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Adiabatic quantum processor chip mounted in cryogenic chip carrier and ready to use.
Quantum Computation
Cool Computers
Alan Kleinsasser - Bruce Bumble - Byeong Ho Eom - Talso Chui - Peter Day
MDL continues to leverage its decades of experience with superconducting sensors by teaming with D-Wave Systems Inc. to advance adiabatic quantum computation. The successful collaboration between D-Wave and JPL began in 2004 and is planned to continue through at least 2021. D-Wave has achieved impressive results in mapping combinatorial optimization problems onto two-dimensional arrays of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) and exploiting quantum effects to achieve dramatic speedup of calculations and improvement of solution accuracy. D-Wave has developed a state-of-the-art manufacturing capability with JPL as a research and development partner, attacking problems related to decoherence, power reduction, and device physics, prototyping new circuit concepts, and supporting and advancing the D-Wave fabrication process.
