IGNITE

​Long regarded as silicon’s counterpart for making chips, germanium has awakened researchers’ interest, this time in the realm of quantum computing. Developed only five years ago, germanium spin qubits have already become the most advanced platform in semiconductor quantum technology. The execution of four-qubit algorithms and the demonstration of scalable control with a 16-quantum dot array underpin germanium’s potential for large-scale quantum computers. The EU-funded IGNITE project will bring together all the partners who enabled these advances. The aim is to demonstrate that germanium is a compelling platform for quantum computations by building quantum processors with more than 1 000 qubits.