Intel begins testing its smallest spin-qubit chip, made in its Oregon D1D fab with standard chipmaking techniques

Intel/Silicon spin qubits

Intel began testing a spin-qubit chip smaller than a pencil eraser, made in its D1D fab in Oregon with standard transistor fabrication techniques. Each qubit, an electron's spin trapped in silicon, is about 50 nm across and runs near absolute zero.

• Spin-qubit chip smaller than a pencil eraser with about 1,500 qubits fitting across a human hair diameter
• Fabricated using standard silicon manufacturing techniques proven for producing billions of transistors
• Operates at roughly 460 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, demonstrating Intel's manufacturing-first approach to quantum