Episode 141: Chasing Fidelity with Mike Piech

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Mike Piech discusses Rigetti Computing's advancements in quantum hardware and qubit fidelity.

In Episode 141, Mike Piech, Vice President of Business Development at Rigetti Computing, joins Patrick and Ciprian to talk hardware. Rigetti recently announced their 108-qubit system and is targeting 99.5% two-qubit gate fidelity by end of year, with a thousand physical qubits in sight by 2029. Mike breaks down why superconducting qubits are built on decades of semiconductor manufacturing know-how, what the Josephson junction actually does and why non-linearity is the key to isolating a usabl...

People in this episode

Hosts: Patrick, Ciprian

Guest: Mike Piech

Topics covered

• quantum computing
• hardware development
• superconducting qubits
• semiconductor manufacturing
• qubit fidelity

Keywords

• quantum computing
• Rigetti Computing
• superconducting qubits
• qubit fidelity
• hardware development

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Organizations: Rigetti Computing

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