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| Samsung is using quantum computers to optimize batteries |
Consumer technology and electronics giant Samsung recently worked with Honeywell Quantum Solutions and physics researchers at Imperial College London to explore how quantum computers can be used to create better batteries.
Improvements in battery technology help determine which devices to purchase. Samsung, the maker of Galaxy phones, tablets and other devices, hopes quantum computers give it an edge.
With long lasting batteries and other energy stores, today's technology is more portable and versatile than ever before, but there's no end to being more powerful, more durable, and able to sustain a long-term diet.
“Samsung’s mission is to use talent and technology to create the best products and services,” said Jaikwang Xin, senior vice president of Samsung's Technology Research Institute.
“Our partnership with Honeywell Quantum Solutions continues in this sense and we are looking for new sources of innovation by exploring the enormous potential of the quantum computer.
Samsung and head of the Department of Quantum Information Theory (Professor Myungshik Kim) of the Department of Physics at Imperial College London and his team took an early look at quantum algorithms.
The research team created a dynamic simulation of a reactive spin model (a mathematical model used to test magnetism) and ran experiments with Honeywell's H1 quantum solution, which is a quantum-based solution of the latest generation of the Capture Ion computer system.
Complex simulations require that the H1 system models run so-called deep circuits and use gates of up to 100 qubits to support the calculations. A typical quantum algorithm consists of several gates, one and two qubits.
Two qubit gates, meaning quantum operations between two separate qubits, provide entanglement between qubits, making quantum computing more powerful than traditional supercomputers, but these quantum operations are also more difficult and expensive to use.
The complexity of quantum circuits in general can be estimated from the number of binary qubits. Professor Jane said, Honeywell's quantum solutions system is working well and the data collected meets their expectations for the model, which is encouraging given the requirements. Depth of the algorithm circuit.
Honeywell Quantum Solutions said: The research on this project did not benefit the teams at Samsung and Imperial College London, but it also demonstrated that the H1 system paradigm can process complex algorithms with high precision, giving researchers confidence.
Quantum computers are still in the early stages of commercial devices, and these systems often suffer from physical errors that reduce the efficiency of computations.
The H1 system uses a trapped ion qubit to work with extremely high accuracy and can store quantum information for a long time.
Much more remains to be done before Samsung can use quantum computers to make practical improvements to batteries.
However, if the company can solve the challenges that hinder the development of other battery manufacturers, it can make smartphones, tablets, and other durable devices that other competitors cannot match.