Comment by lkm0

Incredibly cool initiative! Looks like they're going for a trapped-ion device, which the best you can get for now. It's not clear what kind of geometry the ions will be on, but I assume linear traps? If so, it can't be scaled beyond 10ish qubits, so that's definitely more of an educational project. That makes sense though, since the other options like racetrack or whatever are still active research.

I wonder if there's ever been any cross-pollinating between SC and trapped-ion labs when it comes to control electronics and such. This could be a good way to find out.