Absolut System took part in the 5th edition of France Quantum, on June 16th at Station F. A day of exchanges with quantum industry players around a topic that has become central: cryogenic cooling, a critical building block for scaling up quantum computers. This year Australia was in the spotlight, with a delegation of 4 companies present on their national pavilion. This international focus is also what defines this event, an ambition well aligned with Absolut System’s development goals.
On June 16th, Absolut System took part for the first time in the 5th edition of France Quantum, at Station F (Paris). A day of exchanges around a topic that is becoming central for the entire industry: cryogenic cooling of quantum systems.
Cryogenic expertise serving the quantum industry
Throughout the day, the Absolut System teams engaged with visitors, partners and players in the ecosystem. It was an opportunity to present our expertise in next generation cryogenic cooling systems, designed and manufactured in France. A deeptech SME founded in 2010, Absolut System has spent over 15 years working on demanding applications, from space to fusion to hydrogen. Quantum computing is a field where our technologies find their full relevance.
Cryogenics, a critical building block for quantum computers
The number of qubits keeps increasing, systems are growing more complex, and with them the requirements on enabling technologies. A quantum computer without properly controlled cooling simply doesn’t work for most qubit technologies. The shared conclusion throughout the day was clear: mastering extreme cold is not a peripheral constraint, it is a central challenge of scaling up (minimizing thermal agitation, thermal noise, and ensuring a certain level of vacuum).
Exchanges with QPU (Quantum Processing Unit) manufacturers
We had the opportunity to exchange with several QPU manufacturers present at the event, including Quobly, Quandela and C12 Quantum Electronics, on the place of cryogenics in their technology roadmaps. The challenge now is to anticipate the evolution of cryogenic architectures to support their scale up strategies.
A National Quantum Strategy taking shape
The keynote by Olivier Ezratty, a specialist in the field and author of the quantum reference book “Understanding Quantum Technologies”, on the road to FTQC (Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing) made particularly complex concepts accessible and confirmed that the ecosystem is progressing toward the so called “useful” quantum computer (capable of solving problems otherwise out of reach), although the road ahead remains long. For his part, Loïc Le Loarer, mission lead for the National Quantum Strategy at the SGPI (Secrétariat Général Pour l’Investissement), detailed the National Quantum Strategy and confirmed the funding roadmap: 1.6 billion euros committed to quantum technologies between 2021 and 2030. Cryogenics has already benefited from the CRYONEXT program. What remains is to ensure it never becomes a bottleneck for quantum chip development, and that it establishes itself as a sovereign industrial sector in its own right.
See you at the next edition
Thank you to everyone we met at our booth. We leave with the conviction of being part of a community moving forward together, and we are ready to take on the major challenges set by QPU manufacturers on their path to scale, to open a new era in solving highly complex problems.
