New Way to Count Photons May Add Up to Better Quantum Computing
Insider Brief Researchers have developed a photon-number-resolving system to accurately resolve more than 100 photons. The team reports that it’s a step forward in capability for quantum computing development efforts, which may enable quantum generation of truly random numbers. Critical Quote: “They could predict that they were resolving 100 of these photons that were impacting […]
French National Quantum Update: April 2023
Executive Summary French quantum businesses made significant strides to bring quantum products to market and to leverage the power of quantum technology to perform services across industries and fields. Pasqal and Thales were both mentioned in the media as a partner in the use of quantum to improve financial systems in the quantum era. Drug […]
NVIDIA’s Quantum Computing Technology: An Overview [2023]
From specialized hardware to software simulations, Nvidia is working hard to make quantum computing accessible to everyone. Through their efforts, they hope to transform how people think about and use computers for complex tasks. In this article, we’ll take a look at Nvidia’s quantum computing efforts and how they are paving the way for an […]
SEEQC Unveils Italy’s First Quantum Computing System
Insider Brief SEEQC demonstrated Italy’s first full-stack quantum computer in its laboratory in Naples. The system, SEEQC System Red, is the company’s first-generation reference class quantum computer and uses the company’s proprietary quantum computing platform incorporating firmware, software packages and cloud portal. Critical Quote: “As the first quantum computer in Italy, SEEQC Red marks a […]
IonQ Announces Agreement with the United Arab Emirates Quantum Research Center – Technology Innovation Institute
Insider Brief IonQ announces an agreement with Abu Dhabi’s Quantum Research Center – Technology Innovation Institute (QRC-TII) in the United Arab Emirates. QRC-TII will have access to IonQ’s Aria quantum computer for quantum algorithm testing and execution. Critical Quote: “These complex problems range from heuristic variational quantum circuits for optimization problems, to prototype implementations of […]
Bristol-based Startup, Light Trace Photonics, Awarded £50k Innovation Prize to Develop a Cutting-edge Photonics Education Device
Insider Brief: QantX has awarded Light Trace Photonics a £50,000 Blavatnik Prize for Innovation to support the development of their device for training the next generation of photonic engineers. Light Trace Photonics is a startup pioneering integrated photonics — microchips capable of routing and manipulating light. Light Trace Photonics’ CEO, Dr Jake Biele, says the photonics industry […]
University of Innsbruck Researchers Fully Entangle Two Qudits
Insider Brief A team 0f University of Innsbruck researchers demonstrated a way to efficiently create entanglement of such high-dimensional systems to enable more powerful calculations. The researchers fully entangled two qudits, or quantum digits, each encoded in up to 5 states of individual Calcium ions. According to the researchers, this gives physicists a new tool […]
Intel’s Quantum Computing Technology: An Overview [2023]
Intel has been one of the key pioneers of silicon transistors for classical computers for the last fifty or so years. Now, it is one with a solid quantum computing strategy. Key Concepts Behind Intel’s Quantum Computing In 2023 Traditionally, binary computing has been referred to as classical computing. As part of this traditional method […]
ParticleX and HKUST Co-Invest in Quantum Computing Startup QUANTier
Insider Brief ParticleX and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Fund announced an investment in QUANTier. QUANTier is a HKUST spin-off with a goal to connect education and industrial users with quantum computing resources through the cloud. The startup’s approach is the use of lasers to control the movement of atoms. PRESS RELEASE — […]
Israeli, Emirates Scientists Turbo Charge Quantum Processors
Insider Brief Israel’s Bar-Ilan University and TII – the Quantum Research Center in Abu Dhabi report they have improved the performance of superconducting qubits. The improved qubit, called a Tunable Superconducting Flux Qubit, is a micron-sized superconducting loop. Superconducting flux qubits are fast and reliable and may be simpler to integrate many flux qubits into […]