Honeywell announces the industry's highest performance quantum computer system 'H1' that surpasses IBM

Honeywell , a manufacturer of electronic control systems and automation equipment, has announced the next-generation quantum computer system model 'H1' with 10 qubits . The quantum volume of the quantum computer used in the H1 is 128, and Honeywell appeals that it is 'the highest value in the quantum computer industry.'

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Quantum computers process information by applying the superposition principle of quantum mechanics, which is 'take both 0 and 1', unlike conventional computers that process information in binary numbers such as '0 or 1'. .. This information processing unit is a qubit, and as the number of qubits increases, the amount of information that can be processed in parallel increases exponentially.

Quantum volume is a performance index that takes into account the error rate related to qubit control / reading and software compiler efficiency from the length and complexity of the quantum computer circuit. The larger the number, the more the quantum computer performance. Is said to be expensive.

Honeywell announced in March 2020 that it would 'develop a quantum computer with a quantum volume of 64 and release it by mid-2020.' Quantum computers developed by IBM and Google use superconducting qubits that use circuits that are supercooled to extremely low temperatures such as liquid nitrogen, but Honeywell is an ion trap type that captures and controls ion particles in an electromagnetic field. I am developing a quantum computer .

At that time, IBM had just achieved a quantum volume of 32 in January 2020, but Honeywell's research team published a paper stating that it was 'at least twice as powerful as a conventional quantum computer.'

Demonstration of the QCCD trapped-ion quantum computer architecture
https://www.honeywell.com/content/dam/honeywell/files/Beta_10_Quantum_3_3_2020.pdf

After that, IBM announced in August 2020 that it achieved the highest value in the quantum computer industry, quantum volume 64.

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And the quantum computer used for the H1 announced by Honeywell has a quantum volume of 128, surpassing IBM's highest record. According to Honeywell, the system model allows companies to directly access quantum computing through Microsoft's Azure Quantum .

Honeywell has announced a long-term roadmap from 2020 to 2030, stating that it will evolve quantum computer systems over five generations, from H1 to H5 announced this time.

'Honeywell's qubit computing roadmap reflects our commitment to achieving the commercial scale of our qubit computing business,' said Tony Atley, Head of Quantum Solutions at Honeywell. 'By Honeywell's proprietary theory. , We can systematically and continuously upgrade H1 generation systems by increasing the number of qubits and changing functions. ' 'We are excited to partner with customers who are trying to solve real business problems through quantum computing as demand surges in 2020,' he said.