U.S. Department of Energy Announces $30 Million to Use Quantum Computing For Groundbreaking Chemistry And Materials Science Simulations
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) today announced funding to pioneer a new approach to studying chemistry and materials. The Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry (QC3) program aims to develop quantum algorithms to revolutionize diverse areas of energy research, such as designing new and sustainable industrial catalysts, discovering […]
One Skyrmion to Rule Them All: Noise Resilience and Data Storage Solutions for Quantum Computing and Spintronics
Insider Brief: Magnetic skyrmions, swirling, nanoscale magnetic structures, are drawing attention in the fields of microelectronics, spintronics, and quantum computing. With their topologically protected spin configurations, skyrmions are stable, resilient, and present unique opportunities for creating more efficient devices. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have made progress towards characterizing skyrmions […]
Multiverse Computing Opens San Francisco Office
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Multiverse Computing, a global leader in quantum AI software solutions, today announced its expansion to the U.S. with the opening of an office in San Francisco. The entry into the U.S. enables Multiverse Computing to accelerate adoption of its AI and quantum-based solutions by U.S. based customers, including government and […]
No, China Isn’t a Decade Ahead of The U.S. in Quantum Computing (Probably)
Insider Brief ANALYSIS — There’s a great tradition in science journalism in which one media outlet reports a finding and another outlet — or a bunch of other outlets — usually a day later, respond with a headline, “No, X Isn’t True.” I have been on the receiving end of those global peer-review, rebuke-style headlines, […]
WISeKey Enters Into $30 Million Convertible Notes Subscription Agreements
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a global leader in cybersecurity, digital identity and Internet of Things (IoT) innovations operating as a holding company, today announced that it has signed Convertible Notes Subscription Agreements for up to $30 million, via private placements with a select group of institutional […]
Quantum Communication Tech to Be Tested on Upcoming SpaceX Mission
Insider Brief The upcoming SpaceX CRS-31 mission, scheduled for early November 2024, will carry a new quantum communication experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). The Space Entanglement and Annealing QUantum Experiment (SEAQUE), led by Dr. Paul Kwiat from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, aims to advance quantum-level communication in space through the use […]
EU Revives Quantum Communication Investment with $97M to Secure Europe’s Infrastructure
Insider Brief: The European Union is working towards the expansion of its quantum communication capabilities with the EuroQCI (European Quantum Communication Infrastructure) initiative, a project committed to establishing ultra-secure communication channels across its member states. The EuroQCI project, as outlined in recent calls for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility, emphasizes the development of secure […]
Krysta Svore Highlights Microsoft’s Azure Quantum Qubit Virtualization System
Insider Brief At the Quantum World Congress 2024, Dr. Krysta Svore, Microsoft’s Vice President of Quantum Software, delivered an impactful talk outlining Microsoft’s vision for advancing science with reliable quantum computing. Svore stressed the importance of combining quantum computing with artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) to unlock the next wave of scientific discovery. […]
Scalable Silicon Spin Qubits Achieve Over 99% Fidelity for Quantum Computing with CMOS Technology
Insider Brief: Silicon spin qubits, due to their compatibility with existing semiconductor manufacturing techniques, are considered to have high potential for scalable and commercially viable quantum processors. A recent arXiv preprint led by a team of scientists from the University of New South Wales and Diraq, in collaboration with imec and KU Leuven, provides an […]
Superposition Guy’s Podcast — Renaud Béchade, founder and CEO, Anzaetek
“The Superposition Guy’s Podcast”, hosted by Yuval Boger, Chief Commercial Officer at QuEra Computing Renaud Béchade, founder of Anzaetek, a quantum software company based in Korea, is interviewed by Yuval Boger. Renaud shares insights about the company’s work in quantum machine learning (QML) for hospitals, focusing on managing limited medical data, federated learning, and potential […]