OQC’s ‘Lucy’ Becomes First European Quantum Computer on Amazon Braket
PRESS RELEASE — Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), Europe’s leading Quantum Computing as-a-Service company, announced today that it debuted its latest system, Lucy, an 8-QPU quantum computer, on Amazon Braket. With a new quantum processor from OQC, AWS is expanding Amazon Braket to support a new quantum hardware for the first time since Braket’s general availability […]
Amazon’s Braket Available in Europe, Oxford Quantum Circuit Will Be First Non-North American QC on Service
Lucy will be in the cloud with Braket. For the first time since its launch in August 2020, Amazon Braket becomes available in Europe and Oxford Quantum Circuits — TQI: OQC — will be the first non North-American quantum hardware provider that will be available on Braket, according to OQC officials. Braket is a fully […]
National Quantum Computing Centre, Oxford Quantum Circuits Sign Agreement Designed to Boost UK Quantum Capability, Improve QC Access
The National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) and Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a UK-based quantum computing company, today announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding, according to a statement from the organizations. This step represents a first of its kind collaboration: the first MoU the NQCC signs with a private partner to boost UK quantum […]
UK Companies Tout Major Step Toward Universal Quantum Operating System
PRESS RELEASE — A consortium led by Cambridge-based quantum computing software company Riverlane and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed an open-source hardware abstraction layer (HAL) that makes software portable across different quantum computing hardware platforms. The HAL is designed to be portable across four leading qubit technologies: superconducting qubits, trapped-ion qubits, photonic systems and silicon-based qubits. It […]
Quantum Insider Insights: UK’s Talent and Technology Make It a Natural Quantum Leader
Much of the discussion about quantum ecosystems focuses on the brewing quantum competition between China and the US. But, meanwhile, the United Kingdom continues to keep calm and carry on with tech breakthroughs, funding initiatives and a blossoming quantum startup market. The nation also boasts global academic leadership in quantum, which is attracting — and […]
Leading Quantum Computing Experts Explore Tech’s Sustainability Role in New Documentary
LONDON – July 15, 2021 – From national security to medicine, from communications to finance, the potential for quantum technology to change the world is unprecedented. Yet, in a new documentary being released later this month – Quantum Technology | Our Sustainable Future from The Quantum Daily – and developed in partnership with Oxford Instruments Nanoscience […]
OQC Delivers the UK’s first Quantum Computing as-a-Service
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) announced that the company has launched the nation’s first commercially available Quantum Computing-as-a-Service built entirely using its proprietary technology. In a boost for the UK’s ambitions to be a global quantum superpower, as well as for businesses looking to explore the increasing commercial and technical benefits of quantum computing, today’s announcement […]
TQD Ethics Exclusive: Ilana Wisby — For Quantum Technologies For All, We Need Input From All
For Ilana Wisby, founding CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits, the draw to quantum science wasn’t just the entrepreneurial lure of heading up a company in an exciting new technological space. For Wisby, quantum represents an important scientific step toward humanity’s ability to understand nature itself. “I’m most excited about quantum computing applied to understanding nature,” […]
10 Full Stack Quantum Computing Solutions [2024]
For most startups participating in the quantum computing (QC) ecosystem, the best way to compete commercially is to develop novel quantum computing software, start a consultancy or other similar service-based platforms. Full-stack quantum computing solutions on the other hand are much more expensive to develop considering the cost-heavy manufacturing of hardware products. They, unsurprisingly then, […]
6 University of Oxford’s Spinoffs Playing Pivotal Role in UK’s Quantum Tech Sector
Photo by Tetiana SHYSHKINA on Unsplash Oxford’s QC Offspring It may be of no surprise for TQD readers to find out that the county of Oxfordshire in the U.K, and more specifically the city of Oxford itself, is home to many of the startups involved in the quantum computing (QC) industry: Oxford Ionics, Oxford Quantum Circuits, […]