Iel has produced a new quaum processor called Tunnel Falls, which has been made available to quaum researchers. This 12 qubit chip makes heavy quaum processing faster.
Along with the release of Tunnel Falls, Iel has announced a collaboration with the Physical Sciences Laboratory of the University of Maryland College Park. The main goal of this collaboration is to advance research in the field of quaum computing.
Iel’s head of quaum hardware says Tunnel Falls is the company’s “most advanced quaum chip in history” and is infused with decades of experience in transistor design and chip manufacturing. Tunnel Falls is a serious step towards achieving Iel’s big goal: building a commercial quaum system.
According to Neowin, Iel and the University of Maryland College Park Physical Sciences Laboratory are also working with the US Army Research Office to help the military benefit from the new quaum chip. The collaboration also includes Sandia National Laboratories, the University of Rochester, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The aforemeioned universities and research laboratories do not have the necessary capacity to produce a quaum chip, that is why Iel has undertaken the task of building Tunnel Falls. This processor is made of 300 mm wafers and is based on modern technologies such as EUV.
Iel has already started working on its next generation quaum processor and hopes to launch it next year.
