Tales from the City by Richard Murray: Q2B Santa Clara
Q2B has always seemed the conference for the biggest announcements. It was a mere two years ago when IonQ stole the show with their record-beating quantum volume results, laying the path to the move to go public.
This year could be as eventful. I’m personally excited to learn – beyond the headlines – more about what the global quantum community has been up to for the last 2 years.
The agenda certainly looks like a good one. With a few notable exceptions, all of the biggest names in quantum are out and about, with back-to-back presentations in one day session from most. I am expecting big things.
In particular, I’m interested to hear from a slew of individuals and executives at the front-line; experts and analysts. No doubt these individuals will be asked questions I don’t think anyone knows the answer to yet: When will we have useful quantum computers, for example? What will they look like?
But beyond these seemingly eternal questions will surely be critical insights about the journey we are all on: which algorithms or applications are showing the best promise for scaling. Is there any emerging potential for NISQ (and more important- how close are these i.e. how many qubits and what circuit depth is needed)?
I’m also interested to hear the plethora of different perspectives: From very large corporates that are investing in quantum (For example,BP, AFRL, Goldman, BMW, Roche); those with a wide view of the industry (AWS) or with the biggest investments (IonQ, AWS, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia); and those the deepest knowledge of specific verticals (Zapata, Cambridge Quantum). They will all be here.
So stay tuned. I’ll be reporting each fascinating day as it comes, as I see it.
Richard Murray is CEO and co-founder of ORCA computing and co-chair of UKQuantum: the voice of the UK quantum industry
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IonQ
IonQ is a developer in trapped ion quantum computing founded in 2015 that actively applies its technology to the aerospace and defense sectors. The company empowers satellite-based quantum networks and quantum enabled drones to improve positioning, navigation, and timing resilience in GPS denied environments, and collaborates with industry leaders like Airbus to optimize aircraft loading.
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BMW
BMW, which stands for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, is a prominent German multinational corporation known for manufacturing luxury vehicles and motorcycles. The company has its headquarters in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. BMW is renowned for producing high-quality automobiles and motorcycles, often associated with innovative engineering and a premium driving experience.
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Roche
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG is a Swiss multinational healthcare company that operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has bearer shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Braket – A fully managed service that allows scientists, researchers, and developers to begin experimenting with computers from multiple quantum hardware providers in a single place. Bra-ket notation is commonly used to denote quantum mechanical states, and inspired the name of the service.
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IBM
IBM is an iconic technology pioneer founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and officially renamed International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. Beyond foundational computing, IBM possesses a deep legacy in aerospace and defense from building the guidance computers and Instrument Unit for NASA's historic Apollo missions to partnering with Airbus on CIMON, the first AI assistant on the ISS.
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Microsoft
Microsoft engages in the creation and licensing of software for both consumer and enterprise use. The company is renowned for its development of Windows operating systems and the Office suite designed for productivity. Microsoft's structure encompasses three major segments of roughly equal size: productivity and business processes, which encompasses legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, and Dynamics; the intelligence cloud, which includes offerings like Azure, Windows Server OS, and SQL Server; and more personal computing, which covers Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and a range of Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops.
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is an American multinational technology company and a global player in accelerated computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Founded in 1993, the company pushes the aerospace frontier with the Space-1 Vera Rubin Module, a platform for orbital data centers that delivers massive AI-compute Space Computing. This NVIDIA technology enables satellites and autonomous spacecraft to process and fuse sensor data rapidly Space Computing.
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UKQuantum
UKQuantum is the voice of the UK quantum industry with the latest developments from research laboratories, research centers, and academic groups.
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