Infineon and ZuriQ scale trapped-ion quantum chips
Infineon and ZuriQ are broadening their collaboration around a two-dimensional Penning micro-trap design for trapped-ion quantum processors. The effort aims to apply Infineon's semiconductor fabrication processes to ZuriQ's scalable trapped-ion chip architecture. The announcement does not describe any AI or machine-learning component.
If Infineon can fabricate the 2D Penning micro-trap arrays with acceptable yield, ZuriQ could integrate hundreds of ion sites on a single foundry-produced chip within two years, making trapped-ion processors more compact and reproducible than current hand-assembled traps.