Tuesday, May 31st 2022
Australia Installs First Room-Temperature Diamond Quantum Computer
Quantum computing is an upcoming acceleration aiding classical computational methods to achieve monumental speed-ups at a few select problems. Unlike classical computers, quantum systems usually require sub-ambient cooling to make them work. At Quantum Brilliance, an Australian-Germany startup company, researchers have been developing quantum accelerators based on diamonds. Today, we got the world's first installation of room-temperature on-premises quantum computers at Australia's Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. While we don't have much information about the computational capability of the system, we know that it is paired with HPE Setonix, Pawsey's HPE Cray EX supercomputer.
In a brief YouTube video shared by Pawsey, it is highlighted that the benefits of using quantum accelerators are real, and they are figuring out ways to integrate it with the center's hardware and software stack for better usage. Meanwhile, Quantum Brilliance diamond accelerators are still a black box of some sort as the technology is known to the startup and its collaborating Australian universities. All we know is that the company is harnessing nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamonds, which supposedly have the longest coherence time of any room temperature quantum state. This translates to a qubit that can operate anywhere a classical computer can.
Sources:
Pawsey, via HPC Guru (Twitter)
In a brief YouTube video shared by Pawsey, it is highlighted that the benefits of using quantum accelerators are real, and they are figuring out ways to integrate it with the center's hardware and software stack for better usage. Meanwhile, Quantum Brilliance diamond accelerators are still a black box of some sort as the technology is known to the startup and its collaborating Australian universities. All we know is that the company is harnessing nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamonds, which supposedly have the longest coherence time of any room temperature quantum state. This translates to a qubit that can operate anywhere a classical computer can.
21 Comments on Australia Installs First Room-Temperature Diamond Quantum Computer
... like transforming our economy from profit oriented to ecological oriented, supporting/replacing our dumb politicians or at least use them to filter out cheaters in online games.
Edit: looking at their photos I couldn't help but to think of
P.S.: ohh the guy from The Big Sick (Kumail Nanjiani). Pretty good movie. :)
Shiny gimmick that all big ballers participate so they can boost their portfolio but in reality it's significant as a fart in a tornado.
What’s the deal.
Im gonna guess that no actual science has happened on a quantum system beyond validation of some results, as the error rate is still to high to be useful from what I understand.
I hate the heat about as much as I hate the cold lol..
I wonder what the bios looks like on this thing.
I'll be windows 12 ready.... :D
There are quite some good billionaires out there, but they choose to contribute anonymously.
I voted yes as room temp quantum computing is an amazing advance that should radically change quantum computers as the tech advances.
Australia invented wifi - the world wide WEB.
You get the picture.
I think we're all burned out on the never ending press releases of quantum computers that are sealed black boxes that are never proven to actually BE quantum computers of any kind.