于基本量子位的操作,这些指令将转换为可操作量位状态的电磁波脉冲。

Horsege以俄勒州最冷的地区命名,可以在约4开尔文的低温下工作。直观地说,4开尔文只比绝对零度高一点,其低温几乎使原子停止运动。随着英特尔对硅自旋量子位的研究,这一结果特别令人兴奋,因为硅自旋量子位预计将在略高于当前量子系统所需的温度下工作。

如今,量子计算机在毫开尔文温度范围内运行,只比绝对零度高几分之一。然而,硅自旋量子位的特性使其能够在1开尔文或更高的温度下工作,这将大大降低冷却量子系统的挑战。随着研究的不断进展,英特尔的目标是在相同的温度下使低温控制和硅自旋量子位工作。英特尔可以充分利用其在先进包装和互联技术方面的专业知识,创建将量子位和控制器集成到精简包装中的解决方案。