SEAFOOD Puts OCTOPUS and Quantum Computers on the Same Menu
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Researchers at D3 Center and the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology (QIQB), the University of Osaka, have created SEAFOOD, a platform that allows the university’s OCTOPUS supercomputer and superconducting quantum computers to work together in a single computing workflow. It is the first case in Japan of integrating […]
FBH Offers Diamond Processing For Quantum Technologies
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Diamond is attracting growing interest for quantum technologies. Defects in its crystal lattice, known as color centers, can behave like individual atoms. Their discrete spin states can be addressed through optical transitions, making them promising building blocks for quantum memories and light sources for quantum communication and sensing. Translating these […]
Fermilab and CERN Begin Installation Work on DUNE Neutrino Experiment
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Installation crews with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) and CERN, the European Organization for Particle Physics, are working alongside the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) to begin building massive cryostats, giant insulated containers designed to hold liquid argon at an extremely cold temperature, for the leading-edge Deep Underground […]
QuiX Quantum Leads National Mission to Develop 100+ Qubit Photonic Quantum Computer
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QuiX Quantum, a Dutch-German developer of universal photonic quantum computers, has been the Photonic Quantum Computing Mission awarded funding under Phase II of the PhotonDelta National Growth Fund (NGF) Integrated Photonics Programme. QuiX Quantum and seven partners awarded the photonic quantum computing mission to solve the challenges of scaling. Running […]
QuEra, Harvard and Anthropic Use AI to Reduce Quantum Circuit Resource Requirements
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — QuEra Computing, the leader in fault-tolerant quantum computing, today highlighted research with Harvard University and Anthropic showing that AI can design quantum circuits that require fewer computational resources. The findings show how advances in algorithm design could expand what future fault-tolerant quantum computers can accomplish with a given hardware capacity. […]
Draft EU Quantum Act Would Favor European Suppliers, Set Computing and Security Targets
Insider Brief If Winston Churchill were here today, he might say an “ion curtain” is descending across the Continent. Europe’s proposed Quantum Act would generally reserve public purchases of quantum technology and participation in strategic projects for EU-controlled companies, while leaving a door open to qualifying international partners, according to a draft of the document […]
Commission on U.S. Quantum Primacy Urges Sustained Investment to Turn Quantum Discovery Into American Advantage
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Commission on U.S. Quantum Primacy (CUSP), convened by the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), released today its preliminary report, Defining the American Quantum Era, a strategy argument for why the United States must move beyond scientific leadership in quantum and build the capacity to deploy and manufacture quantum technologies […]
Xanadu and HyperLight Reduce Photonic Switch Loss to 7 mdB
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Xanadu Quantum Technologies Limited (“Xanadu”; NASDAQ/TSX: XNDU), a leading photonic quantum computing company, in collaboration with HyperLight Corporation, a leading thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonics company, today announced a significant hardware performance milestone using TFLN technology, reducing optical switch insertion loss to 7 millidecibels (mdB). This achievement represents a nearly […]
Gartner Names IonQ a Market Shaper in Quantum Computing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world’s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced it has been positioned as a Market Shaper in the inaugural Gartner® Emerging Market Quadrant™ for Quantum Computing. IonQ appears in the Market Shapers quadrant of the graphic above. In the report, Gartner states: “Market Shapers have […]
D-Wave Revenue Rises 21% as Customer Deployments Expand And CHIPS Agreement Advances
Insider Brief D-Wave Quantum reported a 21% increase in third-quarter revenue as professional services and cloud access sales grew, alongside customer deployments and a federal agreement supporting development of its next quantum computers. Revenue reached $4.5 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, according to the company’s earnings release. Nine-month bookings increased 611% to $37.4 […]