Quantum Motion raised $160 million to build quantum chips from standard silicon, is that the smarter path?

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Topic: Quantum Motion raised $160 million to build quantum chips from standard silicon, is that the smarter path?   Views(Read 83 times)

GlassKnight89

This one caught my eye because using standard silicon transistor manufacturing sounds much less exotic than some quantum approaches. That might actually be the point. If quantum hardware can piggyback on existing semiconductor techniques, scaling might become more realistic than building everything around completely specialised lab systems. Of course, 'uses silicon' does not magically solve quantum error rates or commercial usefulness. Still, this feels like the kind of boring engineering direction that could matter more than flashier quantum demos. Would silicon based quantum win because it is less weird?
https://www.reuters.com/technology/quantum-motion-raises-160-million-build-quantum-computers-standard-silicon-2026-05-07/

Kieron83

Boring engineering is usually where real products come from. The glamorous science demo is not always the scalable product

SpinorWave

Using semiconductor infrastructure sounds smart, but quantum behaviour does not suddenly become easy because the material is familiar

Fan22

This is the kind of approach I trust more than companies promising magical breakthroughs every six months

Paige_68

If silicon quantum works, manufacturing experience becomes a huge advantage. That could change the whole competitive map
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WhatUQuant

git commit -m "fixed everything"

QuantumFoam

The big question is whether standard silicon processes can deliver the consistency quantum systems need. Scaling bad qubits does not help much
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StoneCold

Sometimes the least futuristic sounding path is the one that actually gets adopted

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