The University of Tokyo and IBM Japan have opened a hardware test center on the Asano campus of the University of Tokyo in Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, with the aim of accelerating future quantum computer development.A quantum system testbed, which is a platform that reproduces the operating environment of a larger quantum computer, was installed in the center.
According to IBM Japan, the opening of the test center is part of a partnership between the University of Tokyo and IBM Japan in December 2019.Provide access to quantum system testbeds to domestic companies and organizations through the test center.
At the same time, we will proceed with the development of advanced cryogenic microwave components and subsystems, control electronics, and materials for stable operation of superconducting qubits, which are indispensable for utilizing quantum computer applications.In addition, we will study refrigerators and compressors for achieving extremely low frequencies, and their control technologies.
To promote this, Koichi Senba, who has served as a senior researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, was appointed as a specially appointed professor at the Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo on June 6.Play a leading role in research and development in collaboration with material, component and equipment manufacturers.
Japan has the strength to lead the world market in the technical field required for system manufacturing including semiconductors and precision equipment, such as the progress of hardware research on quantum computers at the University of Tokyo for a long time.IBM Japan plans to advance the technological development of future quantum computers that will lead the world.
