IBM’s Forward Leaning History Leaves Supercomputing Setbacks Behind If you are unaware of supercomputing history, this write-up sets the background and an interesting perspective of the forward looking strategy IBM holds to. Worth the quick read. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. IBM and the Past, […]
To Be In a Quantum-ready World Means What? What happens when cyber attackers reach quantum-advantage? Points to note… + Moore says that the long and short of it is that all data encrypted with legacy cryptography would be “at risk”. There is this “storm coming […]
Accepting ‘Quantum Volume’ as a Metric for Quantum Computers Why quantum volume is vital for plotting the path to quantum advantage Key points… + Measuring the computational ability of quantum computers is—as is anything involving quantum systems—a complex problem. Counting the number of qubits in […]
Building the U.S. Quantum Industry U.S. Consortium Pulls Ecosystem Into Quantum Selected notes ~ + The U.S. government is fostering the idea of quantum computing as a nascent industry on a typical technology trajectory—one that the U.S. wants to dominate. The National Quantum Initiative Act […]
More on LANL’s Quantum Computing Summer School Preparing the quantum workforce of the future Excerpts and salient points ~ + From faster financial analysis to better medicine for cancer treatment, quantum computers could solve bigger problems much faster than classical computers. The school also brings […]
IBM Powering Up Cybersecurity Against Quantum Computing Prepare for Future Security Threats Selected notes ~ + No longer can you store and secure all of your data on a single server like you could 20 years ago. We’re in the era of cloud, the Internet […]
Dominating the Value Chain is Great when Technology is Static. What’s Your Strategy for the 4th Industrial Revolution? How To Build An Ecosystem Strategy Points to note… + Today, rather than looking to dominate value chains, [IBM] seeks to widen and deepen connections with research […]
Monte Carlo Simulations on IBM’s Qubits; Financial Applications One possible application of quantum computers is that of calculating the result of computation with voluminous and complicated financial data sets. Take the largest investment firms, for example. From a collection of mutual funds and the accompanying […]
Today’s Cybersecurity to Become Obsolete with Advent of Quantum Computing? Not entirely. It will expose today’s encrypted materials. Because quantum is coming. Qubit Why quantum computing could make today’s cybersecurity obsolete Excerpts and salient points ~ + Encryption provides the security and privacy for our […]
Update to the 7 “Best” Quantum Computing Stocks Seeing past the investment potential of these companies, this recap has some insight as to what the largest companies are doing toward quantum computing. Nokia is a bit under-the-radar and has an interesting mention in the piece. […]
U.S Air Force Adds IBM Q Network… or IBM Q Network Adds U.S. Air Force (?) AFRL, IBM to pioneer Quantum Information Technology for DOD Excerpts and salient points ~ + The Air Force Research Laboratory is breaking new ground in their efforts to partner […]
IBM Partners with Europe to Move Quantum Information Science IBM has been enjoying a rapid expansion of its IBM Q Network of institutions involved with quantum information science. Having added numerous schools and organizations in the U.S., going overseas appears to be the company’s trend. […]
Collaboration Among All Nations Will Push Quantum Computing Experts Cite Need for International Collaboration to Advance Quantum Computing Excerpts and salient points ~ + President Trump signed a law in December to authorize $1.2 billion in funding for quantum computing research and development over the next five years. “What […]
Sampling of Quantum Computing; French Perspective Computers: Promises of the Quantum Dawn Excerpts and salient points ~ + In this race for the greatest number of qubits and the creation of a quantum computer, two systems, currently neck and neck, offer the most interesting prospects. […]
IBM Quantum Computing Collaboration Arrives in Africa Full release. Wits enters the quantum computing universe with IBM Q IBM expands its quantum computing program with Wits as its first partner in Africa on the IBM Q Network. IBM has announced the expansion of its quantum […]
IBM’s Quantum Computing Outreach is for Its Survival How to Build an Ecosystem Strategy… Excerpts and salient points ~ + By 1980, IBM had hit an inflection point. It had already missed out on the minicomputer revolution. Now, with new, even smaller “microcomputers” evolving into […]
Getting the U.S. Involved in QIS; “No time like the present.” Quantum Connection Investment levels both at home and abroad will dictate the speed to solution in terms of creating working quantum communication networks and, by extension, a true quantum Internet…the EU and China have […]
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 […]
Training Workers for Quantum Computing Quantum Computing 101: Brilliant, Google, Microsoft Training Workers Excerpts and salient points ~ + From Microsoft and IBM to Alphabet’s unit X and Canada’s D-Wave Systems, companies are racing to build powerful quantum computers that may solve problems beyond the […]
IBM continues to show unanticipated progress towards what will become a Quantum backed AI Excerpts and salient points ~ + IBM has the largest public Quantum effort and arguably has the lead in Quantum Computing development though companies like Alphabet, Intel, and Microsoft are accelerating […]
Is Quantum Computing the Answer to Future Data Center Innovation? Excerpts and salient points ~ • Speaking during a keynote address at this week’s Glue Conference 2019 event, Murray Thom, vice president of software and cloud services at D-Wave Systems, laid out ways that quantum […]
Sobering Up Before Taking the Quantum Leap Quantum computing is one of the centers of gravity in leading edge technology today. There’s much in the media which is fausses nouvelles; quantum computing not to be excluded. Keeping quantum computing in perspective, help yourself shake out […]
Fujitsu’s Q is True Fujitsu is developing a “real quantum computer” the head of the company’s research lab has revealed. Hirotaka Hara, director of Fujitsu Laboratories, told Computerworld that the company is working with a number of research groups to develop a “true” quantum machine. […]
Honeywell’s Quantum Leap: “As good as or better than…” Honeywell International Inc. threw down the gauntlet to Google and IBM in the race to create a new kind of supercomputer, announcing its own breakthrough in the arcane world of quantum mechanics. “We have a very […]
Automotive Industry Sees Billions in Quantum Computing. VW and D-Wave, Bosch [parts] and Zapata Computing, Ford and NASA, Daimler and IBM (and Google) and the list is growing. The automotive industry is partnering with the budding quantum computing industry all the while exploring first uses […]
IDQ Reviews Quantum Computing Industry for Q1 2019. On April 30, ID Quantique issued its review of first quarter quantum computing. IBM, D-Wave, and IDQ’s own quantum key distribution and random number generator made the review. Got a minute? It’s all it takes for the […]
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 […]
IBM Gobbles Up Another University: University of Louisville The University of Louisville and IBM announced a partnership that includes the establishment of an IBM Skills Academy focused on digital learning and technology skills. It will be housed in the newly-created Center for Digital Transformation in […]
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 […]
Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Information Science. Both Influence the Other. AI and quantum information science. From VB… In short, a true quantum computer is still years, if not decades, away. When has that everstopped researchers? Last month, Mobileye cofounder Amnon Shashua and a team from […]
Upgrading and Knowing Your Qubits, “logical qubits”, “error-corrected qubits”… With the number of institutions in the race for research and development of a stable and controllable qubit, it is understandable an article of this length and depth could be written. Thorough piece for the layperson. […]
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and UAE Joining the Quantum Computing Race. The Gulf states are pursuing action to bolster research and development in quantum computing. Working with IBM, Microsoft, and D-Wave, various initiatives are taking place. Not joining the marathon of quantum computing is seen as […]
IBM: Quantum Computing Games People Play. There’s always a joker in any group. No matter how serious, how technical, how spiritual the subject, there is always someone casting humor at it. Believe it or not, quantum computing is no exception. Perhaps not all is done […]
Reducing Monte Carlo Simulations to Near-real Time. IBM has revealed research results for quantum computing protocols processing Monte Carlo calculations. Typically, when using Monte Carlo simulations for financial portfolios on classical systems, the calculation and risk assessment computation may last for several days. According to the […]
IBM Doubling ‘Quantum Volume’ Annually. But only since 2017. Yet, Big Blue, has released data showing the comparative improvement of newer IBM quantum computing systems while developing the metric of Quantum Volume. According to IBM, the performance of a particular quantum computer can be characterized […]
What is Quantum Computing? The curious of the world are discovering quantum computing, often asking questions those familiar with the technology have heard all too often. What is quantum computing? What are the types of quantum computing solutions being studied? Who are the “champions of […]
Proof Positive: Disruptive Technologies Increasing Corporate Bottom Line. IBM released 4th quarter 2018 earnings this week. The company’s strategic imperatives, including “IBM Cloud, Power9 and its AI-related initiatives” were given one of the reasons behind the positive growth. Increasing demand for cloud services, artificial intelligence (AI), […]
Quantum-resistant Cryptography: Lattice Cryptography Now Needed. While the U.S. government is not-funding certain “non-essential” aspects of government at present, the NIST quantum-resistant algorithm ‘challenge’ is on a temporary hold. The issue at stake is the collaborative development of quantum computing resistant algorithms: Algorithms and protocols which […]
D-Wave’s Annealer-type Quantum Computer Up to the Test. U.S. Government laboratories, NASA, and Lockheed Martin are running D-Wave’s quantum annealer through the ringer. Not necessarily to solve hard problems as envisioned, but to gain insight and experience on how to approach these puzzles from the […]
Calculating Quantum Computing’s Return-on-Investment. Calculating the return on investment for quantum computing investments, today, is quite complicated. “Even though companies like IBM, Intel, and Google might have softer cushions if the risk bubble pops before commercialization, the R&D investments are all sizable, especially for those who […]
IBM Q System One. This week, IBM announced Q System One at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Q System One is the first superconducting quantum computer to operate beyond the lab. The vision is to solve problems classical computing systems […]
IonQ’s Trapped Ion Computing Beating IBM, Google, Rigetti. Though ‘slow’ in operation and impractically large, trapped ion quantum computing from IonQ is beating out IBM, Google, and Rigetti with accuracy and scalability. Reference is found at TECHSPOT…
#2 in Cloud Trends…Quantum Computing. Much in the way of business benefits come with cloud computing. For 2019, quantum computing ranks #20. Found at Entrepreneur India…
Quantum Algorithm Mimicks Darwinian Evolution. Darwin’s evolution is being mimicked with a quantum algorithm, on a quantum computer, in a quantum cloud computing environment. Mimicking classical “sized” life at the quantum level is accomplished by this team of researchers from the University of Basque. Their research […]
IBM: Think 2019. IBM is looking to gather industry leaders to discuss emerging technologies, including AI and quantum computing. This report is found at IBM…
Moving Beyond Theory: Chemical Modelling. Using IBM’s Q Network, Cambridge Quantum Computing and the JSR Corporation claim to have successfully implemented quantum algorithms. The algorithms were used to calculate “the excited states of molecules that take into account multi-reference characteristics.” This advance in quantum algorithm […]
Quantum Computing Gets Its Own Stock Fund. Quantum computing is catching Wall Street’s eye with its first ETF. The ETF invests in 60 companies engaged in quantum computing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data. IBM, Lockheed Martin, and Attunity are three of those companies. […]