Why are dilution refrigerators becoming the bottleneck for quantum scaling?

Started by Steady Dylan, Jun 23, 2026, 06:06 AM

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Steady Dylan

Multiple news stories mention dilution refrigerators as limiting factor for quantum. These are just cooling right? Why is cooling the blocker not the qubits themselves?

CMPunk_Fan

Qubits need millikelvin temperatures to maintain coherence. Dilution refrigerators are only way to achieve and maintain those temperatures at scale. Design limits how many qubits you can cool