Intel to Highlight Full-Stack Quantum Research During IEEE Quantum Week
Intel is presenting a body of research highlighting its full-stack approach to quantum innovation spanning hardware, software and algorithm development at this week’s IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering this week, according to a company news release. Company officials say Intel’s body of work highlights important advances across all these areas, which are […]
XtalPi Raises Over $300 Million Series C Investment with View Toward Quantum Tech
XtalPi, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) drug discovery and development technology company, recently announced an oversubscribed Series C funding of $318.8 million co-led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2i, PICC Capital, and Morningside, according to a company statement. The new round of financing is joined by over a dozen global investment companies in banking and technology, with follow-on […]
TQD Spotlight: Zurich Instruments’ Quantum Analyzer Aimed at Real-time Multi-Qubit Readout
Quantum scientists and engineers will need precise and reliable qubit measurement capabilities to build quantum computing devices solving real-world problems. Zurich Instruments, a pioneer in advanced test and measurement instruments, continues to make major advances in delivering cutting-edge instrumentation for scientists and technologists who work in advanced laboratories. According to the company, as quantum processors […]
TQD publishes results of Quantum Technologies Survey
The Quantum Daily today announces the release of the results of its Quantum Technologies Survey. We decided to cover the community’s opinion on a variety of topics related to Quantum Technologies, including key milestones, investment and commercialisation. This resulted in more than 20 pages of results which we’re delighted to share. Click here to […]
Lausanne-based Startup With ‘All-Nitride-Core’ is Further Bolstering Switzerland as QC Powerhouse
Photo by Bruno Thethe on Unsplash Small Country, Big Ideas As a publication focussed on the quantum computing (QC) industry, TQD has covered its fair share of startups from Switzerland: stories on Miraex, ChemAlive SA and Terra Quantum have shown that the small country of just over eight million people is as innovative as its western European […]
Quantum Ready ML Models For Semantic Search, To Smooth Workflow & Save Time
Photo: Andres Siimon, Unsplash Crawlers, Bots & Spiders What would we do without search engines? Could we survive? Since Archie— the world’s first search engine — was invented in the early 1990s, more have come into being: Tim Berners-Lee’s VLib, Infoseek, Yahoo!, Lycos, AltaVista, AskJeeves, which eventually brought us to the king of them all, Google (formerly BackRub) in […]
Canada’s Leading Quantum Technology Companies Launch ‘Quantum Industry Canada’
A consortium of Canada’s leading quantum technology companies announced today that they are launching Quantum Industry Canada (QIC), an industry association with a mission to ensure that Canadian quantum innovation and talent is translated into Canadian business success and economic prosperity. The twenty-four founding members represent Canada’s most commercial-ready quantum technologies, covering applications in quantum computing, quantum sensing, quantum communications, […]
U.S.’s National Quantum Initiative Launches Website
The National Quantum Initiative launched its website — quantum.gov. According to the site, this will be the home of the project and will report on ongoing activities to explore and promote Quantum Information Science. The National Quantum Initiative Act was signed into law on December 21, 2018. The purpose of this Act is to ensure the […]
Miraex To Assist NASA Efforts in The Development of Quantum Sensing
Miraex Selected in NASA SMD Entrepreneurship Challenge On July 29th, Miraex SA, subcontracted by business partner Aperio Global, and IBM, was selected to participate as finalist in the NASA Science Mission Directorate Entrepreneurs Challenge 2020. Out of all the product pitches that were evaluated and scored by a panel of the agency’s representatives, Miraex with […]
TQD Exclusive: Chicago Quantum Seizes Early Mover Advantage to Help Clients Discover Quantum Advantage
Carl Sandburg may have to add a few more professions and a couple more adjectives to his poetic analysis of the Chicago industrial ecosystem. He can add that the city has also become a quantum tool maker and stacker of qubits — and Chicago Quantum is one example of the leadership in quantum entrepreneurism that […]