Alex Wynn

I am the co-founder and CEO of Adiabatic Machines, where we are building superconducting digital computers, and a research affiliate at MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. My work focuses on adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron (AQFP) circuits, which operate near the thermodynamic limit of computation set by the relationship between entropy and information.

I was previously a Research Engineer at CBA, and before that spent 11 years as a Technical Staff Member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where I led programs developing memory and logic circuits using the SFQ5ee fabrication process. I have also worked with venture capital and nonprofit organizations on technology areas including long duration energy storage and power transmission at the grid scale.

alex [at] adiabaticmachines.com
alexander.wynn [at] cba.mit.edu
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Research

My work spans the full stack of superconducting computing system development, from low-level device physics to high-level architecture analysis. AQFP logic switches with energy dissipation near the Landauer limit (kT ln 2), making it a compelling candidate for future high-performance computing where energy efficiency is paramount. Current projects include design automation tools for AQFP circuits, working processor architectures, and the cryogenic rack systems that house them. At CBA I am working on the cryogenic rack system for a superconducting computing demonstration, in collaboration with industry partners.

Teaching

Want to learn conventional microelectronics or superconductor electronics design? Check out some of my class materials.

Adiabatic Machines

Can we scale superconductor electronics from lab curiosity to real technology? That is the question we are answering at Adiabatic Machines, a company I co-founded with Camron Blackburn to build AQFP-based computing systems.