John M. Martinis, this year’s Nobel Prize winner in Physics, has joined forces with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and several leading chip industry companies to form the Quantum Scaling Alliance, an initiative aimed at creating mass-produced quantum supercomputers.
Unlike current one-off quantum machines, the alliance intends to use semiconductor manufacturing tools — the same that produce chips for AI servers and smartphones — to fabricate large, consistent quantum processors.
Partners include Applied Materials, Synopsys, 1QBit, Quantum Machines, Riverlane, and the University of Wisconsin. Together, they will tackle key challenges in scalability, error correction, and quantum-classical integration.
Martinis, who previously led Google’s quantum computing program, said the effort marks a shift from “artisanal” quantum chipmaking to an industrial-scale model.
Masoud Mohseni, who leads HPE’s quantum division, said integrating quantum processors with classical supercomputers will be critical to achieving reliable, high-performance systems.
The alliance’s success could accelerate breakthroughs in chemistry, medicine, and materials science, where quantum computing’s power promises to unlock problems that classical machines cannot solve.
