The UK National Quantum Technology Programme Explained
The UK’s National Quantum Technology Programme is an ambitious project which predated many global initiatives. It comprises a complex structure with input from myriad organizations. It now faces competition from other well-funded national initiatives as it approaches its first decade of operation. The last few years have seen significant announcements of government funding initiatives and […]
Israel Buys Quantum Computer From UK-based ORCA Computing
PRESS RELEASE — London, July 19: British quantum computer developer ORCA Computing has been chosen to partner with Quantum Machines, an Israeli company, to establish the newly announced Israeli Quantum Computing Centre. The facility has bought an ORCA PT-1 model, the first computer of its kind able to work at room temperature and on-site. ORCA is the […]
QCI Solves 3,854-Variable Problem in Six Minutes in BMW Group, AWS Quantum Computing Challenge
PRESS RELEASE — Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) (NASDAQ: QUBT), a leader in accessible quantum computing, today announced that it has solved an optimization problem with over 3,800 variables in six minutes, delivering a superior and feasible solution. The Company achieved this landmark by applying a new quantum hardware technology called Entropy Quantum Computing (EQC) to the […]
BASF, PASQAL to Use Quantum Computers For Weather Prediction
PRESS RELEASE — PASQAL, a full stack manufacturer of neutral atoms quantum processors, today announced a collaboration with BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, for weather and other computational fluid dynamics applications. BASF has begun to explore how PASQAL’s proprietary quantum algorithms could one day be used to predict weather patterns. The learnings from this […]
Spin State — NREL Researchers Close in on Pure Quantum
Image: Sean Parkin, University of Kentucky RESEARCH NEWS — National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers report they are closing in on new approaches to producing pure elements of quantum information, according to a statement from the lab. NREL’s Brandon Rugg, Brian Fluegel, Christopher Chang and Justin Johnson report in a PNAS paper — Triplet-Pair Spin […]
NCCoE, Industry Partners Create Center to Ease Migration Into Post-Quantum Cryptographic Era
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a branch of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will work with a group of leading organizations in both the public and private sectors to increase awareness of the transition to post-quantum cryptographic era. According to a statement from NCCoE, quantum technologies will usher in a […]
D-Wave & Mastercard Take Quantum Leap into Future of Financial Services
PRESS RELEASE — JULY 18, 2022 | PALO ALTO, CALIF. & BURNABY, B.C., PURCHASE, N.Y — D-Wave Systems Inc. (“D-Wave”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the only company building both quantum annealing and gate-based quantum computers, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) today announced a multi-year strategic alliance to champion the acceleration and adoption of quantum […]
Israel To Establish $29M Quantum R&D Centre
Israel has announced the world’s first R&D centre of this kind for quantum computing, giving the Israeli industry and academia access to full-stack quantum computers. With a total project budget in the range of 100 million NIS ($ 29 million), which will be covered by the Israel Innovation Authority over a three-year period, in a […]
SEC Okays D-Wave Systems’ Next Step Toward Going Public
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave D-Wave, a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, the green light on its next step to become a publicly traded company, according to a company statement. According to the statement, D-Wave Systems Inc. and DPCM Capital, Inc. (NYSE: XPOA), announced that the registration statement on […]
Photonic Link Could Spark an All-Silicon Quantum Internet, Scalable Quantum Devices
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH NEWS — Researchers at the Simon Fraser University report on research, published in Nature today, that they say could pave the way toward an all-silicon quantum internet and quantum computers that can tackle real-world computational challenges. That internet theoretically will be much more secure and much more powerful than today’s version. In the […]