Uttley said the combination with Cambridge made sense for Honeywell because of a longstanding relationship between the two companies. But we also believe that there are going to be applications where Google’s superconducting or IBM’s superconducting or other manufacturers as they bring their computers online, that there is still a lot of room to go do that.” The Cambridge merger “Our belief is that there will be applications for which our trapped-ion quantum computers are going to be absolutely perfectly designed. “It’s so early in quantum computing that what we’ve already learned is that trapped ions are really good for certain types of applications,” such as chemistry problems and cybersecurity applications, he said. It takes atoms of ytterbium that are turned into ions by stripping off an electron, giving them a charge, which they can then move around with an electric field, then impart quantum information into those atoms, Uttley said.īut different approaches to quantum computers provide advantages. and Google are developing quantum computers using superconducting circuitry, whereas Honeywell employs trapped-ion technology. Honeywell isn’t alone in working on quantum computers. “So it can evaluate all of the options at the same time, and then select out those that are actually solving the problem.”īecause of that ability, quantum computers can tackle really complex problems “much more quickly than a classical computer ever could,” he said. “What quantum is able to do is, think about a problem and look at all of the alternatives of that problem simultaneously,” Uttley said. Quantum computers use elements of quantum mechanics such as superpositioning and entanglements to perform computations. Quantum computing differs from classical computers, which compute sequentially, essentially proceeding one step at a time, first one part of a computation, then proceeding to the next part of a computation. We’ll actually see them increase in size.” What is quantum computing “We’ve utilized our space very well, but these quantum computers take a healthy footprint, and they’re not getting smaller right now. “We are looking at lots of options right now for sure,” he said. He declined to specify whether expansion would occur at the current location or elsewhere. As development of its quantum technology increases, the size of the computers - and the addition of jobs - will require more space, Uttley said. Technology Court, with each computer taking up about 1,200 square feet. In Broomfield, Honeywell already operates nine quantum computers in its leased space at 303 S. So as we add these capabilities, as we add additional quantum computers, it’s really having to grow an entire infrastructure around it to make it successful.” “Our facilities folks who take care of the HVAC are as critical as the engineers. So our health, safety and environmental folks are as critical to this as our physicists are,” he said. “So you end up having to build an entire facility around it, an infrastructure around it to be able to accommodate the needs of those highly sensitive systems. “The quantum computer becomes an exceptional sensor, sensitive to vibrations, humidity, barometric pressure and other factors. “When you’re building a quantum computer, its environment becomes as important as the quantum computer itself,” he said.
Uttley said quantum computers are extremely sensitive, requiring multidisciplinary and multifunctional skillsets from team members. “There’s going to be hundreds of people who we’re going to end up bringing in,” said Tony Uttley, president of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and slated to be president of the new entity, which has not yet been named.
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