Minutes
Attending: Erik, Ricardo, Robert, Jamil, Steve, Brian, Mike, Scott, Bruce, Tom, Max, Gordon, Pops, Brad, Araceli, Eric, Terrill, Bill, and Oleg.
Gordon Harling introduction
Araceli introduction
0:20 Robert Freeman talk 25:07-46:33
0:45 Brian Tyrrell talk 47:00-1:05:50
1:07 Tom Ohki talk. Questions start at 1:24 1:05:54-1:26:11
Hamilton OK to help with RFI.
Over 1:41.
Slide Deck
The RFI
https://beta.sam.gov/opp/98673a00eabb4ffda553f133e5211d77/view
The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Research Triangle Park Division. is issuing this Request for Information (RFI) in support of the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) and the Laboratory for Physical Sciences (LPS), in seeking information on qubit foundries for US researchers in the field of gate-based quantum computing. This RFI seeks input from both potential end-users and potential foundry partners. Experimental researchers in the field of quantum computing need qubit devices to explore both the foundational physics and new types of qubits that can be realized in these systems. Unfortunately, the barrier to entry can be quite large due to the lack of sufficient high-quality qubit fabrication facilities or expertise. A potential avenue to overcome such limitations could involve standing up and/or making available to a wider community, fabricated qubit devices. The ideal would be sources of qubit devices that offer flexibility in design, materials, and qubit types to meet the needs of a diverse range of research laboratories. To understand the research community requirements, we seek information from both potential users/customers, as well as the capabilities of potential foundry facilities.
Original Invitation and Logistics
This WebEx meeting will open to anybody who can contribute or participate. Time is: September 2, 2020
7 AM PDT (UTC-6)
10 AM EDT (UTC-4)
3 PM London (GMT+1)
11 PM Tokyo (GMT+9).
Request an invitation from t.c.martinez@ieee.org or erikdebenedictis@gmail.com. The meeting is scheduled for 1.5 to 2 hours.
10:00 AM EDT Business Meeting
Would participants be interested in becoming an IEEE interest group? This would lead to ongoing meetings, say monthly, with an agenda. There could be a “program committee” to approve participation and the results could be posted online here, where approved by presenters.
Introduction of Gordon Harling of CMC Microsystems (a not-for-profit organization managing Canada’s National Design Network). 10:50-13:30
This is the developmental website https://fab.quantum.ieee.org.
There is also a (U. S. based) ARO RFI seeking in a related area http://www.fbodaily.com/archive/2020/08-August/14-Aug-2020/FBO-05754252.htm (due October 6, 2020). Would this group be interested in responding?
10:15 AM EDT Robert Freeman, Synopsys: TCAD & EDA Design Tools for the Quantum Industry (20 mins)
Many of the challenges in quantum computing involve scalability and are as daunting as those faced by CMOS as it advanced to its current state. How far or adjacent are the needed TCAD & EDA