{"id":696,"date":"2025-04-08T20:50:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/?p=4301458"},"modified":"2025-04-08T20:50:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:50:33","slug":"will-a-useful-quantum-computer-be-a-reality-within-10-years-darpa-2-australian-startups-ibm-more-are-working-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tecnoartesanos.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/will-a-useful-quantum-computer-be-a-reality-within-10-years-darpa-2-australian-startups-ibm-more-are-working-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Will a Useful Quantum Computer Be a Reality Within 10 Years? DARPA, 2 Australian Startups, IBM & More Are Working On It"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andrew Dzurak, founder and CEO of Australian startup Diraq, holds one of the company\u2019s projects. Image credit: Diraq<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DARPA has awarded two Australian startups, Diraq and Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), contracts for quantum computing research, the U.S. agency announced on April 4. Both Sydney-based companies will participate in the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) program, designed to assess other companies to find which might have the potential to reach useful quantum computing within the next decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the chosen companies, now the real work begins,\u201d said Joe Altepeter, DARPA QBI program manager<\/a>, in a press release. \u201cStage A is a six-month sprint in which they\u2019ll provide comprehensive technical details of their concepts to show that they hold water and could plausibly lead to a transformative, fault-tolerant quantum computer in under 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Useful quantum computing (or utility-scale operation) is defined as a method in which computational value exceeds the build and operational costs.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Diraq teams up with other companies to manufacture quantum chips<\/span><\/h2>\n

Diraq entered into the QBI its silicon spin qubits approach to quantum computing, which is based on the CMOS manufacturing methods used to make computer chips. Diraq will place its method under more intense scrutiny as part of the program, testing its robustness.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are confident that our combined expertise, designs, and technologies can rapidly deliver a commercially viable quantum system concept in terms of capex per system, plus realistic considerations around equipment footprint, scalability, sustainability and operating costs,\u201d wrote Diraq founder and CEO Andrew Dzurak<\/a> in a press release.<\/p>\n

To do so, Diraq has teamed up with other organizations:<\/p>\n