Silicon Quantum Computing
| Silicon Quantum Computing Pty Ltd | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Quantum Computing |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
Key people | |
| Website | sqc |
Silicon Quantum Computing Pty Ltd (SQC) is a Sydney, Australia-based quantum computing company.
The company develops quantum computers and analogue quantum devices using phosphorus atoms manufactured within silicon[1] using scanning tunnelling microscopes, an approach within the field of spin qubits.
History
[edit]SQC was founded by Michelle Simmons in 2017.[2] She is recognised for her foundational contributions[3] to the field of atomic electronics. The company is chaired by Simon Segars[4] the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ARM Holdings PLC.
At incorporation, the company raised A$83 million from the Australian Federal Government, the New South Wales Government, the University of New South Wales, Telstra and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.[5]
Technology
[edit]SQC uses phosphorus atoms precision-placed within pure silicon (Si-28)[6][1] to create qubits.
Simmons' research group, prior to the incorporation of SQC in 2012, created the first single atom transistor.[7] SQC created the 3D atom transistor in 2019[8] and an integrated circuit made with atomic precision in 2022.[9]
Grover's algorithm is one of the two foundational quantum algorithms (alongside Shor's algorithm). Grover's algorithm runs quadratically faster than the best possible classical algorithm for the same task, a linear search, and so has significant commercial relevance for optimisation problems. In 2025, SQC announced results of running Grover's on one of their quantum computing systems and achieving 98.87%[10] of the theoretical maximum. This result was achieved without error correction[11].
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Schofield, S. R.; Curson, N. J.; Simmons, M. Y.; Rueß, F. J.; Hallam, T.; Oberbeck, L.; Clark, R. G. (2003-09-25). "Atomically Precise Placement of Single Dopants in Si". Physical Review Letters. 91 (13): 136104. arXiv:cond-mat/0307599. Bibcode:2003PhRvL..91m6104S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.136104. PMID 14525322.
- ^ "Australia gets quantum computing company". Information Age. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ Dargan, James (2023-10-19). "Michelle Simmons, 2018 Australian of the Year, Wins PM's Top Science Prize for Pioneering Quantum Computing in Atomic Electronics". The Quantum Insider. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ "Fellow Detail Page | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ "UNSW joins with government and business to keep quantum computing technology in Australia". Australian Financial Review. 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ "Silex and Silicon Quantum Computing Launch Silicon Enrichment Project for Quantum Computing". HPCwire. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ Fuechsle, Martin; Miwa, Jill A.; Mahapatra, Suddhasatta; Ryu, Hoon; Lee, Sunhee; Warschkow, Oliver; Hollenberg, Lloyd C. L.; Klimeck, Gerhard; Simmons, Michelle Y. (2012-02-19). "A single-atom transistor". Nature Nanotechnology. 7 (4): 242–246. Bibcode:2012NatNa...7..242F. doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.21. ISSN 1748-3395. PMID 22343383.
- ^ Koch, Matthias; Keizer, Joris G.; Pakkiam, Prasanna; Keith, Daniel; House, Matthew G.; Peretz, Eldad; Simmons, Michelle Y. (2019-01-07). "Spin read-out in atomic qubits in an all-epitaxial three-dimensional transistor". Nature Nanotechnology. 14 (2): 137–140. Bibcode:2019NatNa..14..137K. doi:10.1038/s41565-018-0338-1. hdl:1959.4/unsworks_63403. ISSN 1748-3395. PMID 30617309.
- ^ Kiczynski, M.; Gorman, S. K.; Geng, H.; Donnelly, M. B.; Chung, Y.; He, Y.; Keizer, J. G.; Simmons, M. Y. (2022-06-22). "Engineering topological states in atom-based semiconductor quantum dots". Nature. 606 (7915): 694–699. Bibcode:2022Natur.606..694K. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04706-0. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 9217742. PMID 35732762.
- ^ Thorvaldson, I.; Poulos, D.; Moehle, C. M.; Misha, S. H.; Edlbauer, H.; Reiner, J.; Geng, H.; Voisin, B.; Jones, M. T.; Donnelly, M. B.; Peña, L. F.; Hill, C. D.; Myers, C. R.; Keizer, J. G.; Chung, Y. (2025-02-20). "Grover's algorithm in a four-qubit silicon processor above the fault-tolerant threshold". Nature Nanotechnology. 20 (4): 472–477. doi:10.1038/s41565-024-01853-5. ISSN 1748-3395.
- ^ Abdel-Kareem, Mohamed (2025-02-22). "Silicon Quantum Computing Demonstrates 98.9% Accuracy in Grover's Algorithm Execution Using Qubits with Phosphorus Atoms Placed into Silicon". Quantum Computing Report. Retrieved 2025-06-25.