UK Quantum Computing Testbed Program Selects Infleqtion as First of Seven Deployments for Technology Evaluation
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Authors: Bob Sorensen
Publication Date: July 202024
Length: 1 pages
US-based quantum computer (QC) maker, Infleqtion, announced that it will provide the first of seven prototype deployments made under the UK National Quantum Computing Centre’s (NQCC) £30 m (US$38.9 million) program designed to establish QC testbeds based on different hardware technologies by March 2025. All of the system-level prototypes will be built by the quantum hardware companies at the NQCC facilities on the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire. The stated goal of the testbed program is to support the NQCC’s mission of accelerating the development of quantum computing capabilities and related infrastructure within the UK. The six other QC makers participating in the program, who likely will be announcing their deployments shortly, are Aegiq, ORCA Computing, Oxford Ionics, Quantum Motion, QuEra Computing, and Rigetti, a mix of US, EU, and Israeli-based QC suppliers.