QUANTUM BUSINESS EUROPE 2021: The quantum technologies event for business
Quantum Business Europe (March 16th/17th), is the new must-attend digital event to learn about the advancements and business applications of quantum technologies. Discover the first use cases, exchange ideas, and better understand all the challenges of this upcoming revolution. Quantum technologies offer new opportunities to create near term value and solve problems This second […]
Q-CTRL’s AI-Based Tools Help Quantum Computers ‘Self-Tune’ for Unparalleled Results
A new AI-based toolset developed by scientists at Q-CTRL enables quantum computers to optimize their own performance autonomously without user intervention, according to a company news release. The fundamental building blocks of quantum algorithms are extremely susceptible to errors, posing the most substantial barrier to progress in quantum computing. Q-CTRL’s new tools use custom AI agents to enact […]
French Scientists are Building a Prototype Interposer for Quantum and Control Chips Integration at Very Low Temperatures
A team of French scientists has started to build a prototype interposer that meets requirements of quantum computing by allowing integration and testing of both quantum and control chips fabricated from different materials and technologies and coming from different partners, according to a news release. Known as QuIC3, which stands for quantum integrated circuits with CryoCMOS, the […]
Singapore Company’s Quantum-safe Algorithms Good For Digital Certificates, Signatures & Encryption
Image by Tumisu from Pixabay Negative Repercussions The announcement that Terra Quantum, a Switzerland-based startup and pioneer of post-quantum cryptography, has released details of its research demonstrating a weakness in post-quantum cryptography which could have negative repercussions for the security of our online banking details and private messages. The good news in all of this is […]
Multiverse and AQT — Two Quantum Pioneers — Announce Strategic Partnership
Multiverse and AQT have entered a global strategic partnership, combining Multiverse’s experience in providing software to facilitate the upcoming revolution in computer-aided finance challenges with AQT’s know-how of ion trap quantum computing, according to a news release. Multiverse Computing provides hyper-efficient software for companies from the financial industry wanting to gain a strong competitive advantage […]
Canada’s Defense Experts Plot Out Quantum Technology Strategy
The Department of National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces (DND/CAF) released the Quantum Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy, a plan that charts a path to advancing Canada’s defense, safety and security interests in the emerging field of quantum science. According to the officials, This is the first federal department quantum science and technology strategy. The […]
TQD Exclusive: CQC Offers Free tket to Quantum Computing Community
Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) recently announced the company’s latest version of tket — pronounced “ticket” — will have all license restrictions removed for use of tket’s Python module, also known as pytket. Ilyas Khan, CQC’s CEO, said that allowing free access to CQC’s latest version of its high-performance quantum software development kit — or, SDK […]
Montana Instruments Corporation announces CryoCore™ – a new closed-cycle optical cryostat designed for entry-level cryogenics
Montana Instruments Corporation announces CryoCore™ – a new closed-cycle optical cryostat designed for entry-level cryogenics BOZEMAN, MT – Montana Instruments Corporation, the pioneer of the first high-precision, fully-automated closed-cycle optical cryostat, announces the release of CryoCore™ – a streamlined cryogenic platform built for high-throughput electrical and optical materials characterization. The system is geared towards researchers […]
Destroying Entanglement in a Bell State
The Missing Piece Up until now, we have been simplifying the way we represent states as graphs for the sake of brevity. If we want to turn this into a full-blown tool we must work out a way to at least model everything that a well-validated model for quantum computing like wave functions already does. […]
6 University of Oxford’s Spinoffs Playing Pivotal Role in UK’s Quantum Tech Sector
Photo by Tetiana SHYSHKINA on Unsplash Oxford’s QC Offspring It may be of no surprise for TQD readers to find out that the county of Oxfordshire in the U.K, and more specifically the city of Oxford itself, is home to many of the startups involved in the quantum computing (QC) industry: Oxford Ionics, Oxford Quantum Circuits, […]