{"data":{"id":1977,"lang":"en","title":"Diraq and imec Scale Silicon Quantum Chip to Eight Qubits on Standard Chip-Factory Lines","summary":"Diraq and imec scaled a silicon quantum chip from two to eight qubits on standard chip-factory lines, with no loss of coherence.","category":"science","category_label":"Science","published_at":"2026-07-09T22:01:36Z","updated_at":"2026-07-09T22:01:36Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/1977-diraq-and-imec-scale-silicon-quantum-chip-to-eight-qubits-on-standard-chip","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1977?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/1977.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-09-at-3.17.23-AM.png","word_count":191,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/07/09/diraq-demonstrates-scaled-foundry-fabricated-silicon-based-qubit-array-made-at-imec/","domain":"thequantuminsider.com"},{"url":"https://www.imec-int.com/en/press/imec-technology-lights-path-utility-scale-diraqs-quantum-chips","domain":"imec-int.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2050,"title":"Diraq a imec zvětšili křemíkový kvantový čip na osm kubitů na běžných výrobních linkách čipů","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2050-diraq-a-imec-zvetsili-kremikovy-kvantovy-cip-na-osm-kubitu-na-beznych-vyrobnich","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2050?lang=cs"},"content":"Australian quantum computing company Diraq and Belgian research hub imec have operated an eight-qubit array on a standard 300mm silicon wafer, quadrupling the qubit count from a two-qubit device unveiled less than a year ago. The results, published in Nature Communications, show no loss of coherence as the array scaled up — a first for chips made entirely on industry-standard CMOS manufacturing lines rather than specialized lab processes.\n\nDiraq CEO Andrew Dzurak called it proof of \"an industrial pathway to quantum computing,\" noting the array was built using exactly the same fabrication process as the smaller device, with no compromise in qubit quality. The company's two-qubit gates have already cleared 99% fidelity, a threshold widely seen as necessary for practical quantum error correction.\n\nDiraq now aims to reach hundreds of qubits in the near term, thousands by 2029, and more than a million by 2031 — all without requiring new factories, since the qubits are fabricated on the same lines used to make everyday silicon chips. That reuse of existing semiconductor infrastructure is central to the industry's bet that silicon, not exotic materials, will be what finally makes large-scale quantum computers commercially viable."}}