First, he explained how much he admires the advanced research being done at Quantinuum, both on its H-series trapped-ion hardware and on quantum software. He elaborated on this by praising the company's no-hype policy about products and technology. “There's a lot of hype in quantum,” he said. “And it takes a lot of self-discipline, as well as incredible smarts and ingenuity, to solve the right problems in the right ways.
“I am super excited about our team,” he said. “We have world-class talent in the hardware domain, with expertise in areas such as ion trap, control systems and optics. Our strengths extend beyond hardware because we also excel in middleware and software applications. Thanks to the combination of Cambridge Quantum and the Honeywell Quantum Solutions group, this union has led to the creation of a truly exceptional and unparalleled world-class quantum team.
Currently, Quantinuum is still adding features and functions to its first-generation H-1 series. However, its H-2 series machine is under development, with an undisclosed release date. Even though fidelity is continually being improved, the H-1 already has acceptable fidelities for one- and two-qubit gates, state preparation and measurement, memory and cross-talk. It is likely the H-2 will maintain these fidelities and possibly show improvements in some areas.
There has been continuous but slow progress made on increasing qubit fidelity; however, we must eventually create near-perfect qubits and quantum gates that perform at around 99.999% fidelity.