Nkhani Zamakampani: Chovala choyamba cha wafer cha mainchesi 12 ku Denmark chamalizidwa

"Ndi malo awa, titha kuphatikiza kupanga zinthu mkati mwathu, zomwe zimatithandiza kuchita kafukufuku ndi chitukuko bwino popanda kudalira makampani ena padziko lonse lapansi kuti apange," adatero Peter Krogstroup, CEO wa NQCP komanso pulofesa ku Niels Bohr Institute. "Kuphatikiza apo, zimatithandiza kumasulira mwachindunji ukadaulo wofufuza ndi chitukuko kukhala kupanga kwakukulu - zomwe sizimangopindulitsa ife tokha komanso Denmark ndi makampani onse."

Iye anawonjezera kuti, “Tikuwona kufunika kwakukulu kwa ma wafer a 300mm ku Europe. Tidzatha kupereka zipangizo mwachangu ku mafakitole akuluakulu ndi ma wafer ang'onoang'ono omwe ali ndi zida zamakono za 300mm chifukwa timatha kudula zigawo kuchokera ku ma wafer athu kuti zigwirizane ndi kukula kwawo kochepa kwa ma wafer.”

POEM Technology Center ikukonzekera kugwira ntchito mokwanira mkati mwa chaka chimodzi, pomwe ipanga ma wafer a silicon ndi silicon-on-insulator ambiri. Krogstrup ndi anzake adzagwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wapamwamba wa Riber wa epitaxial kuti apange kapangidwe ka filimu yopyapyala ya strontium titanate (STO) ndi barium titanate (BTO) pa ma wafer kuti apange ma electro-optic detectors, ma transmitter, ndi ma waveguides—zigawo zofunika kwambiri pophatikiza ma platforms a photonic ndi ma complex quantum circuits.

Krogstrom adati zipangizo zoyamba zofufuzira ndi chitukuko zidzakhala zokonzeka kumapeto kwa chaka. Pakadali pano, iye ndi anzake akumanga zomangamanga zonse zopangira ma chip, kuphatikizapo kupanga ma wafer, kudula, ndi zida zodulira. Malo ochitirako ntchito adzakhala ngati mzere woyesera kupanga ndi malo opangira ma chip. "Tidzatha kupanga mwachangu zinthu zopyapyala pa ma wafer kenako n’kupereka ma chip kwa aliyense amene akufuna," adatero. "Nthawi yomweyo, tidzachitanso kafukufuku wofufuza kuti tipange zinthu zamakono."

Iye anawonjezera kuti, "Pakadali pano, tipitiliza mu gawo la kafukufuku ndi chitukuko mpaka titapeza njira yoyenera yopangira zigawo zofunika pa quantum computing, yomwe ndi cholinga chathu chachikulu."

Krogstrup akuyembekeza kuti zatsopano zomwe zachitika ku POEM Technology Centre zithandiza NQCP kukwaniritsa zolinga zake zowerengera za quantum zomwe sizingalepheretse zolakwika mwachangu: "Ku NQCP, tili ndi gulu lalikulu lodziwitsira zinthu lomwe lingathe kutsimikizira ndikuwonetsa kapangidwe ka wafer yonse. Zipangizo zathu ndi magulu owunikira zinthu a qubit apanga njira zomwe zingapereke mwachangu zinthu zakuthupi ndi mayankho abwino. Chifukwa chake, pophatikiza ukadaulo uwu ndi POEM, tidzakhala ndi njira yotsekedwa yolumikizira ma photonics am'deralo ndi chitukuko cha quantum chip."

Mabungwe angapo ofunikira aku Denmark, kuphatikizapo Technical University of Denmark's National Centre for Nanofabrication and Characterization (DTU Nanolab) ndi NATO North Atlantic Defense Innovation Accelerator (DIANA), adatenga nawo gawo pa ntchitoyi. DIANA imathandizira ukadaulo wozama wazinthu ziwiri, kuphatikiza ukadaulo wa quantum ndi photonic, pa ntchito zamalonda komanso zodzitetezera. "Ma modulators athu ambiri a optical ndi ma photonic integrated circuits adzakhala othandiza pa masensa (amalonda) ndi kukonza deta," adatero Krogstrop.

Chofunika kwambiri, malo ochitira ukadaulo a POEM akugwirizana ndi zoyesayesa zazikulu za ku Europe zochepetsera kudalira ma chips aku US ndi aku Asia. Mofananamo, ku Denmark, Novo Nordisk Foundation ndi Danish Export Investment Fund adayika ndalama zokwana €80 miliyoni mu projekiti ya QuNorth, cholinga chake ndikukhazikitsa kompyuta ya quantum ya m'badwo wotsatira ku Denmark. Mothandizidwa ndi lamulo la ma chips la EU, mgwirizano wambiri wa boma ndi wachinsinsi wabuka, cholinga chake ndikuwirikiza kawiri gawo la Europe la kupanga ma semiconductor padziko lonse lapansi kufika pa 20% pofika chaka cha 2030. Mu Julayi chaka chino, European Commission idapereka lingaliro la njira ya quantum yomwe ikuphatikiza kukhazikitsa malo opangira ma quantum ndi mizere yoyesera yopanga ma quantum chips, cholinga chake ndikuthandiza Europe kukhala mtsogoleri wapadziko lonse lapansi pankhaniyi pofika chaka cha 2030.

Krogstrop anati, "M'nthawi zosatsimikizika izi, pamene sitikudziwa amene tingadalire, tonsefe tikufuna kudzilamulira pa ukadaulo. Kukhala ndi (malo) ambiri ku Europe n'kopindulitsa, ndipo NDANDANDA ndi yofunika kwambiri chifukwa gawo la zithunzi zophatikizika likukulirakulira."

Iye anawonjezera kuti, "Pakadali pano, palibe mizere yopangira zinthu ku Europe yomwe ingakwaniritse kufunikira kwa kupanga zinthu za STO ndi BTO zomwe zikubwera. Imec ku Belgium ikukulitsanso mizere yake yopangira zinthu. Mphamvu yatsopanoyi idzakhala yopindulitsa kwambiri."

Poganizira zam'tsogolo, Krogstrom akuyembekeza kuti POEM Technology Centre idzagwirizana ndi mafakitale opangira ma wafer a 300mm ku Europe konse. Akuyembekezanso kugwirizana ndi mafakitale opangira ma wafer a 300mm m'madera akutali, komanso GlobalFoundries ku US ndi TSMC ku Taiwan, m'magawo apamwamba opanga ma photonics ndi zida za quantum. "Mwachitsanzo, ma quantum interconnects adzakhala ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri makompyuta a quantum akayamba kupanga zinthu zambiri," adatero.

Chifukwa chake, kuyambira pano mpaka 2030, CEO wa NQCP ndi anzake adzadzipereka pakupanga POEM Technology Centre kukhala malo apamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi a quantum ndi photonic chip. "Tipitiliza kugwira ntchito ngati gawo la malo (padziko lonse lapansi), chifukwa palibe amene angachite yekha ... koma tikuyembekeza kugwira ntchito limodzi ndi anthu osiyanasiyana komanso makampani opanga zida omwe akuchita nawo ukadaulo wa 300mm," adatero Krogstrop. "Riber inali kampani yoyamba kuti igwirizane nafe, koma tidzamanga malo akuluakulu (pakati) kuti makampani ena abwere kudzapanga zinthu zawo zaposachedwa komanso ukadaulo wapamwamba."