Integrate national resources! U.S. develops first roadmap for quantum manufacturing technology

On June 13, SRI International, an independent non-profit research organization, announced that it had been selected by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop the first-ever quantum technology manufacturing roadmap (QTMR) [1].

 

 

 

Back in May 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded $2.08 million to seven organizations in six states to develop manufacturing technology roadmaps to enhance U.S. innovation across industry sectors and productivity. This is the second round of grants awarded to universities, industry and nonprofits through NIST's Advanced Manufacturing Technology Roadmap program (MfgTech). Each grant of up to $300,000 will fund projects for up to 18 months to address U.S. priorities such as critical infrastructure manufacturing, communications, and transformative methods and technologies in construction[2].

 

Of this, SRI International received $299,128. Under a NIST grant of nearly $300,000, the roadmap will identify pre-competitive developments and supply chain gaps in U.S. quantum-related fields to benefit multiple quantum technology application areas. QTMR focuses on identifying barriers to advanced manufacturing of quantum-related devices, components, and systems in the United States; specifically, it will identify common needs and challenges, assess supply chain barriers, and conduct detailed analysis of various technology and manufacturing gaps.

 

The QTMR work will help identify common manufacturing challenges and facilitate planning of potential U.S. manufacturing facilities to support the scale-up of quantum technologies.

 

SRI plans to initiate roadmap work in September 2022 and will leverage its industry, national laboratories, academic partners, and committed member companies of the SRI-managed Quantum Economy Development Consortium (QED-C) to define needs and set goals, To ensure U.S. competitiveness and identify investment opportunities, guide government and private organizations.

 

The work began with more than 30 committed partners, including Rigetti, Quantinuum, IonQ, Cisco and Keysight.

 

Navin Lingaraju, a scientist at the SRI Applied Physics Laboratory and QTMR PI, said: "This will be a huge effort to attract stakeholders including quantum system integrators building competing platforms to work together on this industry roadmap. In Over the past year, there has been a rapid convergence of plans within organizations around building large-scale quantum systems. The adoption of internal product roadmaps now puts system integrators in the quantum space on a clear development timeline, demonstrating a growing focus on engineering and Create challenges."

 

Celia Merzbacher, QED-C Executive Director and QTMR Co-Principal Investigator (PI), said, "SRI's industry-leading experience in quantum technologies and leadership in QED-C allows us to foster U.S. adoption of the keys to shaping the rapidly growing quantum industry. Manufacturing technologies. This roadmap will guide investments across the quantum supply chain and public and private investors. QTMR is expected to identify gaps in infrastructure, standards, test and measurement, and key technologies.”

 

 

This time, the United States has formulated the first quantum manufacturing technology roadmap, so that it will continue to stand at the forefront of quantum technology. In fact, in 2021, the Netherlands also proposed a similar roadmap - a quantum computer supply chain map [3].

 

The Dutch Quantum Ecosystem established the ImpaQT project with the first task of developing a roadmap. Considering a quantum computer as a product requires standardization of interfaces and integration of all its building blocks, as well as a mature supply chain capable of delivering high-quality components and ensuring security of supply.

 

According to the ImpaQT team, the product development approach focuses on functional and performance requirements. However, a product development approach requires a systems engineering approach. According to the ImpaQT project, commercial quantum computer products should meet the following requirements:

 

Requirement 1: Provide solutions to problems of commercial interest

 

Requirement 2: Support the development and execution of NISQ applications

 

Requirement 3: Support the development of quantum processors

 

Requirement 4: Tuning the performance of quantum devices

 

The roadmap divides product development into the following components:

 

quantum processor

 

Cryogenic Input/Output (I/O) Chain

 

control electronics

 

Calibration and Control Framework

 

application

 

This method further breaks down the components into those "required during runtime" and "required to start the system":

 

On a quantum processor, chip design, Hamiltonian and electrostatic simulation are the components "needed to start the system", and the "required during run" components include the QPU, parametric amplifiers, sample holders, wiring, filtering and connectors.

 

In applications, chip design and circuit simulators are necessary to "start the system," and quantum algorithms and compilers and languages are "required during runtime."

 

In the calibration and control framework, what is needed "during operation" is the "control software", and the components needed to "start the system" include: Characterization, Calibration, Quantum Computer Verification and Validation (QCVV) components and multiple simulators such as " Impulse Trajectory Simulator".

 

The ImpaQT team says this end-user product-focused roadmap points the way for a roadmap (a kind of "embedded" roadmap) for other components over the next few years, while guiding the entire field of commercial quantum computers.

 

A full-stack quantum computer consists of many different components that need to work together seamlessly.

 

ImpaQT's product roadmap includes the following four categories:

 

Quantum Computer Demonstration Platform

 

Quantum Device Development Platform

 

Quantum Algorithm Development Platform

 

commercial quantum computer

 

Photon Box predicts that due to the different size of the country, the U.S. quantum manufacturing technology roadmap will be larger than the Dutch roadmap, require more resources to integrate, and be more difficult to integrate.

 

About SRI International

 

SRI is a Menlo Park, Calif.-based research center working in advanced technologies and systems, biological sciences, computing, and education. SRI brings its innovations to market through technology licensing, spin-offs and new product solutions.

 

About the Quantum Economic Development Alliance

 

The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) is an industry-driven consortium managed by SRI International with a mission to enable and develop robust quantum-based industries and associated supply chains. QED-C is supported by NIST and its more than 200 members, including more than 150 companies from the quantum supply chain: including component suppliers/manufacturers, software and hardware system developers, service providers and end users.

 

Reference link:

[1] https://www.sri.com/press/press-release/sri-international-developing-first-ever-quantum-manufacturing-technology-roadmap/

[2] https://quantumchina.com/newsinfo/2820627.html

[3] https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ftgn_jv84JJ624t1ZovRRQ