Airbus Names its Five Finalists For Quantum Computing Challenge
*Originally published on the Airbus website Photo by G-R Mottez on Unsplash The European concern Airbus, one of the giants of the aerospace industry — which launched a global quantum computing competition called The Airbus Quantum Computing Challenge in January 2019 — has just released its five shortlisted finalists for the competition. From an admission list of 36 entrants, […]
Silicon Valley Manufacturer Building Premium Atom Optic Sensors For The Quantum World
Photo by Meagan Carsience on Unsplash AOSense According to data published in a Marketwatch report from September 2020, the quantum sensor global market is set to rise substantially between 2020 and 2025’. Notwithstanding the impact of COVID-19, that’s a very healthy prognosis, one that will surely please the CEOs and shareholders of some of the major […]
Could Quantum Entanglement Power the Perfect Engine?
It’s still more science fiction than science fact, but perfect energy efficiency may be one step closer due to new research at the University of Rochester, according to a university research news story. Andrew Jordan, a professor of physics at Rochester, was recently awarded a three-year, $1 million grant from the Templeton Foundation to research […]
ColdQuanta Announces Quantum Matter on the Cloud
ColdQuanta, the quantum atomics company, today announced in a news release that “Albert,” its quantum matter system on the cloud. With Albert, users can explore fundamental quantum phenomena such as tunneling and superposition by generating, manipulating, and experimenting with ultracold matter. ColdQuanta has provided similar technology for the Cold Atom Laboratory on the International Space […]
Devil’s Mission To Develop & Produce Electronics & Specialized Components For Quantum Electronics Research
Time Wasting When a scientist or researcher spends all their time trying to work out how to use or put together the equipment brought in from an external supplier, it can be more trouble than it’s worth — what great mind wants to waste countless hours or even days trifling with this when they could be hard […]
Scientists Say They Developed an Improved Fourier Transform for Quantum Computing
Scientists say they have design a novel quantum circuit that calculates the fast Fourier transform, an indispensable tool in all fields of engineering, according to a news release. The Fourier transform is a mathematical operation essential to virtually all fields of physics and engineering. Although an algorithm already exists that computes the Fourier transform in […]
Toshiba Launches Systems Aimed at $20 Billion Quantum Key Distribution Market
Toshiba Corporation today announced it will start providing quantum key distribution (QKD) platforms and commence deployment of a system integration business in the fourth quarter of FY2020. The company expects the QKD market to grow to approximately $20 billion worldwide in FY 2035. Leveraging these technological foundations, the company aims to capture approximately 25% of […]
Qiskit Metal: IBM Community Building a Computer-Aided Program for Quantum Device Design
Qiskit team members are working on a community-driven project to create a suite of design automation tools that can pave the way for quantum chip development from concept to fabrication in a simple, scalable, and open framework. In a blog post, the team said that their vision for this first-of-its-kind project would be “a suite […]
Quantum Open Source Foundation Kicks Off the Wittek Quantum Prize
The Quantum Open Source Foundation and Unitary Fund have initiated a prize that they say is aimed at creating a diverse, inclusive community of quantum programmers, developers, entrepreneurs and enthusiasts, an effort that was championed by the prize’s namesake, quantum pioneer Peter Wittek. Together the groups are launching The Wittek Quantum Prize, a US $4,000 […]
Valencia-based Photonics Startup with Unconstrained Flexibility To Boost Customer Application
Photo by Patrycja Chociej on Unsplash One-Trick Pony At times, manufacturing a product that has one use, one specification — a one-trick pony, if you will — can pay off but at other times can be the difference between winning and losing. In today’s cutthroat business environment, flexibility is key, especially with product lines of manufacturing and all the costs […]