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Cornell's involvement in the MARQUIS institute marks a significant shift toward solving the critical materials science bottlenecks preventing scalable superconducting quantum processors. By reinventing Josephson junctions and standardizing validation methods for mid-scale chips, this NSF-funded effort directly addresses the stagnation in hardware evolution that has plagued the field for decades. This collaboration between academia and semiconductor experts is essential for transitioning quantum systems from experimental prototypes to manufacturable reality.
Cornell joins effort to build better quantum chips

Cornell joins a new $27.9 million institute, MARQUIS, to advance the manufacturability of superconducting quantum information systems.
A $27.9 million National Science Foundation grant over five years will support a new collaborative effort to overcome a stagnation in quantum computing hardware. The MARQUIS institute, focused on Manufacturable and Resilient superconducting Quantum Information Systems, aims to move beyond experimental prototypes by fundamentally reinventing the materials used to build quantum processors. Valla Fatemi, assistant professor of applied and engineering physics at…
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