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Universal Quantum Combines Ion Trap, Controls and Modular Links in New Chip

Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Universal Quantum launches the iQPU, an integrated quantum processing unit designed to make quantum computers practical to manufacture, scale and deploy cost effectively. Combining the largest trapped-ion compute surface with built-in ultra-low noise control technology and modular chip-to-chip interconnect (UQConnect) interfaces, the iQPU addresses some of quantum computing’s hardest scaling […]
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