D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, recently announced a breakthrough in gate-model quantum computing with the successful demonstration of scalable on-chip cryogenic control of qubits. This industry-first milestone advances the development of commercially viable gate-model quantum computers by significantly reducing the wiring required to control large numbers of qubits without degrading qubit fidelity.
This achievement validates that the on-chip cryogenic control technology D-Wave developed for its commercial annealing quantum processing units (QPUs) can also be applied to its gate-model architectures. In D-Wave annealing systems, the control technology uses multiplexed digital-to-analog converters to control tens of thousands of qubits and couplers with just 200 bias wires. The same control technology can also reduce gate-model wiring complexity while maintaining qubit fidelity, enabling large-scale, practical gate-model QPUs.
D-Wave is the world's first and only dual-platform quantum computing company, building and delivering annealing and gate model quantum computing technology to address customers' full set of complex computational problems. More than 100 organizations trust D-Wave with their toughest computational challenges, with over 200 million problems submitted to their quantum systems to date. Customers apply this technology to address use cases spanning optimization, artificial intelligence, research and more.
The implications of this breakthrough are significant for the quantum computing industry and potential users. By reducing wiring complexity while maintaining qubit fidelity, this development moves gate-model quantum computers closer to practical, large-scale implementation. This could accelerate the timeline for quantum computing to solve real-world problems that are currently intractable for classical computers, potentially impacting fields such as drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, and logistics optimization.
For the quantum computing industry, this milestone represents a critical step toward overcoming one of the major technical challenges in scaling quantum systems. The ability to control large numbers of qubits with reduced wiring complexity addresses a fundamental bottleneck in quantum computer development. This advancement positions D-Wave uniquely in the market as the only company with demonstrated scalable control technology for both annealing and gate-model quantum architectures.
D-Wave's quantum computers feature QPUs with sub-second response times and can be deployed on-premises or accessed through their quantum cloud service, which offers 99.9% availability and uptime. The company's mission is to help customers realize the value of quantum computing today, and this breakthrough represents progress toward that goal. More information about D-Wave's technology and services is available at https://www.dwavequantum.com.
The full press release containing this announcement can be viewed at https://ibn.fm/q6JgM. This development comes as quantum computing continues to attract significant investment and research attention globally, with companies and governments recognizing its potential to transform computing capabilities across multiple industries.
