The Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), part of Japan’s National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), has announced that Japan’s first full-stack neutral-atom quantum computer, named “Shunkai” (春海), is now operational. Led by Project Manager Professor Kenji Ohmori under Goal 6 of the Japanese Cabinet Office / JST Moonshot Research and Development Program, the platform was built through a industry-academia consortium partnering with Hitachi, Ltd. for the software stack and Infleqtion, Inc. for the Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) hardware stack. [ IMS Neutral-Atom System Architecture: “Shunkai” ] Hardware Stack (QPU) Software & Control Stack Scale & Roadmap Targets • Neutral Rubidium Atoms [...]

Japan’s Institute for Molecular Science has begun operating Shunkai, the country’s first full-stack neutral-atom quantum computer.

The Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), part of Japan’s National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), has announced that Japan’s first full-stack neutral-atom quantum…