Monolithic CMOS Platform Integrates Piezo-Optomechanical Photonics (Mitre et al.)


Researchers from MITRE, University of Colorado Boulder, Sandia National Laboratories, University of Arizona, and MIT published a technical paper titled “Monolithic Integration of Piezo-Optomechanical Photonics and CMOS Electronics.” Abstract Excerpt: The paper demonstrates a “fully monolithic, all-CMOS fabricated platform” for piezo-optomechanical photonic integrated circuits and sho... » read more

Room-temperature, CMOS-compatible Photonic Quantum Processor (NUS et al.)


Researchers from Rotonium, Centre for Quantum Technologies at National University of Singapore, Inveriant, Politecnico di Milano, and CNIT published a technical paper titled “Design and Benchmarking of a Quantum Photonic Chip.” Abstract Excerpt: The paper presents a quantum photonic processor based on “standard CMOS-compatible manufacturing processes” and operating with single photon... » read more

Where Does Quantum Computing Stand?


Key Takeaways:  Quantum technology is seeing very active development, but most commercial offerings remain years away.  QED-C represents the industry and provides reports and roadmaps.  The three main elements that need definition are the qubit, error correction, and software, both for control and for algorithms.  Quantum computing has imprinted itself on our society as ... » read more

Mapping and Routing Fault-Tolerant Quantum Circuits Onto Chiplet Architectures (TU Munich)


A new technical paper, "Chipmunq: A Fault-Tolerant Compiler for Chiplet Quantum Architectures," was published by researchers at the Technical University of Munich. Abstract "As quantum computing advances toward fault-tolerance through quantum error correction, modular chiplet architectures have emerged to provide the massive qubit counts required while overcoming fabrication limits of mon... » read more

One-on-One With proteanTecs CEO Shai Cohen


The acceleration of technology is unprecedented: AI data centers, edge build-out, robotics, photonics, quantum, multi-die assemblies. Semiconductor Engineering Editor in Chief Ed Sperling talks with proteanTecs CEO Shai Cohen about what's changing and what impact it will have. Click here to listen. » read more

Securing Hardware For The Quantum Era


Key Takeaways: Quantum threats to security are already real. Adversaries are already harvesting data that will be decrypted later by quantum computers. Quantum computers capable of breaking RSA and ECC may arrive as early as next year. Asymmetric encryption algorithms like RSA and ECC will become inadequate against quantum threats, while symmetric encryption (such as AES) is less vul... » read more

Consumer And Med Tech Mushroom As Quantum Closes In


Key Takeaways: Universities and companies are making devices inspired by biology and the human senses to help with health monitoring, semiconductor materials development, human-computer interfaces, and more. When this nascent technology becomes a viable product, government regulations will be needed to ensure consumer safety in tracking or treating their body and the environment. Qua... » read more

Loss Errors in Error-Corrected Circuits Across A Range Of Quantum Hardware Platforms (MIT, Harvard, QuEra)


A new technical paper titled "Leveraging Qubit Loss Detection in Fault-Tolerant Quantum Algorithms" was published by researchers at MIT, Harvard and QuEra Computing. Abstract "Qubit loss errors constitute a dominant source of noise in many quantum hardware systems, particularly in neutral-atom quantum computers. We develop a theoretical framework to effectively detect and correct loss err... » read more

Improving End-to-End Cyber Threat Detection with Quantum Processors Through Hybrid Architecture (Johns Hopkins Univ.)


A new technical paper titled "Cyber Threat Detection Enabled by Quantum Computing" was published by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Abstract "Threat detection models in cybersecurity must keep up with shifting traffic, strict feature budgets, and noisy hardware, yet even strong classical systems still miss rare or borderline attacks when the data distribution drifts. Small, near-... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Government funding/defunding NIST is terminating funding for the SMART USA Institute, a CHIPS Act research center focused on digital twins, prompting congressional concern that the decision disrupts active awards and weakens U.S. semiconductor R&D commitments. Korea Zinc was awarded $210M in CHIPS Act funding towards a new $6.6B Tennessee advanced smelter and minerals processing facility,... » read more

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