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Silicon Quantum Computing plans an atomic-scale chip plant in Sydney, with its first product, Watermelon, now reaching buyers. The article gives few concrete details: no location, timeline, or cost for the facility, and Watermelon is described as a companion to conventional AI systems rather than a full quantum computer. Readers should treat this as a manufacturing-capacity signal from one company, not evidence that fault-tolerant quantum computing is near.

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Quantum computing: Silicon Quantum Computing building chips

GDELTOctober 16, 20264 min read

A former Australian of the Year is establishing what she calls a world-first atomic-scale chip plant in Sydney in a bid to make her company Australia’s answer to OpenAI. Michelle Simmons, founder and chief executive of Silicon Quantum Computing, was asked at the John Monash Foundation oration on Thursday evening whether Australia could produce a quantum equivalent of OpenAI or Anthropic. “Yes, it will be us,” she said. Michelle Simmons says the company can’t keep up with demand for its products. Oscar Colman “We are…

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