News SureCore announces low power cryogenic memory technology for quantum computing — operates at temperatures as low as 4 Kelvin

[Admin]

SureCore and Semiwise have collaborated on an SRAM project to design memory that can function at temperatures below liquid nitrogen. As you might guess, it's meant to be integrated into quantum computing systems rather than typical PCs or servers.

SureCore announces low power cryogenic memory technology for quantum computing — operates at temperatures as low as 4 Kelvin : Read more

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

This isn't an entirely new report/breakthrough. They reported on this development last year as well, so it's kind of old news.

It is based on the already funded project dubbed “Development of CryoCMOS to Enable the Next Generation of Scalable Quantum Computers”.

There was a tape out before of the company's first cryogenic IP demonstrator chip, which they used to build cryogenic interface chips that could monitor qubits at cryogenic temperatures, basically to show it's potential.

The project still aims to develop a suite of foundation IP that can be licenced to designers allowing them to create their own Cryo-CMOS SoC solutions, and making it easy to adopt the industry standard RTL to GDSII physical design flow.

Also, it's important to mention the consortium member Universal Quantum (UQ) here.

That's partly because UQ’s modular ion-trap-based QC hardware architecture is also directly going to benefit from the cryogenic IP developed by this project (despite their architecture not needing sub-4K temperature values as some may claim).

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Also, InnovateUK has been a bit slow on this project as well, though I can understand it can be difficult given how large-scale quantum computers currently operate, and to measure, understand and model any given behavioural change.

 

[TechyIT223]

""Quantum computers can get chillier for cheaper.""

Nah... They might get chiller, more efficient , faster and powerful, but not cheaper for sure. That's a far cry for now.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Well, where there's a will there is a way !

 

[TechyIT223]

Yeah. Of course .

Also I guess more work needs to be done right now to make custom cryo CMOS solutions a reality. Not sure about lnnovateUK as to how involved they are right now, but other projects might be definitely in the works as well.