Benchmarking IBM And Intel! The Domestic Quantum Chip Production Line Will Be Launched Soon

"As the chip shortage problem in the semiconductor industry gets worse, China, as the world's largest chip importer, is subject to foreign manufacturers of some high-end chips. But in the future era of quantum computing, that will change." Dr. Zhang Hui, general manager of Quantum, told Science and Technology Daily.

Full chain development from design to packaging.

"At present, the production of quantum chips in China is still mainly processed in laboratories. However, to develop quantum chips with better performance, a mature manufacturing process and line-based production and processing mode are necessary. Zhang hui told reporters that to promote the development of the domestic industrialization of quantum computing, for quantum computing technology from scientific research to practical application, the origin of quantum and crystal collection into announced joint creation "origin - quantum joint lab on a chip", the goal is to make quantum computers the core components of a domestic chip production line to the ground at an early date.

According to the introduction, the laboratory will realize the development of the whole chain from chip design to packaging and testing, focusing on quantum chip design, semiconductor and superconducting quantum chip design, research and development, trial production, quantum chip manufacturing, and packaging testing, QGPU, FPGA, ASIC, and other high-end dedicated chip production line pilot.

Zhang said that the joint lab will compete with international giants such as IBM and Google in superconducting technology and Intel's 22nm FinFET in semiconductor technology. Cea-leti 28nm FDSOI, in order to build the first domestic quantum chip laboratory for industrialization and application, and strive to build an international advanced quantum chip dedicated microelectronics research center.

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Based on the quantum mechanical properties of superposition and entanglement, quantum computers can achieve a leap in computing power far beyond classical computers. They are likened to the "nuclear weapon" of the information age and are related to the core competitiveness of a country in the future. Quantum chips are at the heart of this disruptive technology.

Similar to the CPU in a classical computer, a Quantum chip is the central processing unit of a child computer, also known as QPR(Quantum process unit), which integrates Quantum bits, the computing unit of a Quantum computer. The more sophisticated a quantum chip is, and the more qubits it integrates, the more powerful its computing power becomes. In theory, a quantum computer with 300 qubits could handle more data than the total number of atoms in the universe.

At present, the fastest progress is superconducting quantum technology. In October 2019, Google realized quantum superiority with a 53-bit superconducting quantum chip, demonstrating the ability of quantum computers to surpass classical computers at a specific problem (random quantum circuit sampling).

For this reason, Google, IBM, and other international giants are betting on the superconducting quantum technology route. Semiconductor quantum dot technology can be compatible with modern large-scale integrated circuit manufacturing processes and has good scalability and integration characteristics. It is considered one of the best candidate systems for realizing large-scale practical quantum computing in the future. It is also the technology route chosen by Intel, France's Leti, and Hon Hai Technology.

"Our goal is to develop a more mature quantum chip with a larger number of qubits because it is a key link in the development of quantum computers." Zhang Hui told reporters that the original quantum closely follows the international advanced, the layout of superconducting quantum technology and semiconductor exon point technology. Especially in the semiconductor quantum dot technology route, relying on the Key Laboratory of Quantum Information of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, it has long undertaken the Ministry of Science and Technology super 973 Program - solid-state quantum chip research, the State Key RESEARCH, and development program - semiconductor quantum chip research is the only unit in China to carry out the research and development of this technology.