Date: March 11, 2020 11 AM EDT
Attendees: <<currently undisclosed>>.
Intros: Lincoln, Synopsys (question from Bruce), NY Creates (SUNY Poly), SeeQC (Hypres), Skywater, Baylor.
Topics:
1. Business model — government Oleg asks about commercial fab; Eric describes LL position. Action item to connect with QED-C.
2. IP — Synopsys doing things; Eric suggests IEEE could be helpful in building contacts with the demand side. Discusses hierarchy ranging from open designs to commercially sensitive.
3. Range of qubits: Initially superconducting, transmons and variants; Erik says next most likely option would be ion traps.
4. Scope of interest beyond qubits. While semiconductor MOSIS supplies only packaged chips, quantum MOSIS could consider supplying the items below, not all of which may be in the initial rollout:
- Fab service for superconducting qubit chips
- Fab service for ion trap qubit chips
- Fab service for SFQ control electronics
- Fab service for CMOS control electronics
- Provide a forum for cryocooler, chandelier, and test equipment vendors (e. g. Keysight) to support components interoperable with the results of fab service
- Provide a forum for interoperability standards for all the items above (e. g. qubit chips to control electronics)
- Provide curation of standardized design rules
- IP for above, including a hierarchy of levels such as open, export controlled, proprietary, etc.
(Previous list originally from the telecon but expanded by Erik when writing notes.)
5. For next meeting:
Terence to send out a telecon meeting note for this same time in three weeks. This is to reserve the time slot; we will decide later whether we are ready for a telecon by email.
Shawn & Synopsys have been working on a “matrix” with users and the values they may get out of a quantum MOSIS service. Synopsys will share a version of this matrix with this group via email, which could be a discussion item for the next telecon and the beginnings of a whitepaper.
Eric suggests we get a few reps of user categories to be on the next telecon, which could lead to a wider user survey. Erik suggests: (a) Scott remains rep. for new universities, (b) add rep for universities already building QCs, perhaps solicit interest from (c) integrators (e. g. Google) and other levels of the technology stack (d) (e. g. Keysight, Bluefors). Also contact (e) QED-C.
Physical meeting plans. From Erik: Physical meetings are being cancelled due to coronavirus right now. This probably means the IEEE/QED-C Boston meeting in mid May will not happen (QED-C has not confirmed this, though). IEEE can host physical meetings once the coronavirus threat has passed, and is interested in doing so. In addition, IEEE is soliciting this type of activity for Quantum Week (IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering October 12-16, 2020 Omni Interlocken Hotel, Denver ─ Broomfield, Colorado, USA).