NVIDIA Expands Quantum Error-Correction Toolkit in CUDA-QX 0.4
Insider Brief NVIDIA has added a slate of new tools to its CUDA-QX quantum computing platform aimed at helping researchers tackle one of the biggest barriers to large-scale quantum computers: error correction. The update, announced in the CUDA-QX 0.4 release and discussed in a company blog, includes a generative AI-powered quantum algorithm, a GPU-accelerated tensor […]
Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance Helps Organizations Accelerate PQC Readiness with Industry Expertise and Guidance
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance, including members Keyfactor, IBM Consulting, Thales, and Quantinuum, unveiled its first comprehensive guide to help organizations navigate the global transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The white paper marks the formal debut of the Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance, an evolving collective of industry leaders with unparalleled expertise spanning cryptographic design and deployment, […]
China’s Pan Jianwei Team Uses AI to Build Record-Breaking Atom Array
Insider Brief: A team led by Chinese physicist Pan Jianwei used artificial intelligence (AI) to help create an atom-based quantum computing component that dwarfs previous systems in size, raising hopes that neutral-atom machines could one day operate with tens of thousands of qubits. As reported by the South China Morning Post (SCMP), Pan and colleagues […]
Caltech Scientists Use Sound to Remember Quantum Information
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — While conventional computers store information in the form of bits, fundamental pieces of logic that take a value of either 0 or 1, quantum computers are based on qubits. These can have a state that is simultaneously both 0 and 1. This odd property, a quirk of quantum physics known as superposition, […]
KDDI Leads Effort to Build AI-Quantum Platform
Insider Brief KDDI will lead a multi-institution research effort to develop an “AI-quantum common platform” aimed at making quantum computing more accessible to industry, according to a company statement. The project, funded under Japan’s Post-5G Infrastructure Strengthening Program (G5-3) by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), seeks to remove technical and operational […]
Quanta Announces $50 Million Investment in Quantinuum’s Series B Preferred Shares
Insider Brief: Quanta Computer Inc. will invest approximately $50 million in Quantinuum Ltd., taking a small but strategic position in a quantum computing leader. The Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer indicated its board approved the purchase of 1,867,840 Series B preferred shares in Quantinuum at $26.7689 per share on Aug. 12, according to a financial statement. The […]
ITTI Becomes LatAm Distributor of SignQuantum’s Quantum-Proof E-Signature Tech
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — ITTI, the leading Paraguayan provider of digital transformation solutions for the financial sector, announced an exclusive distribution agreement for Latin America with SignQuantum. The strategic partnership will deliver quantum-resistant security for digitally signed documents to ITTI’s clients across Latin America, protecting critical data from the looming threat of quantum computers. […]
Xanadu And DISCO Announce Collaboration on Advanced Wafer Processing For Photonic Quantum Computing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Xanadu, the leading photonic quantum computing company, and DISCO Corporation, renowned precision machine and processing tool manufacturer, are developing advanced wafer processing techniques for ultra-low loss photonic integrated chips. This partnership focuses on enhancing wafer dicing processes, specialized wafer preparation for heterogeneous integration and assembly, as well as achieving ultra-smooth […]
Oxford Ionics Delivers Quantum Computer to UK’s Quantum Computing Centre
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Oxford Ionics, a world leader in trapped-ion quantum computing, today announced that it has delivered and installed a full-stack quantum computer, called Quartet, to the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC). The NQCC is the UK’s national laboratory for quantum computing, focused on conducting critical applications research with partners across industry, […]
Quantum-enabling Startup Founded at UChicago Joins The Chicago Quantum Exchange
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — K1 Semiconductor, a deep tech startup founded by students from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Booth School of Business, has joined the Chicago Quantum Exchange as a corporate partner. The company is developing a revolutionary wafer-splitting technique that could improve the cost-efficiency and scalability of semiconductor manufacturing, which […]