India's First Full-Stack 25-Qubit Quantum Computer Unveiled
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What Happened
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Background
History & Context
What Changed
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BEFORE: India's indigenous quantum hardware capabilities were largely limited to small-scale academic prototypes, such as a 7-qubit system at TIFR. NOW: India possesses a commercial 25-qubit full-stack superconducting quantum computer capable of processing complex workflows.
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BEFORE: Indian researchers and enterprises had to rely primarily on foreign cloud-based quantum platforms to run algorithms and test use cases. NOW: QpiAI-Indus provides a domestic hardware and software ecosystem, directly integrating classical High-Performance Computing (HPC) nodes with quantum processing.
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BEFORE: Quantum control hardware lacked automated, intelligent tuning to manage qubit noise and decoherence efficiently. NOW: The QpiAI system integrates an AI-based agentic software layer to fine-tune qubits autonomously, achieving single-qubit gate fidelity of 99.7 percent and two-qubit fidelity of 96 percent.
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Practice Questions
Q1
Correct Statement(s)Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the National Quantum Mission and QpiAI-Indus? 1. QpiAI-Indus is India's first full-stack superconducting quantum computer, featuring 25 qubits. 2. The National Quantum Mission was approved in 2023 with a budget allocation of over Rs. 6000 crore to be implemented until 2030-31.