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Wake Forest University has established a critical research facility focused on silicon-based qubits and room-temperature quantum processors, marking a significant shift away from cryogenic requirements. The new ISO 5-certified cleanroom and spectroscopy capabilities will enable the fabrication and verification of these components, potentially accelerating the path toward practical, portable quantum computing hardware.
Wake Forest opens lab for room-temperature quantum processors

Wake Forest University gains a critical edge in quantum computing research with the debut of the Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory, NanoteQ. Led by physics professor David Carroll, NanoteQ is driving research into silicon-based qubits and room-temperature quantum processors, a departure from previous quantum computing that required temperatures colder than deep space.
Wake Forest University has opened the Nano and Quantum Technologies Laboratory, NanoteQ, featuring its first ISO 5-certified cleanroom essential for fabricating silicon-based qubits. Led by physics professor and NanoteQ director David Carroll, the facility is designed to accelerate research into room-temperature quantum processors, a pursuit that bypasses the need for the extremely cold environments required by many existing quantum computers. “Physics is becoming the physics of information,” Carroll said, envisioning NanoteQ as “the nexus, the hub of the people in computer science, physics, chemistry.” The new lab also supports commercial innovation, housing companies like Quoherent, which has the bulk of its operations…
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