Irish startup Equal1 unveils world’s first silicon-based quantum computer

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March 17, 2025, 3:05 PM

• •Irish startup Equal1 has unveiled the world's first quantum computer that runs on a hybrid quantum-classical silicon chip.
• •The machine weighs around 200kg and plugs into a regular electrical socket.
• •The potential applications are endless. Quantum computers have the potential to solve complex problems that classical computers cannot, which could lead to breakthroughs in drug discovery, cryptography, modelling, and AI.

Irish startup Equal1 has unveiled the world's first quantum computer that runs on a hybrid quantum-classical silicon chip. The machine weighs around 200kg and plugs into a regular electrical socket. The rack-mountable machine is designed to simply slot into high-performance computing (HPC) data centres alongside standard servers.

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