The real story isn't the $2B. It's that the foundry is standalone, so other quantum hardware companies can use it. Shared infrastructure beats nine separate research cleanrooms.

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Zigurd an hour ago | parent [-]

Is there enough agreement regarding what is a quantum chip, and what process technology is necessary to make one?

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imglorp 21 minutes ago | parent [-]

Is there any agreement regarding real applications that warrant fab volume or is this still speculation?

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bawolff 18 minutes ago | parent [-]

There is high agreement on what the real applications of Quantum computing are. Unfortunately these projects are basically useless when it comes to them.

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icegreentea2 9 minutes ago | parent [-]

Can you clarify? Do you mean that superconducting qubits are unable to perform the "real applications" theoretically, or that superconducting qubits at the scale this foundry could produce will be unable, or that superconducting qubits that will foundry could produce will still be outperformed by classical techniques?

	▲	bawolff 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I mean, we are no where near the scale [qubit count] & quality where the applications apply. Not just this foundry but in general. I suppose the point is to eventually get there, but we are not close yet. You should still view anything Quantum as early R&D.