Horse Ridge: Intel showed a cryogenic control chip capable of practical quantum computing solutions

Quantum computers have become more and more popular in recent times. At the moment it is a distanced and controversial perspective. Intel, which has just introduced the first chip for quantum computers, Horse Ridge will bring us closer to our goal.

Horse Ridge, as it is called, is a cryogenic control chip (operating at a temperature of about 4 Kelvin (-269 degrees Celsius)) designed to accelerate the development of quantum computers, especially in the commercialization of machines of this kind. The chip’s name comes from one of the coldest places in the state of Oregon, and the chip itself was manufactured using FinFET technology and a 22 nm process.

According to Intel, Horse Ridge will overcome the barriers to commercial quantum computing. According to the company, this component reduces the complexity of quantum control from hundreds of cables (and a large cryogenic “refrigerator”) to a slim enclosure that works right next to the quantum device.

It’s worth noting that Google recently boasted that it had achieved “quantum sovereignty. – What this term is all about is translated in a special article on the subject. In theory, IBM already showed the first commercial quantum computer outside research facilities at the beginning of this year. So far, however, there is still a long way to go before consumers can buy such machines.