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PsiQuantum builds silicon photonic quantum computing chips at commercial semiconductor foundries, targeting a fault-tolerant system scaled to one million qubits.
PsiQuantum is building a photonic quantum computer designed to reach utility scale. Its approach uses silicon photonic chips in which quantum information is carried by photons, fabricated in existing commercial semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure rather than in bespoke laboratory processes. The company's chips are produced at commercial foundries such as GlobalFoundries, and the resulting qubits operate at temperatures more than 100 times higher than superconducting qubits, reducing the cryogenic requirements of the system.
The company's target is a fault-tolerant system designed to scale to a million qubits. Its stated aim is to move quantum computing out of academic laboratories and into utility-scale data centre facilities, delivering on the transformative potential of the technology rather than intermediate demonstrations. Technical work spans silicon photonics, semiconductor manufacturing, fault-tolerant quantum computing, fiber-optic networking and quantum applications development.
Government-backed projects are underway in Brisbane, Australia and Chicago, Illinois, USA. PsiQuantum also works with Fortune 500 leaders to prepare fault-tolerant quantum applications, with industry verticals including aerospace, pharmaceuticals, automotive and the public sector. Engineering decisions are shaped by a pragmatic strategy of leveraging existing semiconductor manufacturing and fiber-optic networking infrastructure.