The Weekly Quantum Digest: Things get ‘chippy’ between IBM and Google over quantum supremacy
Google claims quantum supremacy. IBM says, no you don’t. Google says, yes we did. IBM says, whatever. Read more about the quantum supremacy debate more.
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“The calculation that Google chose to conquer is the quantum equivalent of generating a very long list of random numbers and checking their values a million times over. The result is a solution not particularly useful outside of the world of quantum mechanics, but it has big implications for the processing power of a device.” — Live Science
Science
Quantum Computing Gets a Boost From AI and Crowdsourcing — IEEE Spectrum
Quantum Computing Explained (In Mere Minutes) — New York Times
Researchers Watch Quantum Knots Untie — Science Daily
IBM Questions Google Quantum Computing Claims — Tech Radar
Surfing on Waves in a One-Dimensional Quantum Liquid — Phys.Org
Business
How Should Crypto Prepare for Google’s ‘Quantum Supremacy’? — Coin Desk
The US Just Moved Ahead of China in Quantum Computing. But the Race Isn’t Over Yet — CNN
Survey Says Quantum Computing a Cybersecurity Threat — Security Boulevard
Samsung Joins Google and Amazon in Backing ‘Trapped Ion’ Quantum Computer Startup — Fortune
Q-CTRL And Bleximo Partner for Application-Specific Quantum Computing — Inside Quantum Technology
Opinion
Google Claims a Quantum Breakthrough That Could Change Computing — New York Times
Jobs
IBM Research Staff Member Quantum Algorithms — LinkedIn
Assistant Professor Institute for Quantum Computing — New Scientist
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With a several-decades long background in journalism and communications, Matt Swayne has worked as a science communicator for an R1 university for more than 12 years, specializing in translating high tech and deep tech for the general audience. He has served as a writer, editor and analyst at The Quantum Insider since its inception. In addition to his service as a science communicator, Matt also develops courses to improve the media and communications skills of scientists and has taught courses.
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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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Q-CTRL
Q-CTRL is a company that specializes in quantum technology, particularly through the development of quantum control infrastructure software. The company's software is designed to improve the performance of quantum hardware by reducing and controlling errors in qubits, which are the basic units of quantum information.
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