Italian hardware developer Planckian has signed a strategic development agreement with Los Angeles-based startup Quantum Elements. The partnership will focus on constructing architecture-specific noise models and classical “digital twins” to validate Planckian’s unique superconducting quantum processor layout. Mapping Unique Noise Channels Ahead of Hardware Scaling By restructuring standard control schemes, Planckian’s chip architecture is designed to decouple physical control lines from overall qubit counts. While this approach simplifies dilution refrigerator infrastructure and removes classical control bottlenecks, it introduces uncharacterized physical noise channels and state leakage pathways. Rather than relying on generic, idealized simulations, the joint development program will integrate Quantum Elements’ [...]

The European Union’s Chips Joint Undertaking (Chips JU) has launched Q-PLANET, a €50 million ($57.2 million USD) European Quantum Chip Stability Pilot Line dedicated to…

Quantum Elements and Planckian are using digital twin technology to model superconducting quantum processors and support quantum error correction research.