QUANTUM CHIP ARCHITECTURE
Quanfluence raises $10 million to build full-stack photonic quantum computer
The company plans to use the fresh capital to develop and launch a four-qubit quantum computer in the near term, while targeting a larger prototype with around 100 qubits by 2029, cofounder and CEO Sujoy Chakravarty told ET.
IBM signals a five-year horizon for its sub-1nm chips
Rao said the technology is the industry’s first demonstration of a staggered complementary field-effect transistor, or CFET, architecture at the 0.7nm node. Unlike conventional designs in which n-type and p-type transistors sit next to one another, CFETs seek to place them on top of each other, enabling greater density within the same silicon area.
Next-gen silicon wave could see India leapfrog global chip giants: Experts
India’s late entry into semiconductor manufacturing could help it catch up as the industry enters a new phase driven by silicon photonics, post-quantum security and neuromorphic computing. Experts said these emerging technologies could help new entrants leapfrog established players, as AI infrastructure faces pressures on computing power, bandwidth, energy consumption and security.
In 2025, SAXON Q demonstrated a 4-qubit quantum computer running at room temperature in Germany. 2 years later, the startup opened orders for 128-qubit and 512-qubit systems that fit inside ordinary server racks
In 2025, German startup SAXON Q demonstrated a 4-qubit quantum computer that worked at room temperature. Now, the company is moving much further. It has opened orders for 128-qubit and 512-qubit quantum computers designed to fit inside standard server racks. That matters because quantum machines have long depended on complex cooling systems. SAXON Q’s approach could make quantum computing easier to install, access and use in real-world computing environments.
Three Bengaluru techies are building quantum computer that can function at room temperature: No cooling to near absolute zero required
A Bengaluru startup founded by three former Texas Instruments engineers has built a commercial quantum computer that operates at room temperature, rather than needing to cool to temperatures colder than outer space. They earlier built and sold a semiconductor IP company to automation giant Synopsys.
Apple Silicon M5 Breaks AI Speed Records: Is This the Beginning of On-Device Superintelligence?
Apple just introduced the M5 chip, redefining the future of MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Apple Vision Pro with record-breaking AI speed, unmatched graphics performance, and extremely fast memory bandwidth. Learn how Apple's M5 provides more than 4x the AI GPU compute of its predecessor, revolutionises creative and computational workflows, and pushes Apple Intelligence to new levels, all with power-efficient performance that drives Apple's climate ambitions.
Akamai to build AI inference cloud in India: CEO
Tom Leighton, CEO, Akamai Technologies, tells Himanshi Lohchab that the firm plans to deploy Nvidia’s latest Blackwell chips by December
CDAC Bengaluru to host 30-petaflop supercomputer: IT Secy
India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) has so far established more than 37 supercomputers with a total capacity of 40 petaflops across premier Indian institutions, said S Krishnan, secretary at the ministry. He was inaugurating the curtain-raiser event in Bengaluru for Supercomputing India 2025, the country’s first dedicated conference on supercomputing and high-performance computing.
Elon Musk lauds Microsoft’s quantum leap with Majorana 1
Majorana 1 is a palm-sized chip that is built on a topoconductor and not the traditional semiconductor. Compared to conventional quantum processors, the newly engineered material topoconductor, made of indium arsenide and aluminium, is more stable, smaller in size, error-resistant, and digitally controllable.
Qcomm’s summer prep; Microsoft’s quantum leap
Happy Friday! Quick commerce companies are getting ready for the long summer season across India. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
ETtech Explainer: Microsoft’s ‘new state of matter’ chips offer a quantum leap in tech
Microsoft unveiled Majorana 1, the first quantum processor built on topoconductors, offering greater stability and scalability. It aims for million-qubit processing, surpassing Google's Willow chip, potentially revolutionising cryptography, AI, and drug discovery.
Finding solace in quantum computing
Google's new quantum chip, Willow, reduces errors as complexity increases, potentially revolutionizing computing. While it doesn't immediately impact generative AI's profitability struggles, Willow's improved architecture is a significant step towards commercially viable quantum computing. However, further development is needed before quantum computing significantly influences AI's trajectory.
“Deep tech has widened, there are newer areas for us to build”: Arjun Rao
"The definition of deep tech has evolved. Earlier, there were EVs, space tech, software, infrastructure, cloud, data, AI. Now, deep tech has widened. There are newer areas for us to build. Academia has become a very strong source of research ideas, leading to product startups and commercialisation." said Arjun Rao, partner, Speciale Invest.
Boom in semiconductor industry drives demand for tech roles
The semiconductor industry in our country is experiencing rapid growth fueled by high demand and enabling government policies. Industry experts note a significant surge in demand for semiconductor professionals, with a conservative estimate suggesting a compound annual growth rate of around 100% in open positions over the last three years.
UK invokes national security to probe Nvidia's ARM deal
ARM is a major player in global semiconductors, a sector that is fundamental to technologies from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to 5G telecoms networks.
IIT Guwahati research team working towards protecting data from cyber attacks
The team has also designed encryption architectures that can be used to protect sensitive health data that is transmitted through the internet.
IIT Hyderabad researchers develop low power chips
These researchers have developed magnetic quantum-dot cellular automata (MQCA) based nanomagnetic logic architectural design methodology of approximate arithmetic circuits, according to a release shared by the institute.
These ultrathin films can handle IoT data explosion easily
London, Jan 14 (IANS) An Indian-origin academy fellow has designed and fabricated easily printable, organic thin films that can retain data for more than 10 years without power, work with low voltages and handle the data explosion that comes with Internet of Things (IoT).
Researchers unveil design of silicon quantum computer chip
Sydney, Dec 17 (IANS) In a first, a team of Australian and Dutch engineers has created a complete design for a quantum computer chip that can be manufactured using mostly standard silicon technology.
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