Quantum Datacenter Alliance Announces Second Annual Forum on Scaling Quantum Computing
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — The second international Quantum Datacenter Alliance (QDA) Forum will be held on October 1, 2026 at Battersea Power Station in London. This exclusive-access event brings together technical and business leaders from across the quantum and classical networking industries with a shared mission: accelerating the timelines to reach utility-scale distributed quantum […]
Single-Spin Quantum Microscope Helps Researchers Tackle Processor-Memory Bottleneck
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Artificial intelligence faces an energy crisis, stemming from a physical traffic jam inside modern computer chips. Processors must continually shuffle data, such as the billions of parameters in complex models, between separate computing and memory nodes. This traffic jam, famously known as the “von Neumann bottleneck,” hinders the speed and […]
Quantum Computers Could Give Scientists a New Way to Explore The Hidden Behavior of Matter
Insider Brief PRESS RELEASE — Scientists could have a new way to explore the hidden behaviour of matter, thanks to research involving Queen Mary University of London that uses a quantum computer to carry out a new form of computational spectroscopy. Spectroscopy is an important scientific technique used to understand the properties of matter. By analysing how materials and […]
D-Wave CFO John Markovich to Retire in September
Insider Brief Press release – D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced that John Markovich is retiring and thus resigning from his position as Chief Financial Officer effective September 2, 2026. “John has made significant contributions […]
NSF Awards Yale-Led Center $37.5M for Quantum Error Correction Research
Insider Brief Press release – A Yale-led multidisciplinary team of researchers has been awarded a $37.5 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for a center aimed at designing practical and self-correcting quantum computers from top to bottom and pointing the way forward for industry to build reliable machines. The grant is one of […]
DOE Awards $7.3M for Quantum Research in High-Energy Physics
Insider Brief Press release – Recently, DOE announced $7.3 million in funding for eight projects that will explore the application of quantum information science and technology to new experiments and simulations in high energy physics, broadening the reach of new techniques and unlocking new potential for scientific breakthroughs. These projects will apply the unique tools, […]
NSF Renews Illinois-Led HQAN With $37.5M for Modular Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Press release – The U.S. National Science Foundation has renewed the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign-led NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks (NSF HQAN) for a second phase with $37.5 million in funding over five years. One of the original three NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes, NSF HQAN is the nexus of quantum […]
Photonic Publishes SHYPS QLDPC Code Results in Nature Communications
Insider Brief Press release – Photonic Inc.’s paper on SHYPS quantum error correction codes, “Computing Efficiently in QLDPC Codes,” has been published in the journal Nature Communications. Quantum Low Density Parity Check (QLDPC) codes allow larger programs to be run on smaller systems, accelerating the timeline to commercially relevant quantum computing. Error correction has long been […]
Researchers Develop Quantum Memories for Long-Distance Networks
Insider Brief Press release – An international team of researchers is developing technology to enable long-range quantum networks. The University of Strathclyde is leading AL FreSQO (Atom-Light Free-Space Quantum Optics networking), a three-year, €2 million project funded by the European Union which will develop quantum ‘memories’ – systems to store quantum information – for communication […]
Diraq Opens Santa Monica Hub to Expand Silicon Quantum Computing R&D
Insider Brief Press release – Diraq, the silicon quantum computing pioneer, today announced the opening of its U.S. Technology Hub in Santa Monica, California. The hub brings together a 20-strong multi-disciplinary team with deep expertise in silicon spin qubits, tapping into Southern California’s uniquely deep concentration of quantum talent, and placing Diraq alongside the region’s […]