Nu Quantum, a quantum entanglement startup, is adopting CERN-born White Rabbit (WR) technology to enable data-center scale quantum computing networks. WR enables highly precise timing synchronization, which is crucial for developing large-scale quantum networks. Nu Quantum is the first quantum industrial partner to join the WR Collaboration.
Its Quantum Networking Unit (QNU) is a technology that will enable multiple quantum computing nodes to be woven together into a distributed quantum computing machine. This approach is essential to scale-out quantum computing and unlock transformative computational power to tackle outstanding challenges in industry and society. Nu Quantum has now instantiated the control-plane hardware and benchmarked the optical sub-systems, with delivery of the full system on target for March 2025. The first instantiation of the QNU’s Optics Module has been built and calibrated.
Ed Wood, VP of Product at Nu Quantum, said in a statement: “A first-of-its-kind product, the QNU brings the industry closer to quantum networking solutions that can be deployed in the data center. The high-value systems we are creating need very precise and synchronized orchestration: WR is the perfect tool to deliver this, and we are delighted to be collaborating with CERN to make it happen.”
Edoardo Martelli, coordinator of CERN’s Quantum Technology Initiative activities in quantum networking, said in a statement: “It is fantastic to see how a technology originally developed to synchronize CERN’s accelerators can play a key role in enabling future quantum computing and networking.”
“It’s great to welcome Nu Quantum to the White Rabbit Collaboration, an initiative created to support the uptake by industry of the WR technology and foster its impact in society. We look forward to continuing to work with Nu Quantum on the quantum networks of the future.” says Javier Serrano, chair of the White Rabbit Collaboration Board and co-inventor of the White Rabbit technology at CERN, in a statement.
White Rabbit (WR) is a technology developed at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics CERN, as part of a joint effort with institutes and companies, to synchronize devices in the accelerators down to sub-nanoseconds and solve the challenge of establishing a common notion of time across a network.