China’s General Secretary Reinforces Need for Quantum “Mega-projects”
Chinese press is reporting that the importance of quantum science has reached the top of the communist party leadership. Xinhuanet is reporting that Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has stressed the urgency of advancing the development of quantum science and technology. The leader made the remarks while […]
Apple’s New iPhone With Chip Moving Into Quantum Territory
Photo by Zhiyue Xu on Unsplash The Smaller, The Better The recent news of Apple’s next offering, the long-awaited iPhone 12 Pro later this year, will probably have all Appleheads queuing at the stores for hours in sweet anticipation. And though I use an iPhone myself, it’s more for the decent camera and operating system than any […]
Midwestern Initiative To Train Quantum-Smart Workforce Through Collaborative, Cross-Disciplinary Research Programs
Revolution 4.0 As covered in numerous articles here at TQD, although we are a platform whose key focus is the commercial applications of quantum technologies, we realize many of the great innovations and thought leaders are from the academic research universities and institutes around the globe. Without them, we would have no industry. Without them, […]
HQS Part of the EU Team Joining Forces to Boost Industrial Quantum Computing Applications
HQS Quantum Simulations announced in a news release that it will participate in the 4-year European Project NEASQC. NEASQC brings together academic and industrial experts to investigate and develop a new breed of Quantum-enabled applications that can take advantage of NISQ (Noise Intermediate-Scale Quantum) systems in the near future. One of the greatest challenges in […]
Dutch Pair Developing New Quantum Algorithms For Chemistry, Optics & Financial Analysis
https://unsplash.com/@joshoy Programmers The slow rise in popularity of quantum information science over the last decade or two has created a scenario where we will need to have a workforce capable of understanding and working with the quantum technology that’s just around the corner. As the industry opens up, and quantum computing (QC) becomes accessible to […]
Cambridge Quantum Computing Announces Update to t|ket⟩™ Quantum Software Development Kit
High-performance Q-SDK t|ket⟩ now enables researchers to execute circuits on Amazon Braket and IonQ, develop quantum applications on Windows Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) today announced the latest version of t|ket〉(pronounced “ticket”), its high-performance quantum software development kit (Q-SDK), which now enables quantum circuit execution on Amazon Braket, a fully managed quantum computing service from Amazon […]
TQD Survey Finds Pharma To Become QC’s Biggest Benefactor
Photo by Hush Naidoo on Unsplash The Quantum Technologies Survey Although it is too early to know which business sectors will see the most benefit from the advent of quantum information science and quantum computing (QC) in the years to come, the pharmaceutical industry is a prime candidate. Quantum information science can, with enough investment, seriously […]
UK Invests £5.4 million in Project to Use Quantum Tech to Power Battery Industry
Innovate UK’s £5.4 million three-year project to use quantum technology to develop cutting-edge battery manufacturing solutions, to drive productivity and economic growth in the sector, and support the country’s unprecedented transition to electrification. Because wlectric vehicles (EVs) are forecast to account for 1 in 5 car sales by 2026, experts believe that the demand for […]
The Importance of Cybersecurity and Protecting Quantum Technology Assets
In 2020 content published by the management consulting firm, McKinsey and Company, they stated that some companies may reap gains from quantum computing within five-years. There are some others that believe that this has already begun to happen. As quantum computing evolves and becomes more and more of a valuable business tool, it will undoubtably […]
Miraex Joins EVOLEN’UP Energy Startup Incubator
The following article was originally published on the Miraex website on 12th October 2020 Amongst a few highly innovative startups, Miraex was selected to participate in the EVOLEN’UP tech startups incubator and to benefit from its follow-up process. This year, only startups providing key solutions to “decrease the emission of carbon through logistical activities” and […]