D-Fine, Planqc And Partners Support QCMobility For More Efficient, Reliable Rail Transport
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Fewer delays, better route planning and timetables: there are many potential applications for quantum computers in rail transport with a major practical impact. Complex decision-making processes in particular could be improved significantly faster and more comprehensively with the help of quantum optimisation than with conventional approaches. This is why QCMobility […]
Team’s Ising Device Uses Quantum Properties For Energy-Efficient Processing at Room Temperature
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as arranging telecommunications, scheduling, and travel routing to maximize efficiency. Unfortunately, today’s technologies run into limits for how much processing power can be […]
Researchers Promote Global Standards Over Regulation as a More Flexible Path to Quantum Governance
Insider Brief An international team of legal and policy scholars argue that voluntary international standards, not government regulation, offer the most promising framework for governing quantum technologies in their early stages of development. Writing in Science, propose a “standards-first” governance model that prioritizes global technical and quality standards over premature regulatory intervention. They assert that […]
Preeti Chalsani and Harley Johnson, Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park
Preeti Chalsani, Chief Quantum Officer at Intersect Illinois, and Harley Johnson, CEO of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, are interviewed by Yuval Boger. Preeti and Harley discuss the rapid creation and ambitious goals of the IQMP, a state-backed initiative to support the scale-up of quantum computing and microelectronics. They talk about the park’s public-private […]
Researchers Claim New Benchmark Set in Secure Quantum Communication
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A team of physicists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has made an advance that could bring secure quantum communication closer to everyday use — without needing flawless hardware. The research, led by PhD students Yuval Bloom and Yoad Ordan, under the guidance of Professor Ronen Rapaport from the Racah […]
Quantinuum Eyes $10 Billion Valuation in New Fundraising Talks
Insider Brief Quantinuum Ltd., the quantum computing company backed by Honeywell International Inc., is weighing a fresh capital raise that could value the firm at around $10 billion, according to an article in Bloomberg. The fundraising discussions, which Bloomberg reported involve existing investors and potential new backers, are expected to target several hundred million dollars. […]
IonQ Patent Count Surpasses 1,000 Total IP Assets
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the leading commercial quantum computing and quantum networking company, today announced significant advancements in its intellectual property portfolio. This milestone is highlighted by the issuance of new U.S. patents that further solidify its technological advantage in trapped-ion quantum computing. These new patents contribute to IonQ’s rapidly expanding […]
Morgan Stanley Discloses 7% Stake in IonQ
Insider Brief Morgan Stanley has disclosed a stake of roughly 7% in IonQ, signaling another major Wall Street player is positioning itself in the closely watched quantum computing market. According to a Schedule 13G filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier in August, According to the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC in […]
University of Sydney Team Demonstrates Compact Quantum Logic Gate Using GKP Codes
Insider Brief Building a useful quantum computer has long hinged on solving one of the field’s most persistent problems: the fragility of qubits. However, these quantum bits, the basic units of information, are prone to spontaneous errors that can quickly undermine calculations. To counter this, researchers encode information across multiple physical qubits, suppressing errors so […]
Hybrid Platform Provides a Step Forward in Quantum Technologies
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — A recent publication in Nature Physics by researchers at Te Whai Ao — Dodd-Walls Centre for photonic and quantum technologies and the University of Otago has introduced a new method for controlling hybrid systems. Together with the Vienna University of Technology, they’ve created a novel technique that could be applied […]