Middle East, Quantum Computing, and FOMO The Gulf embraces quantum power Excerpts and salient points ~ + Universities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE have already launched quantum computing research groups to help cultivate homegrown knowledge of the technology that is set to transform […]
Seed Money for Quantum-Level Algorithms and Software Phasecraft computes $950,000 Full release ~ Phasecraft, a UK-based quantum computing software developer based on research from University College London (UCL) and University of Bristol, has procured £750,000 ($950,000) in pre-seed funding from investors co-led by the UCL […]
Proving Quantum Supremacy Requires Hundreds of Qubits. A team from Intel Labs released a study proving quantum is coming, supremely, when several hundred qubits are stabilized. Until then, we should not expect to solve any combinatorial problems. Qubit. From the study: Computational quantum technologies are […]
Quantum as a Service (QaaS). Today is showing an automobile industry flavor of quantum computing. With the nascent quantum systems in development, size, complexity, and cost are keeping many entrepreneurs and established companies from taking the dip. Those that are getting involved are, in part, […]
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Takes Pride In Quantum Computing and Chemical Research Direction Tri-Cities scientists are taking a quantum leap in supercomputing for clean energy and more. PNNL. PNNL’s Katherine Koh, who explores and develops the chemistry for hydrogen fuel cell technologies, may one day […]
Skeptically Hyping About Quantum. Some say never, some say 5 decades (U.S. Military), some say 5 to 10 years (IBM). But nobody is saying it is not coming. Because Quantum is Coming. Quantum will get here sooner if it could be capitalized upon; as […]
Virginia Tech Hitches Its Wagon to IBM’s Train of Schools in the IBM Q Network. Continuing the enrollment of universities, IBM has now pulled in to Virginia Tech and brought the school on-board the IBM Q Network. Qubit. Virginia Tech joining IBM Q Network to […]
QPress to Build Flakey Material for Quantum Information Science Studies. Building a Printing Press for New Quantum Materials. Brookhaven National Laboratory. Scientists at Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials are developing an automated system to synthesize entirely new materials made from stacked atomically thin two-dimensional […]
Barclays, JP Morgan Chase; Barking at and Chasing Quantum Computing for the Financial Leap Ahead. Numerous aspects to quantum computing’s presumed sooner-than-later arrival on the financial services computing scene are discussed in this thorough read. Qubit. Quantum on the money: fintech is banking on the […]
Big Data and Predictive Analytics Invigorate QxBranch, Quantum Computing Startup. QxBranch. In 2012, Shaun Wilson and Michael Brett were designing aerospace simulation software. On one particular project, Lockheed Martin’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Ned Allen, mentioned that it had just acquired an early quantum computer from […]
Quantum Internet Development a Melting Pot of Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics. Thorough discussion covering many of the aspects necessary to build a quantum internet. Qubit. ‘We need to think out of the box’: physicist Maria Spiropulu on how to build the quantum internet Experimental physicist […]
What Are We Waiting for? A recent discussion from nanalyze opens up the question of “what are we waiting for?” The point is much is being done with the quantum computing world but many are still waiting for it to arrive. We know how to […]
University of Oregon, Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science. Ultra-secure online communications, completely indecipherable if intercepted, are a step closer with the help of a recently published discovery by University of Oregon physicist Ben Alemán. Alemán, a member of the UO’s Center for Optical, […]
IBM Q Network Expands. Brookhaven Joins the IBM Q Network Hub at Oak Ridge National Lab. This hub is part of a worldwide community of businesses, universities, and research labs that seeks to advance quantum computing and explore its scientific and business applications. April 10, […]
U.S. DoE Sets Aside $40M for Quantum Computing Algorithms and Software Development. Developers throughout the U.S. stand to gain much from this new U.S. initiative. $40 Million for Developers. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a plan to provide $40 million for research aimed […]
Arab World Looking to Quantum Computing to Keep Up with Cryptography and Biomedicine. Investing in research and development is only the tip of the iceberg. A broader scope is being called for to keep from being left behind. Arab World. Extract: …to get to the […]
D-Wave’s Leap Quantum Cloud Computing Environment Now Available to 30+ Nations. D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, today announced the geographic expansion of its Leap™ quantum cloud service which includes access to the D-Wave 2000Q™ system and its Quantum […]
New Era of Innovation; Bye Bye Moore’s Law. Quantum computing, garage startups, enormous enterprises and the fall of Moore’s Law. Op-ed is found here…
Quantum Key Distribution and Wind Turbines, G.E. and U.S. DoE Protecting the Grid. GE protecting the grid, the wind turbines, and quantum computing systems; having been awarded $12.6M by the U.S. DoE. Reference is found at Windpower ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT… Additional reference…
Keeping Quantum Computing Expectations In Perspective. An educated opinion stating “Given the current state of quantum computing and recent rates of progress, it is highly unexpected that a quantum computer that can compromise RSA 2048 or comparable discrete logarithm- based public key cryptosystems will be built […]