According to researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a>, USA, it will likely take several years of research before quantum computers reach their full potential. However, a new innovative design by Tokyo University of Science<\/a>, Japan, RIKEN Centre for Emergent Matter Science<\/a>, Japan, and University of Technology<\/a>, Australia, has the potential to solve a myriad of problems facing the current 3D packaging for scaled-up quantum computers.<\/p>\n Led by Professor Jaw-Shen Tsai<\/a>, Tokyo University of Science, the research consortium propose a unique solution to this qubit accessibility problem by modifying the architecture of the qubit array.<\/p>\n \u2018Here, we solve this problem and present a modified superconducting micro-architecture that does not require any 3D external line technology and reverts to a completely planar design\u2019, commented researchers in their new paper published in the New Journal of Physics<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n The scientists began with a qubit square lattice array and stretched out each column in the 2D plane. They then folded each successive column on top of each other, forming a dual one-dimensional array called a \u2018bi-linear\u2019 array. This put all qubits on the edge and simplified the arrangement of the required wiring system.<\/p>\n In this new arrangement, some of the inter-qubit wiring overlaps, but because these are the only overlaps in the wiring, simple local 3D systems such as airbridges at the point of overlap are enough, and the system overall remains in 2D.<\/p>\n The research consortium evaluated the feasibility of this new arrangement through numerical and experimental evaluation in which they tested how much of a signal was retained before and after it passed through an airbridge. Results of both evaluations showed that it is possible to build and run this system using existing technology and without any 3D arrangement.<\/p>\nUnique and innovative solutions to quantum computing<\/h3>\n