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Fusion42 · 27 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Researchers at Warwick and NRC Canada have demonstrated Quantum Phononic Links (QPLs), a new chip architecture using sound vibrations through engineered germanium-on-silicon material to enable long-range communication between qubits across a single semiconductor chip. The approach is compatible with existing semiconductor manufacturing and could offer a simpler, cheaper path to scaling quantum processors beyond current nearest-neighbour qubit connectivity limits.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Quantum Computing, and 2 sources have reported it between 27 Jul 2026 and 4 Aug 2026.
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You've been solving qubit-to-qubit communication with bolted-on microwave hardware; this material solves it inside the crystal itself, using existing fab processes. If you're building quantum processors, your interconnect just got simpler and cheaper—and your competitors now have to explain why they're not using it.
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2 sources · first reported 27 Jul 2026 · latest 4 Aug 2026
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