Quantum
Computing
Scalable quantum computers need scalable control electronics.
The number of qubits in quantum computers will need to grow by two orders of magnitude over the next decade. This will require successive creative innovations in qubit fabrication, layout, and operation.
Control hardware can either facilitate this, or be an obstacle to it.
To unlock the potential for future innovation, qubit control electronics must:
Be an order of magnitude more affordable per qubit
Grow in capability without growing in complexity
Support an open environment for researchers to build
The real-time error correction algorithms that will carry us to full-scale fault tolerance aren’t known today, but we do know what they will need: full-mesh connectivity, low-latency multi-channel feedback, wide bandwidth, and an expansive set of tools to customize and build with.
The Future…
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with support for over a thousand independent pulses per I/O, arbitrarily sequenced or combined, and low-latency feedback.
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with direct digital synthesis at RF-frequencies and real-time pulse generation, using pre-computed or algorithmically determined pulse-profiles.
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allowing your control electronics to evolve together with qubit performance and fabrication design. Configure and trade between bandwidth, multiplexing capability, feedback latency and connectivity, and I/O channels.
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with control and readout implemented on the same fabric, and full-mesh 10/25 Gbps capabilities between units, an expansive set of simultaneous operations or feedback modes are possible.
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so a single unit can operate standalone, or multiple units can operate with centralized clocking and synchronization, allowing extremely low phase-noise.
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we know that locked black boxes slow everybody down. Our hardware uses an embedded Linux environment that you have the keys to. We provide multi-level API access, from a graphical web-server to Python and even direct firmware bindings. The user-facing software stack is deployment-ready, maintained, and open-source.