Quantinuum Releases a New Quantum Processor with a Quantum Volume of 2048

Quantinuum (formerly Honeywell Quantum Solutions) has released a new quantum processor they call the H1-2. This machine is an upgrade of their previous H1-1 processor with two additional qubits and better gate and measurement fidelities. The H1-2 is very similar to the H1-1 as it uses the same ion-trap architecture, control system design, integrated optics, and photonics as its predecessor. But now the H1-2 has 12 operational qubits instead of the previous 10 qubits and has implemented minor upgrades to improve the fidelities and other aspects of the design. Many of these upgrades were also applied to the H1-1. These improvements allowed Quantinuum to perform a Quantum Volume test and obtain a measurement of 2048 using the test procedure specified by IBM. For more, you can view a press release provided by Quantinuum that you can find here.

December 30, 2021