Quantum-enhanced Machine Learning

Project Information

QUENML

Grant agreement ID: 190105118

DOI 10.3030/190105118

Project closed

EC signature date 2 September 2022

Start date 1 June 2022

End date 31 May 2024

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost € 5 358 750,00

EU contribution € 2 500 000,00

Coordinated by

EQUAL 1 LABORATORIES IRELAND LIMITED
Ireland

Objective

Equal1 leverages commercially available semiconductor technology to deliver quantum-enhanced machine learning solutions that empower businesses to overcome data-intensive AI challenges today. We design quantum processor chips (QPUs) based on silicon qubit technology and integrate them into a cryogenic system running at -270 degrees C. Our first server-sized prototype (Alice) has already demonstrated massive acceleration for AI applications. Through this project, we will finalize the next generation version of our QPU (codenamed Bluefin, number of physical qubits scaled to 64K in a quantum neural network array) and integrate it within our workstation-sized MVP demonstrator (Aquaris). With its much smaller carbon footprint, our scalable, cost-effective technology provides a path that will impact the trajectory of AI by making it more sustainable. We will enable our customers to continue to leverage the power of AI to develop useful, real-world solutions.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › quantum computers
• natural sciences › physical sciences › electromagnetism and electronics › semiconductivity
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › inorganic chemistry › metalloids
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › artificial intelligence › machine learning
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › artificial intelligence › computational intelligence

Keywords

• Quantum Computing
• Micro (system) engineering

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme
• HORIZON.3.1.2 - The Accelerator

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 - EIC Accelerator Open 2021

Call for proposal

HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01

Funding Scheme

HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance

Coordinator

EQUAL 1 LABORATORIES IRELAND LIMITED

• Net EU contribution: € 2 500 000,00
• Address: 30 HEATHERVUE ; A63 XV61 Wicklow ; Ireland
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Ireland › Eastern and Midland › Mid-East
• Region: Ireland › Eastern and Midland › Mid-East
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 5 358 750,00

Participants (1)

Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

EQUAL1 LABORATORIES ROMANIA S.R.L.

Romania

• Net EU contribution: € 0,00
• Address: STR TRISTAN TZARA 16 APP 2 ; 307160 Dumbravita Timis
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Macroregiunea Patru › Vest › Timiş
• Region: Macroregiunea Patru › Vest › Timiş
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 693 265,00