Abstract: On April 30, Hefei Origin Quantum Computing Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Origin Quantum") officially released the first domestic quantum chip design industrial software (hereinafter referred to as "Q-EDA") - Origin Unit. Global users can directly access and use it online through the Origin Quantum Cloud Platform, and can be downloaded to on-premises deployment through authorization in the future.
On April 30, Hefei Origin Quantum Computing Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Origin Quantum") officially released the first domestic quantum chip design industrial software (hereinafter referred to as "Q-EDA") - Origin Unit. Global users can directly access and use it online through the Origin Quantum Cloud Platform, and can be downloaded to on-premises deployment through authorization in the future. The software supports the automation design of superconducting and semiconductor quantum chip layout at the same time, which is an important condition for realizing the independent research and development and industrialization of quantum chips, successfully filling the gap in the field of Q-EDA in the mainland, and will help the steady development of quantum science and technology in the mainland.
"Lane change overtaking" to create the first domestic quantum chip design industrial software
Chips are at the heart of a new generation of information technology and the cornerstone of the modern digital economy. As we all know, the mainland's chip technology has been in the dilemma of foreign "card neck", and the phenomena of "lack of core tide" and "chip supply interruption" have become more and more intense. As the mother of chips, EDA technology has provided great convenience for traditional chip design since its birth and is an indispensable and important part of IC design. For a long time, international technology giants Synopsys, Cadence, and Mentor have monopolized most of the EDA market share, and almost all chip design companies around the world have adopted at least one of these three software. The situation of EDA software in mainland China is hugely different from that of foreign countries, and it lacks core competitiveness.
With the development of quantum computing technology, traditional EDA software cannot support quantum chip design in a targeted manner, and cannot quickly draw the device structure. Therefore, foreign countries have long been carrying out related research on Q-EDA, the United States Sandia National Laboratory, IBM, Finland IQM, the Netherlands Delft University of Technology has begun to quantum chip layout design and simulation functions and other technology development work. In contrast, in China, the Q-EDA field is blank.
The competition for global quantum computing is becoming more and more fierce, and China's quantum technology companies are full of crises in the competition with international giants such as Google, IBM, and Intel, and the shortcomings in the field of industrial software must be quickly filled. In this industry context, Origin Quantum chose to "change lanes and overtake", strive to take the road of domestic substitution, and unswervingly develop the first domestic quantum chip design industrial software "Origin Unit" that is compatible with the two major physical systems of superconductivity and semiconductors, so as to avoid repeating the mistakes of EDA technology being subject to people in the era of quantum computers.
The homepage of the official website of Benyuan Kunyuan
Built-in superconducting and semiconductor component libraries, users around the world can realize automated intelligent design online
The original Kunyuan released this time changes the status quo of the single operation mode of Q-EDA software, supports both local and online deployment modes, and has a graphical interactive interface that is closer to the user than Qiskit-Metal, which can effectively avoid the dependence on code operation. In the future, Benyuan Kunyuan will also be used as an operating platform to be applied to the scheduling and result analysis of simulation tools.
Global users can access and use Origin Kunyuan through the Origin Quantum Cloud Platform. The software has a built-in superconducting and semiconductor parametric component library, and the core part of the quantum chip can be completed through component splicing. Taking the superconducting chip layout as an example, according to the characteristics of the device, the key point alignment function is designed to optimize the splicing effect and realize the accurate splicing of the core bit array. By simply dragging, arranging and combining, users can quickly complete the design of the qubit core array. For the peripheral complex wiring and auxiliary structure configuration work, through the simple configuration of the process specifications, the source Kunyuan can automatically complete the final layout, the work that could be completed in the original weeks can be completed quickly in only a few minutes, which greatly improves the design efficiency.
In terms of program development technology, Based on the cloud development mode of the website, Benyuan Kunyuan integrates a variety of cloud development tools and reserves space for the subsequent simulation function.
Library display
Automated tools
6bit territory
Fill the gap in the field of domestic Q-EDA tools, and the source quantum helps quantum technology out of the laboratory
In recent years, the development of quantum technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and the competition for technological commanding heights in various countries has become increasingly fierce, and domestic and foreign governments have increased their investment. With the support of government policies, Origin Quantum has been actively committed to the research and development of quantum chip design industrial software Q-EDA technology.
Origin Quantum is the first company in China to promote quantum computing to commercial use, and is also the only quantum computing enterprise with full-stack development capabilities in China, the company takes the research and development, promotion and application of quantum computers as the core, and actively promotes the landing of the quantum computing industry and the construction of the quantum computing ecosystem around the core businesses of quantum computers, quantum chips, quantum measurement and control, quantum software, quantum cloud platforms and quantum education.
In order to improve the efficiency of the quantum chip process, the short board of the industry is filled. In 2021, Benyuan Quantum established a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group, Benyuan Keyi, which closely follows the pace of the Group, is committed to solving the problems of accurate splicing of quantum chip layout and simplified design of complex layout, improves the efficiency of quantum chip design, lays a solid foundation for solving design simulation problems in the next stage, and becomes a solid part of the stable development of The Origin Quantum full-stack computing research and development layout.
At present, Q-EDA is still in the rise stage, but in the near future, quantum computing will change the existing industrial pattern, and Q-EDA will enter the public vision and become a strong backing for the rise of domestic quantum chips. In the future, Benyuan Kunyuan will continue to iteratively upgrade according to market demand, provide users with more intelligent design tools, and realize many functions such as automatic wiring, rule checking, 3D modeling and simulation. The emergence of Benyuan Kunyuan marks that the road of independent innovation in the field of quantum science and technology in China is becoming brighter.