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Superconducting qubit that lasts for over 1 millisecond is primed for industrial scaling

Princeton's new quantum chip built for scale
A Princeton team has reported their new qubit lasts for over 1 millisecond, three times longer than the best ever reported in a lab setting, and nearly fifteen times longer than the industry standard for large-scale processors. Credit: Princeton University; Office of Communications; Matt Raspanti (2025)

In a major step toward practical quantum computers, Princeton engineers have built a superconducting qubit that lasts three times longer than today’s best versions.

“The real challenge, the thing that stops us from having useful quantum computers today, is that you build a qubit and the information just doesn’t last very long,” said Andrew Houck, Princeton’s dean of engineering and co-principal investigator. “This is the next big jump forward.”

In an article in the journal Nature,...

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Rethinking the Quantum Chip

Researchers in Cleland Lab at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, including (from left) alumnus Haoxiong Yan, PhD candidate Xuntao Wu, and Prof. Andrew Cleland, have realized a new design for a superconducting quantum processor. (Photo by John Zich)

New research demonstrates a brand-new architecture for scaling up superconducting quantum devices. Researchers at the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) have realized a new design for a superconducting quantum processor, aiming at a potential architecture for the large-scale, durable devices the quantum revolution demands.

Unlike the typical quantum chip design that lays the information-processing qubits onto a 2-D grid, the team from the Cleland Lab has designed a modular qua...

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