Silicon Quantum Computing Watermelon: The Best Inventions of 2026 - Time Magazine

Founded by Australian Michelle Simmons, who helped invent the single-atom transistor, Silicon Quantum Computing is one of the rare companies in its space with a commercially viable product. Watermelon, a quantum processing device that uses reservoir computing to help AI models train more efficiently on messy datasets. Earlier this year, SQC claimed it had helped a telecoms client cut the time needed to process a specific data set from several weeks to a few days. In October, SQC announced Watermelon had helped energy technology and equipment company Schneider Electric improve the accuracy of next-day energy forecasts by an average of 20%.Learn more: Silicon Quantum Computing Watermelon on Silicon Quantum ComputingAdvertisement© 2026 TIME USA, LLC.

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