China’s Origin Quantum (OriginQ) announced that its fourth-generation superconducting quantum computer, which it has named “OriginQ Wukong-180”, has been brought online and is now live globally. This is an 180-qubit system, up from the third generation’s 72-qubits.
The system is built around a single-chip architecture, with all 180 qubits available for practical workloads. According to the company, the platform achieves 99.9% single-qubit gate fidelity, 99% two-qubit gate fidelity, and 99% readout fidelity.
OriginQ stated that Wukong-180 significantly boosts qubit count, coherence times, and gate operation fidelities, compared to its earlier systems. It also utilizes calibration techniques that effectively lower the overall error rate during parallel gate execution, and will be progressively upgraded over time.
These are Wukong-180’s core specifications:
The system’s end-to-end control is powered by OriginQ’s proprietary ‘3+3’hardware-software architecture. Its hardware foundation combines the 180-qubit single-core Wukong Chip, the OriginQ Tianji 4.0 quantum control and readout system, and second-generation high-density microwave interconnect modules. Meanwhile, the software stack combines the Origin Pilot quantum Operating System (OS), the OriginQ Cloud platform, and dedicated quantum application suites. Users can sign up for a free trial for a limited period via the OriginQ Cloud website.
Earlier this year, OriginQ made its quantum OS, Origin Pilot, available for download. According to the company, the OS supports the major quantum modalities, including superconducting, ion trap and neutral atom quantum processors.
