A digitally controlled silicon quantum processing unit
Michael Abraham, Michael Abraham, Edwin Acuna, Tower S. Adams, Moonmoon Akmal, Matthew R. Alfaro, I. Alvarado, Jacob Amontree, Carter Andrews, Reed W. Andrews, Michael Antcliffe, André R. Asencio, Ryan M. Avila Batres, Cynthia D. Baringer, David W. Barnes, Katherine M. Beech, Russell G. Blakey, Zachery T. Bloom, Aaron J. Bluestone, Jacob Z. Blumoff, Matthew G. Borselli, Koel A. Bose, Brydon Boyd, Jacob T. Boyer, Teresa L. Brecht, Christopher C. Brough, Rex A. Brown, Steven L. Brown, Tyler A. Cain, John B. Carpenter, Stephen Carr, Faustin W. Carter, Mitchell Casanova, Jacob L. Chambers, Matthew D. Chambers, Khamsorn L. Chanthavong, James M. Chappell, Rhian Chavez, Kevin C. Chen, Peter S. Chen · 2026
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Abraham and a large engineering team reported in 2026 a silicon quantum processing unit with digital control. Quantum computers need many qubits, the basic units of quantum information, that can be built at factory scale. Their unit joins a custom cryogenic chip that generates control signals, a dense superconducting ribbon cable, and a low-noise silicon qubit chip. The qubit chip holds a three-rail array of 54 quantum dots that can host up to eighteen exchange-only qubits.
Single-qubit and entangling operations on the system beat prior exchange-only results by about tenfold on key quality measures. The team also ran a distance-five repetition code and a distance-two error-detecting code, two schemes that catch quantum errors. The authors argue this split solves a wiring bottleneck for larger machines.
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| CREATOR | Michael Abraham, Michael Abraham, Edwin Acuna, Tower S. Adams, Moonmoon Akmal, Matthew R. Alfaro, I. Alvarado, Jacob Amontree, Carter Andrews, Reed W. Andrews, Michael Antcliffe, André R. Asencio, Ryan M. Avila Batres, Cynthia D. Baringer, David W. Barnes, Katherine M. Beech, Russell G. Blakey, Zachery T. Bloom, Aaron J. Bluestone, Jacob Z. Blumoff, Matthew G. Borselli, Koel A. Bose, Brydon Boyd, Jacob T. Boyer, Teresa L. Brecht, Christopher C. Brough, Rex A. Brown, Steven L. Brown, Tyler A. Cain, John B. Carpenter, Stephen Carr, Faustin W. Carter, Mitchell Casanova, Jacob L. Chambers, Matthew D. Chambers, Khamsorn L. Chanthavong, James M. Chappell, Rhian Chavez, Kevin C. Chen, Peter S. Chen |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |