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Quantum Computer Hardware Test Center Opened
Faculty of Science Public Relations Office / Communications & Public Relations Committee
The University of Tokyo and IBM have opened a hardware test center, The University of Tokyo - IBM Quantum Hardware Test Center, on the Asano campus. The University of Tokyo - IBM Quantum Hardware Test Center was established on the Asano campus.
 The Quantum System Testbed at The University of Tokyo |
Hiroshi Fukuyama, Emeritus Professor at The University of Tokyo
Professor Emeritus Professor Hiroshi Fukuyama of The University of Tokyo, who played an important role in the project with IBM from the design to the installation of the testbed, said, "The superconducting testbed installed at the University of Tokyo is the first of its kind in the world. The base facility for the superconducting qubit quantum computer is a helium-3-helium-4 dilution refrigerator that creates a cryogenic environment of 10 milli-Kelvin (1/100 Kelvin to absolute zero), and was installed in just seven months during the COVID-19 pandemic, with support and cooperation from many quarters. The installation was completed in just seven months during the COVID-19 pandemic, with support and cooperation from a wide range of organizations. The dilution refrigerator system and the cryogenic microwave experimental electronics installed at the Cryogenic Research Center at the same time allow for verification experiments of ideas that will lead to quantum technological innovations in a broader sense. We also hope to become the "hardware dojo" of The University of Tokyo's Quantum Initiative, where new technologies whose principles can be verified can be put to practical use on the Quantum Systems Testbed.
The opening of this center is based on the Japan-IBM Quantum Partnership announced by IBM and The University of Tokyo in December 2019, which includes joint research and software development for the development of quantum computer technology, as well as education and training of young talent. It is positioned as a Japanese industry-academia collaboration program to promote quantum computer research and development, including joint research and software development for the development of quantum computer technology, and education and training of young human resources.
We sincerely hope that in the near future, research results originating in Japan will be disseminated to the world from here.
Faculty of Science News, September 2021