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Quantum machines & sensors, optical clocks

Boulder (Colorado), United States40.00°N 105.26°W
computed criticality42/100
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Optical clocks at ≈10⁻¹⁸; computing, sensors, metrology
2025
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At the surface, three uses pull the whole stratum: quantum computing, sensors (gravimeters, magnetometers) and optical atomic clocks. These machines also depend on a classical co-processor, GPU for error correction, closing the loop back onto the silicon stratum. A technological cutting edge resting, at the very bottom, on a waste of military tritium.

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NIST (Boulder)
IBM · Google · Quantinuum · IonQ
PTB, NPL (metrology)
Depends on 4
Ultra-stable lasers & ULE cavitiesQuantum & Cryogenics · LinkSuperconducting qubits, IBM & GoogleQuantum & Cryogenics · Critical anchorIon traps, IonQ & QuantinuumQuantum & Cryogenics · LinkQuantum photonics, PsiQuantum / GlobalFoundriesQuantum & Cryogenics · Link
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Nvidia, Santa ClaraCompute
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