IBM committed to moving quantum computers out of the lab and into Main Street
IBM’s Quantum Computer Research Center doesn’t want quantum computers sitting around their lab, they want them working for businesses and industry, according to Scott Crowder, vice president and CTO of IBM Q, who spoke with the Digital Journal. Crowder expects big things for quantum computing and already has some ideas of where these devices will […]
Quantum Testbed Opens in Boulder, Colorado
Boulder Cryogenic Quantum Testbed Colorado is known as the Centennial State, land of the Rockies and the home of the Denver Broncos football team, but apart from these facts, there is something so important that it could quite possibly put the state on the map as a centre for quantum computing (QC) research for many years […]
Los Alamos Lab Purchases Latest D-Wave Offering
Five Thousand A quantum computer, a 5000-qubit model, is set to be installed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) next year. Apart from the obvious tasks of financial modelling and the development of quantum algorithms, D-Wave Systems believes its latest model can offer solutions to some of the most intractable problems in today’s business […]
Amazon’s Quantum Move Into Blockchain Technology
Giant of Commerce Amazon. Just the word, the three syllables, is enough for those with enough business acumen to be in awe over its magnificent commercial achievements. The last two and a half decades have seen the company become an ever-present monster in the business world, dominating proceedings, sharing the loot — and people’s wallets and bank accounts— […]
Australia’s Q-CTRL raises $15 million after Series A funding round
Hard Slog Being a startup can be tough when you’re struggling for cash. This problem is magnified ten-fold in the quantum computing (QC) industry where greenbacks are an essential ingredient for growth. Research equipment, a place to put it and the need to hire the best people in the space can easily drain the already […]
Introduction to Qubits: Part 1
Introduction to Qubits: Part 1 If you read anything about quantum computers, you are bound to come across the term ‘qubit’. Every big development within creating quantum computers seems to revolve around adding more qubits, making them more stable and less ‘noisy’. But what does this mean? First we must remind ourselves of ‘bits’. A […]
Startup QC Ware Announces Forge Cloud Platform Release
Forge News from the quantum computing (QC) space is that startup QC Ware has announced a beta version of its ‘quantum-computing-as-a-service platform Forge, which is now available on the cloud. The product, available for free for a thirty-day trial, aims to — according to the company’s Twitter account — ‘give developers access to quantum hardware and simulators across vendors’. […]
Harvard Born Quantum Computing Startup Aliro Raises $2.7 Million
Flexing The Muscles More good news out of the quantum technologies startup space. Aliro Technologies, which started life out at Harvard innovation labs, has raised $2.7 million from a successful seed round. The announcement, one of many in recent times, just goes to show how well developed the industry is becoming, as well as proving it […]
Quantum Godfathers #1: David Deutsch, Quantum Computing’s Lost Founder
World-Changing Genius is a word that we attribute too much to people these days. In an age of social media, the ‘Me Generation’ and the dominant role TV and the Internet play in the fabric of our social interactions and things we do, we tend to — as a species — make more out of the uncommon than we […]
The Headhunter & The Headhunted: Hiring in QC
Hunk Of Flesh As a tech industry becomes more popular — by that I mean the potential in its fundamental technology becomes more apparent through successful use cases and its early implementation in specific sectors — bad things start to happen, at least on the outset. Sharks start to circle, all wanting a hunk of flesh. It always happens. And […]