Program Management Partner, Azure Quantum
DARPA has chosen Microsoft as a associate to discover scaled quantum computing in assist of DARPA’s broader quantum methods. DARPA has lengthy been on the slicing fringe of expertise and performs an necessary function in advancing the quantum expertise ecosystem. At Microsoft, now we have a imaginative and prescient to deliver quantum at scale to the world in methods which can be impactful and accountable. We see the potential of quantum computing to resolve a few of society’s most advanced issues. This collaboration with DARPA will allow us to discover collectively the advantages of our distinctive method in making the promise of quantum applied sciences a actuality.
Microsoft has taken a tougher, however what we imagine to be a extra promising path in direction of scaled quantum computing and designed our machine utilizing topological qubits. Our distinctive qubit structure is theorized to allow our quantum machine to be sufficiently small to slot in a closet, quick sufficient to resolve issues in a sensible timeframe, and have the potential to regulate multiple million qubits. We are assured on this design given our significant physics breakthrough which cleared a significant hurdle towards engineering the world’s first topological qubit and in the end, a scaled quantum machine. Anyone can entry the identical information as our scientists to raised perceive Microsoft’s method to constructing a scalable, full-stack quantum machine.
Microsoft based our quantum program with scale in thoughts as a result of we imagine a machine will want no less than a million qubits to resolve a broad class of classically intractable issues. This monumental scale requirement emerged from our useful resource estimation analysis. Years in the past, we constructed a software to grasp the {hardware} necessities and run occasions required to run numerous quantum purposes utilizing a wide range of qubit architectures. For a quantum software to run in a matter of weeks as an alternative of years or centuries, a machine requires upwards of 1 million qubits. That Resource Estimation software is now out there to anybody in our cloud service, Azure Quantum.
The quantum computing business is at an necessary inflection level—and Microsoft is beginning to separate the hype from actuality. We applaud DARPA’s diligence and focus on this necessary house. We sit up for sharing extra as we collaborate with DARPA and invite you to affix the Microsoft Quantum Innovator Series to remain linked.
Microsoft Quantum Innovator Series
The path to quantum at scale.