IonQ åbner formelt gigantisk ny fabrik, R&D-facilitet i Seattle-området – Inside Quantum Technology

IonQ has officially opened its long-anticipated manufacturing and R&D facility in the Seattle area, also revealing that the footprint of the facility already has been expanded from its originally-planned 65,000 square feet to 105,000 square feet.

Denne uges formelle bygningsåbning, hvor blandt andre senator Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) deltog, kommer lidt over et år efter IonQ annonceret sin vision for anlægget, a former AT&T data center in Bothell, Washington, and six months after IonQ chief Peter Chapman told IQT News that the building was due for a delvis åbning mod slutningen af ​​2023.

In a statement, IonQ called the facility the first in the U.S. that will be able to manufacture quantum computers that “are replicable and deployable in customers’ data centers,” a claim likely to go un-challenged. (Rigetti Computing opened a QPU manufacturing facility i Fremont, Californien, i 2017.)

The Bothell building also will be IonQ’s second quantum data center, and will provide cloud access to IonQ customers, In addition to being the company’s primary production engineering location in the U.S., it also will house the IonQ’s expanding R&D and manufacturing teams, including the teams focused on the upcoming rollout of the next-generation IonQ Forte Enterprise and IonQ Tempo systems. The company already has sold a Forte and a Temp machine to a European research group, and landed a contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for two more systems. Chapman has said several times over the last six months that he expects more system sales to occur this year and into next year.

IonQ har sagt, at fabrikken i Seattle-området vil sætte den i centrum af en dyb Pacific Northwest tech-talentpulje, der vil hjælpe den med at "skabe tusindvis af nye job." Chapman, en tidligere Amazon-direktør, har arbejdet i Seattle-området i det mindste på deltid gennem hele sin IonQ-periode. IonQ har i løbet af det sidste år sagt, at dets hovedkvarter ville forblive i College Park, Maryland, hvor virksomheden blev grundlagt efter licensering af nøgleteknologi fra University of Maryland, selvom IonQ-medstifter og tidligere professor i Maryland, Chris Monroe, forlod virksomheden sidste efterår at vende tilbage til akademiske sysler, og det ville ikke være en overraskelse, hvis IonQ til sidst flyttede sit hovedkvarter, i det mindste nominelt, til Bothell-bygningen.

“The Seattle facility represents a tangible realization of IonQ’s commitment to commercializing quantum and getting quantum computers into the hands of customers,” said Chapman. “IonQ is not just building a manufacturing facility; we’re also investing in the surrounding community drawing talent and thought leaders to Seattle and empowering organizations within the community with innovative quantum capabilities.”

Sen. Cantwell, a staunch advocate for science and technology research and the lead Senate negotiator of the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022, added, “Quantum computing is blossoming in our region thanks to an ideal ecosystem of world-class universities, businesses, laboratories, and talented workers.”

Dan O'Shea har dækket telekommunikation og relaterede emner, herunder halvledere, sensorer, detailsystemer, digitale betalinger og kvantecomputere/teknologi i over 25 år.

Kategorier: quantum computing, halvledere

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