In this episode of @AuManufacturing Conversations with Brent Balinski, we hear from Dr Will Gilbert from Diraq, who tells us about computing with puddles of electrons, and his unusual career so far.
Episode guide
0:30 – Career background. Engineering, electronics and music.
3:45 – Joining Professor Andrew Dzurak’s team at UNSW.
4:45 – An explanation of CMOS chips, puddles of electrons, and computing with electron spins and magnetic fields.
7:40 – Reaching millions or even billions of qubits and the importance of being able to scale up to this level.
10:10 – The accidental find and the resulting paper. “This was quite strange. We’d never seen this before.”
12:10 – How the find could enable long-range spin-to-spin coupling and why this is useful.
14:20 – The growing enthusiasm for semiconductor manufacture in Australia, and the semiconductor packaging operation planned for the Advanced Manufacturing Research Facility at Bradfield.
16:10 – Growing a semiconductor sector should involve targeting small, manageable projects, believes Gilbert.
17:20 – What Diraq is planning over the next few years. “It’s not a short path.”
Relevant links
Diraq's website
QUANTUM TEAM FOCUSSED ON GETTING IT DONE HERE
AUSTRALIA’S QUANTUM SUCCESS A MODEL FOR OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
AUSTRALIA’S PLACE IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR WORLD: IP IS THE MAIN THING, SAYS QUANTUM COMPUTING HOPEFUL
