NVision publishes Nature paper on OLED-style molecules for quantum chips
German startup NVision published a paper in Nature on Wednesday describing a way to make quantum computing chips using techniques similar to those behind smartphone display manufacturing. The company, which has raised more than $155 million from backers including Abbott Laboratories, arrived at the result while working on medical imaging, using a machine that aligns electron spins in sugar molecules so MRI machines can see them about a thousand times more easily. In the new work, NVision says its technology also works on organic molecules similar to those used in OLED displays; it used AI to simulate hundreds of candidates and synthesized about 40 until it found one that can be laid as a thin layer over a chip made with conventional technology. NVision also announced a partnership with US-based chipmaker HyperLight to make its first chips, and CEO Sella Brosh said the company plans to build a full quantum computer, including chip fabrication, molecule deposition and error correction, rather than sell only the molecules.