The Big Chill: IBM Builds The World’s Biggest Fridge For Frontier Science Exploration
Insider Brief IBM build Goldeneye, a super-fridge that is a proof-of-concept for a dilution refrigerator capable of cooling future generations of quantum experiments. The super-fridge contains 1.7 cubic meters’ worth of experimental volume. Previous fridges are in the range of 0.4-0.7 cubic meters. IBM researchers say they built it because: “We create knowledge by exploring […]
NSA Releases Future Quantum-Resistant (QR) Algorithm Requirements for National Security Systems
Insider Brief The National Security Agency (NSA) released the “Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite 2.0” (CNSA 2.0) Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to notify organizations of future quantum-resistant (QR) algorithms requirements for NSS — networks that contain classified information or are otherwise critical to military and intelligence activities. The agency warns, “… now is the time to plan, […]
Silicon Quantum Computing Scientists Develop a Better Way to Measure Qubits
Insider Brief: Australian quantum computing hardware company Silicon Quantum Computing takes another significant step toward useful quantum computing. The company’s scientists have developed a new method that makes the critical readout stage of a quantum calculation faster, easier and less prone to interference. This result further demonstrates Silicon Quantum Computing’s focus and progress along its […]
Scientists See Spins in 2D Magnet
Insider Brief: In a new article in Nature, collaborators at Columbia, the University of Washington, New York University, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have shown that magnons in CrSBr can pair up with another quasiparticle called an exciton, which emits light, offering the researchers a means to see the spinning quasiparticle. First author of the […]
QuSecure’s Post-Quantum Cybersecurity Solution Named Winner of 2022 New Product of the Year Award as Best Quantum Cybersecurity Solution
Insider Brief: QuSecure has been named winner of the 2022 New Product of the Year Award as Best Quantum Cybersecurity Solution for Security Today magazine. Its QuProtect product, the industry’s first end-to-end PQC software-based solution, has been designed to protect encrypted communications and data with quantum resilience using quantum secure channels. Skip Sanzeri, QuSecure’s Founder […]
Analysts’ Report Suggests Quantinuum’s Potential Valuation Could Reach $37 Billion
Insider Brief Vertical Research Partners, an equity market analyst firm, see a path for Quantinuum to reach a discounted equity value of circa $37 billion within a decade. Taking into account of Honeywell‘s 54% ownership, that would mean a value of about $29 per share of Honeywell. The firm sets out several limitations in their […]
NIST Looking for Additional PQC Digital Signature Schemes
Insider Brief NIST — The National Institute of Standards and Technology — seeks more digital signature schemes for its post-quantum cryptography — PQC — standardization process. Key-encapsulation mechanisms (KEMs) still under consideration: BIKE, Classic McEliece, HQC and SIKE. NIST must receive application packages by June 1, 2023. The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced […]
Archer and GlobalFoundries to Advance 12CQ Chip Fabrication
Insider Brief Archer and GlobalFoundries, a world-leading semiconductor foundry, will work together on industry fabrication of its 12CQ quantum chip technology. GlobalFoundries will provide Archer with expertise, equipment and manufacturing processes to develop the 12CQ chip. This work is aimed at integrating its unique qubit material with mobile-compatible devices suitable for industrial-scale semiconductor nanofabrication. Image: […]
BTQ & ITRI Announce Collaboration to Develop Next-generation Semiconductor Technology for Post-quantum Cryptography
Insider Brief: BTQ is a global quantum technology company focused on securing the digital asset class. It has entered into a multi-year collaboration with ITRI to develop energy-efficient post-quantum hardware solutions. Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) is one of the world’s leading technology R&D institutions. PRESS RELEASE — VADUZ, Liechtenstein/September 7, 2022— BTQ AG (the “Company” or “BTQ”), […]
Multiverse Computing Joins Electric Vehicle Alliance Led by Renault to Advance Auto Industry in Spain
Insider Brief: Multiverse Computing is joining an industrial consortium in Spain led by Renault with the goal of promoting electric, autonomous and connected vehicles. The company’s quantum-based algorithms will support decarbonization, digital transformation and connectivity efforts in the automotive sector. Enrique Lizaso, CEO of Multiverse Computing, states the market for quantum applications will be much […]