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Rigetti Wins $5.48M Air Force Award to Advance ABAA Quantum Chip Process

Rigetti Computing has been awarded a $5.48 million grant by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The project focuses on advancing Rigetti’s Alternating-Bias Assisted Annealing (ABAA) process to address superconducting qubit defects. A consortium including Iowa State University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will collaborate on the research. The goal is to scale quantum computing technology through better chip fabrication techniques.

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April 29, 2025

Hf2Te2P: Quantum Computing Material’s Holy-Grail?

niversity of Central Florida and the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, amongst others, have stumbled upon a material which has a variety of quantum properties. Though early in the study of the hafnium, tellurium, and phosphorus material, the research finds Hf2Te2P has multiple electron patterns; ergo, multiple quantum properties. Being a non-silicon-based material, future study will determine if Hf2Te2P is indeed a breakthrough in quantum computing necessary material.

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August 5, 2018
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