The company has selected Quantum Machines, provider of hybrid control solutions, and Bluefors, a cryogenic systems manufacturer, as partners to equip this cutting-edge facility.
Designed to be one of Europe’s most advanced QPU (Quantum Processing Unit) development facilities, the new lab will enable Alice & Bob’s next-gen quantum chip series: Lithium, Beryllium and Graphene.
This 4,000 m2purpose-built product development hub is funded by the company’s recent $103 million Series B round.
The facility is designed to host a nanofabrication cleanroom for the prototyping of advanced QPUs. Experimentation on these chips is enabled by Quantum Machines control solutions and a cryostat farm designed to host 20 Bluefors dilution refrigerators.
“As our company’s focus is shifting from pure research to commercialisation, our lab will enable Alice & Bob to create technology that can be tested by actual clients and end users,” says Alice & Bob CEO Théau Peronnin.
A dedicated area of the cryostat farm is reserved for the installation of the company’s large-scale quantum computer Graphene, a 100-logical-qubit quantum computer planned for 2030.
With modern offices built to accompany the lab, the new facility will also foster cross-disciplinary exchange through common areas for workshops and brainstorming.
Alice & Bob’s new laboratory will allow the company to turn its quantum chips, powered by proprietary cat qubit technology, into market-ready products.
Quantum computers built on cat qubits scale more efficiently due to the modality’s unique ability to suppress bit-flip errors. Alice & Bob’s goal is the creation of more powerful quantum computers at a fraction of the footprint, hardware and energy resources needed for competing quantum computing players.
