Kim Jong-Un’s Quantum Promise
Rodong Sinmun On recent advances reported out of China in quantum computing (QC) and the news on the Chinese government’s investment in the multibillion-dollar National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences in Hefei, Anhui province, its neighbour, North Korea — the small, isolated Communist country, led by an overweight man-child with a penchant for poisoning siblings, starving the […]
Quantum Computing Now – Amira Abbas on Qiskit camp
Quantum Computing Now – Amira Abbas on Qiskit camp
L.A-Based QC Pharma Startup – Qulab – Ready to Roll
Thoughts of The Mundane For all the things quantum computers promise to be able to do better than classical computers in the future, the area where they will benefit humanity the most is in medicine. Whatever scientists, businessmen or the broader public think, this is where all the real benefits of their power will be seen. […]
Apples to Qubits: New Standardization Method Will Help Compare Quantum Platforms
A new method could pave the way to establishing universal standards for measuring the performance of quantum computers, according to researchers at the University of Waterloo. The new method, called cycle benchmarking, allows researchers to assess the potential of scalability and to compare one quantum platform against another. “This finding could go a long way […]
Poland’s Vibrant QC Representative
Fall of The Wall For a long time, central and eastern Europe was scarred by the terror of war, famine and genocide. Later, the political system of the region changed and many countries were stuck in a socialist limbo. Poland — where I lived for more than fifteen years — was no exception. But then the Berlin Wall fell and […]
Startup Claims Quantum Data Protection Doesn’t Need To Be Costly
A Jerusalem-based startup announced today that its quantum key distribution system that is used to secure data communication can be achieved at a much lower cost than previously available, according to a company news release. QuantLR, a Quantum encryption company, successfully deployed a proof-of-concept showing that QKD is ready for mass deployment at a cost […]
TQD Exclusive: Interview with Chicago Quantum’s President & Founder Jeffrey Cohen
As quantum computing (QC) becomes more mainstream — or at least accepted by more people as a technological solution to today’s and tomorrow’s problems — there has been an increase in service providers appearing to facilitate the nascent ecosystem. One such company is consultancy startup Chicago Quantum, founded in 2018 by Jeffrey Cohen. I caught up with the Chicago […]
Quantum Computing Pioneers Must Throw Heavy Friggin’ Metal Balls at a Window
At a demonstration of Tesla’s new Cybertruck last week, entrepreneur Elon Musk asked his head of design, Franz von Holzhausen, to chuck a heavy metal ball at the truck’s supposedly impervious window. Turns out, it wasn’t so impervious. Thinking the laws of physics were a little less restrictive a few centimeters to the right, he […]
3 Ways Quantum Computing Could Change Financial Technology Forever
There is a tight connection between finance and computing, according to researchers, who add that this connection will not cease if — or when — quantum computing becomes more mainstream. In fact, it could alter financial technology in many ways. This connection, however, became more obvious with the start of derivative trading and after the […]
Quantum Programming 101: D-Wave’s Systems Programming Tutorial
Introduction D-Wave can be thought of as a pioneer in commercial Quantum Computing and is touted as one of the worlds first companies to sell Quantum Computers. In fact back in May 2011 they released the worlds first commercial quantum computer called the D-Wave One which has a 128 qubit processor. Since then they have […]