Updated / Monday, 17 Mar 2025 21:20
Irish company Equal1 has announced the launch of what it describes as the world’s first silicon-based quantum computer server.
The ‘Bell-1’ server is designed to fit seamlessly into existing data centres and plugs into a standard electrical socket, bringing quantum computing to practical, everyday use.
Quantum computing uses quantum mechanics to solve problems too complex for traditional computers.
Quantum mechanics studies the behaviour of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles.
The Bell-1 computer will be unveiled in Silicon Valley at the Global Physics Summit 2025, run by the American Physical Society.
Silicon-based quantum technology uses the same existing semiconductor processes that power modern day microchips.
According to Equal1, Bell-1 removes the need for specialised infrastructure and offers an easy to deploy system that dramatically reduces energy consumption.
The computer is named after John Stewart Bell, a Belfast-born physicist whose work revolutionised the world’s understanding of quantum mechanics.
“We’ve taken quantum technology out of the lab and into real-world environments where it can drive innovation and solve complex computational challenges,” said Jason Lynch, CEO of Equal1.
“This is the dawn of Quantum Computing 2.0 – where accessibility, scalability and practicality take centre stage,” Mr Lynch said.
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