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Aurora
Aurora is a trapped ion continuous-variable processor by Xanadu with 12 qubits (2025). Below: every publicly disclosed figure with its source, method, and vendor-claim status — plus what is not disclosed, recorded as findings.
Measurement records7 disclosed · 2 not disclosed · 1 sources
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Qubit count (physical_qubit_modes)12 physical qubit modes per clock cyclevendor claim
Vendor claim
- Source
- Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer (Nature) · published 2025-01-22
- Method
- VENDOR_UNSPECIFIED
- Notes
- Peer-reviewed but vendor-authored (Xanadu). Quote: '12 physical qubit modes at each clock cycle'.
- Citation key
[xanadu/aurora:physical-qubit-modes:2026-08-19]
Photonic chip count (photonic_chip_count)35 chipsvendor claim
Vendor claim
- Source
- Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer (Nature) · published 2025-01-22
- Method
- VENDOR_UNSPECIFIED
- Notes
- Distributed across sources, refineries, and QPU arrays.
- Citation key
[xanadu/aurora:photonic-chip-count:2026-08-19]
Squeezer count (squeezer_count)84 squeezersvendor claim
Vendor claim
- Source
- Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer (Nature) · published 2025-01-22
- Method
- VENDOR_UNSPECIFIED
- Citation key
[xanadu/aurora:squeezer-count:2026-08-19]
Photon number resolving detector count (photon_number_resolving_detector_count)36 detectorsvendor claim
Vendor claim
- Source
- Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer (Nature) · published 2025-01-22
- Method
- VENDOR_UNSPECIFIED
- Citation key
[xanadu/aurora:photon-number-resolving-:2026-08-19]
Clock rate (clock_rate)1 MHz repetition ratevendor claim
Vendor claim
- Source
- Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer (Nature) · published 2025-01-22
- Method
- VENDOR_UNSPECIFIED
- Citation key
[xanadu/aurora:clock-rate:2026-08-19]
Continuous operation demonstration (continuous_operation_demonstration)2 hours uninterrupted; cluster state of 86.4 billion modes (7.2 billion temporal modes)vendor claim
Vendor claim
- Source
- Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer (Nature) · published 2025-01-22
- Method
- VENDOR_UNSPECIFIED
- Notes
- System fits into four standard server racks; primary buffer delay line measured (253.286 ± 0.009) m.
- Citation key
[xanadu/aurora:continuous-operation-dem:2026-08-19]
Entanglement verification (entanglement_verification)nullifier variances persistently below the vacuum noise levelvendor claim
Vendor claim
- Source
- Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer (Nature) · published 2025-01-22
- Method
- Nullifier variance measurement against vacuum noise level
- Notes
- No conventional gate-fidelity or error-rate figures reported for this non-fault-tolerant demonstration system.
- Citation key
[xanadu/aurora:entanglement-verificatio:2026-08-19]
Two-qubit gate quality (two_qubit_gate_fidelity)not publicly disclosed
Not publicly disclosed — checked 2026-08-19
- Finding
- No public disclosure found. This is a recorded, dated finding — we do not substitute an estimate or borrow a figure from a sibling device.
- Sources queried
- Nature Aurora paper (fetched), Xanadu press release page (JS-rendered, content not retrievable), PRNewswire copy (connection reset)
- Notes
- Paper explicitly provides no specific gate error rates for the demonstration system.
Cloud access (cloud_access)not publicly disclosed
Not publicly disclosed — checked 2026-08-19
- Finding
- No public disclosure found. This is a recorded, dated finding — we do not substitute an estimate or borrow a figure from a sibling device.
- Sources queried
- Amazon Braket device list (fetched), xanadu.ai press page, Nature paper
- Notes
- No public cloud access found; Aurora is a first-of-kind research/engineering demonstration system. Not listed on Amazon Braket (checked 2026-08-19).
QPU137 is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Xanadu. Figures above are public disclosures recorded with their sources on 2026-08-19; vendor claims are labeled as such and may not be directly comparable across measurement methods — see methodology.