Samsung Invests in Quantum Computing

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www.eetimes.eu, Mar. 02, 2021 – 

Samsung has been active in the field of quantum computing and has recently invested in several startups like IonQ, a US-based company that is building ion-trap quantum machines. IonQ has raised $84 million in total funding, and its prior funding round in 2019 was co-led by Samsung Catalyst Fund, a venture capital fund backed by the Korean electronics giant, and Mubadala Capital, a venture fund backed by the government of the United Arab Emirates.

Armed with these new investments, IonQ enters a technology race currently dominated by Google, Intel, IBM and Microsoft, which are investing heavily or have already started research projects on quantum computing. IonQ differs from its competitors because its four already operational quantum computers are made from standard components available in the computing supply chain. These systems are also different from the others because they do not use the more common superconducting qubit, but a version based on ionized ytterbium atoms. And thanks to a technology called Doppler Cooling, the qubits are kept at a low temperature, which avoids placing the machine in a refrigerated environment at a temperature close to absolute zero.

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