Russian Scientists Expect a 50-Qubit Quantum Computer by End of 2024

Insider Brief A Russian scientific advisor told the country’s media service that the team has successfully developed a 20-qubit quantum computer. They also told the media service that they have plans to up the qubit number to “50 to 100” qubits. The scientists believe they can have a 50-qubit quantum computer at the end of […]
New Superconducting ‘Flowermon’ Qubit Boosts Stability of Quantum Information

Insider Brief Researchers published a paper describing a new superconducting qubit expected to increase coherence times in quantum processors. Terra Quantum announced the publication of the research paper that introduced the “flowermon” qubit. The team said it represents a new class of superconducting devices that utilizes unconventional hybrid materials to scale superconducting devices. PRESS RELEASE […]
In Step Toward Quantum Networks, IonQ Generates Photons Entangled With Ions

Insider Brief IonQ announced it has generated photons entangled with ions repeatedly and reproducibly. The company stated that this is a critical step toward creating future quantum systems to communicate and transfer information between each other. It will also play a role in helping IonQ deliver significantly higher computational power in next-generation systems. PRESS RELEASE — […]
Harnessing the Power of Neutrality: Comparing Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing With Other Modalities

Quantum computing promises to dramatically increase processing power to tackle certain types of computational challenges, leveraging the strange and counterintuitive properties of quantum mechanics. What many people do not understand is that there is not just one type of quantum computer. In fact, scientists and entrepreneurs have developed several variations that are based on different […]
NEC and D-Wave Introduce New Quantum Offerings to Australian Market

Insider Brief NEC Australia and D-Wave Quantum Inc. are partnering to release two new quantum services to the Australian market. The services include quantum consultancy service and Leap™ Quantum Cloud Service. They will offer options for Australia’s commercial sector, federal and state governments, and academia. PRESS RELEASE — NEC Australia and leading international quantum computing […]
Diraq Opens New Commercial Laboratory in Sydney to Propel Era of Fault Tolerant Quantum Computing

Insider Brief Diraq announced the official opening of its new state-of-the-art commercial quantum computing laboratory located on the campus of UNSW in Sydney, Australia. The lab is 200 square meters and provides a low-vibration and interruption-free environment for quantum measurements. Diraq’s lab will help the company leverage today’s semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure to produce silicon chips […]
Novo Nordisk Foundation Pledges DKK 150 Million to Build Research Center to Explore Quantum Sensing For Early Disease Detection, Prevention

Insider Brief Human health depends on our ability to prevent, diagnose and treat disease, but many conditions rarely exhibit symptoms early, including metabolic disorders, nutritional deficiencies, cardiovascular conditions and brain diseases. The Copenhagen Center for Biomedical Quantum Sensing will be established with a grant of DKK 150 million — about $29 million US — from […]
NVIDIA Accelerates Quantum Computing Exploration at Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

Insider Brief NVIDIA announced that Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will add the NVIDIA® CUDA Quantum platform accelerated by NVIDIA Grace Hopper™ Superchips to its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub. CUDA Quantum is an open-source hybrid quantum computing platform that features powerful simulation tools, and capabilities to program hybrid CPU, GPU and QPU […]
Novel Solutions for Continuously Loading Large Atomic Arrays

Insider Brief Atom Computing researchers have invented a way to keep the atomic array at the heart of the company’s quantum computing technology continuously populated with qubits. The researchers released a paper describing how to assemble a 1,200-plus qubit array. Officials say the work ensures that as Atom Computing scales to larger numbers of qubits, […]
Apple Unveils Post-Quantum Secure Messaging With iMessage

Insider Brief Apple said its iMessage service is ready for post-quantum cryptographic era. In a company blog post, the Apple security team announced PQ3, a pioneering PQC protocol. iMessage with PQ3 secures not just the initial key exchange but all subsequent messaging, thereby achieving the coveted Level 3 status. In a company blog post, Apple […]