James Palles-Dimmock, Ph.D.
Biography
James is CEO at Quantum Motion, where he is responsible for defining an IP, technical and commercial strategy for the business, developing silicon-based qubit architectures which are compatible with standard CMOS fabrication. James has over a decade of experience delivering products from early stage concepts through R&D programmes; developing, protecting and commercialising new semiconductor technologies, in particular during his time at Japanese electronics company Sharp. James has transferred technology to factories both in the UK and Japan and his work has spanned the TRLs, from developing the first lab-based demonstration of a hot carrier solar cell to consulting on production issues in an assembly line. A physicist by background, James has a first class MSc in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, a PhD in Quantum Physics from Imperial College London and is a fellow of the Electrical Research Association (ERA).
Company Profile
Quantum Motion
Company Profile
The most powerful computer on the planet hasn’t yet been built. But we have the blueprint for putting it together. At Quantum Motion, we combine deep expertise in fault tolerant quantum architectures with the hardware knowledge to realise qubits in silicon.
The development of a fault tolerant quantum processor will open up possibilities far beyond the reach of today’s small quantum computers and even the emerging noisy intermediate scale quantum processors (NISQs). This technology will power high-impact applications in areas vital for human progress in the 21st century: in-software discovery of new chemicals, materials and drugs; the reduction of wastage through optimisation of resource usage; and enabling new models for AI and machine learning.
Our goal is to fast-track the development of true fault tolerant quantum computers and reach one million qubits and beyond by leveraging existing knowledge in device fabrication within the trillion-dollar silicon industry.
Creating qubits using conventional transistor process technology will be revolutionary in its democratising impact on the power of quantum computers.
At Quantum Motion we are marrying fifty years of global CMOS development with world-leading expertise in qubit design and architectures. Our team is transitioning this work away from theoretical research in universities to realise these designs in a real-world, manufacturable process.
