Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Commercializing Quantum Technologies Commercialising quantum technologies: opportunity to invest Key points… + The UK government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) Commercialising Quantum Technologies Challenge is a £153 million investment in projects that will help the UK to lead the world […]
Quantum-safe Application Program Interface to be Challenged in Cyber Hackathon IronCAP Challenges Top Hackers with Availability of New “Quantum Safe” API Key points… + 01 Communique Laboratory Inc. has reached a major milestone with the launch of the IronCAP Application Program Interface (“API”). IronCAP’s patent-pending […]
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 […]
DARPA Set to Incubate Quantum Bio-computing DARPA unveils new incubators for cognitive dissonance detection, quantum bio-computing and more Excerpts and salient points ~ + DARPA launched the addition of four new incubators on the Polyplexus portal, raising the total to 16 since its inception, with […]
Quantum Computing Inc Takes It’s Quantum Computing Efforts Public (Ticker: QUBT) Quantum Computing flies as it gets bumped up to the OTCQB Market Excerpts and salient points ~ + The Leesburg, Virginia, company’s stock now trades under the ticker QUBT on the middle-tier OTC Market […]
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 […]
Act Now to Get your Quantum Computing Chemical Computation Capabilities Uses of quantum computers in the chemical industry is looking to be a forerunner to quantum computing’s widespread arrival. How chemical companies take on-board the cutting-edge technology could dictate the next chemical-industry leader, in short […]
There’s Always a Bigger Fish ~ Rigetti Acquires QxBranch. Rigetti Computing acquires QxBranch to expand full-stack capabilities Excerpts and salient points ~ + Rigetti Computing… acquired QxBranch, a quantum computing and data analytics software startup. The acquisition builds on Rigetti’s full-stack strategy and expands the […]
D-Wave Surfing to Success with Quantum Computing and Japan Sigma-i and D-Wave Announce Largest-Ever Quantum Cloud-Access Contract Sigma-i Co., Ltd., a company formed to optimize the world with quantum computing technologies, and D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, today […]
Underscoring “Technological Supremacy and Geopolitical Power” with Quantum Computing Cease-fire in US-China trade war not expected to bridge differences Excerpts and salient points ~ + [W]hen US and Chinese negotiators sit down to work out details, the same difficult task remains: getting China to convince […]
Fujitsu’s Quantum Annealer, Cloud Computing, and the Automotive Industry. Quantum computing in the automotive industry is already showing signs of taking shape. Volkswagen is conducting traffic management studies alongside battery efficiency research and Daimler is engaged with Google on related quantum computing efforts. Enter Fujitsu. “Fujitsu […]
The World’s Computing Power Outstripping Earth’s Ability to Provide It; Quantum Computing May Make All the Difference. Imagine having a classical computer, a supercomputer, which demands 1/2 of the output of the average U.S. hydroelectric plant to function. Tianhe-2, the most-energy consumptive computer on the […]
Digicert, Utimaco, and Microsoft: Partners in IoT Security. Keeping the world safe from the Internet of Things, aka “the IoT”, was a seemingly impossible task due to the many limitations of these low-power, limited computing capacity devices. Fortunately, in a capitalist society, where there is […]
Canada’s “Quantum Valley” In 2013, Canadian entrepreneur Mike Lazaridis was ranked tenth on a list of the most powerful people in Canada. “An avid believer in quantum information science, Lazaridis founded a new research center for that area of study in Ontario.” The center is […]
Quantum Computing Compound Annual Growth Rate: 25% We are in the midst of a U.S. and China “Quantum Computing Arms Race.” One that will result in groundbreaking computing power, enabling disruptive new technologies. Quantum computers “will have the potential to change long-held dynamics in commerce, […]
From NASCAR to Leading the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Expanding from 30 to 100 employees by the end of 2019, NASCAR aficionado Brad Keselowski believes his hybrid-3D printing business will take the leap in pioneering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Housed in a 70,000 square foot facility and […]
Wanted: Computation and Algorithm Specialist. As complex and cutting edge as quantum computing and machine learning are, advertisements for position openings are out there. In looking at a BOSCH coporate position request, one must wonder if industry understands the difficulty in finding the right quntum savvy […]
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 Circuits, Inc. Opens Doors. January 24, Yale startup company Quantum Circuits Inc. (QCI) opened its New Haven, Connecticut development and testing facility for quantum computing. The opening of the facility emphasizes the potential of Yale’s research to drive economic growth. “The facility includes 6,000 […]
2019 Investment in European Quantum Computing. Europe is ramping up quantum computing research and development with a number of startups. Focusing on ‘quantum computing as a service’, senior scientists and post-doctoral candidates are starting to create quantum technology companies in Europe. U.K., France, Germany, Netherlands, and […]
Germany Pouring $40M+ Into Quantum Computing Technology. Jülich Forschungszentrum, one of Germany’s premier research and development centers, will receive a $40M+ infusion of German government funding to advance, in part, quantum computing technologies. “…[T]he funds will be applied to research in a number of quantum-based technologies […]
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 […]
U.S. Department of Energy Funding Quantum. The U.S. Department of Energy is once again announcing grants. Of particular note, the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing is funding quantum computing-centric projects to study configurable entangled photon sources for quantum networks and building commercialization-ready low-cost deployable room-temperature quantum […]
Need a Quantum Computing Control System? Who would have thought the world would see the day? The day when quantum computing devices were real and entering the marketplace? Zurich Instruments has developed and commercially released a quantum computing control system. The device is making rapid […]
Exxon Mobil and IBM Q Team Up. The energy sector has joined the IBM Q network. Exxon Mobil announced the company will harness the human resources and quantum computing IBM offers. Exxon’s VP of research and development sees great value in quantum computing’s simulation of nature […]
Rhode Island Getting Quantum Technology Center. Newport Rhode Island and the Entanglement Research Institute are developing a quantum computing center. Spending $120M to fully build the center, it will have a workforce of upwards of 300 staff. The project is at the forefront of current […]
Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm. Quantum computers outperforming classical systems are being explored to solve three general groups of problems to include factoring and discrete logarithms, quantum simulations, and optimization. Discussed is the hybrid algorithm, Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm (QAOA) and its applications. Reference is found… […]
IBM to Showcase Quantum Computing. The largest consumer electronics show, CES, is taking place January 8-11, 2019, in Las Vegas. IBM is showcasing quantum computing alongside other technology to include artificial intelligence. This helps pave the way to rolling out quantum computing for the masses; though, […]
“Big” Growth in Quantum Key Distribution Market Touted. Study showing nearly 25% compound annual growth rate for the quantum key distribution market. Probably. QKD is one of the more promising aspects of quantum information science to be commercialized. Reference is found here…
Moving to Market: Quantum Technologies Showcase. Technological progress toward quantum technology and hardware showcased at 3rd annual U.K. Quantum Technologies Showcase. Report found at OXFORD SCIENCE BLOG…
Retail Industry Considering Quantum Computing Application. Retail industry looking at quantum computing, considered by retail as a transformational technology for the decade to come. Found here at EssentialRETAIL…
Blackberry Ushers in Quantum-Resistant Code Signing. Blackberry teams with ISARA and others to enable quantum-resistant (QR) code-signing methods. Taking the threat quantum computers pose to public key cryptographic security, Blackberry’s subsidiary Certicom and ISARA will work closely to ensure “durable connected devices” will maintain […]
Zapata Computing. Zapata Computing ratchets up their up-start chalk-talk. Details from a quantum computing business’ upstart. They’re more than quantum algorithms and applications. This report is found here at xconomy…
Post-Quantum Computing’s Importance. Cybersecurity today, and in 20 years no-cybersecurity with quantum computers. What some in industry are doing to prevent QC hacking. This report is found at nanalyze…
Sibos 2018, in Sydney. Financial Giants Get Quantum for Lunch. Financial powers from around the globe meet in Sydney, Australia, to discuss the digital world as it applies to the financial world. “Lunch & learn: Quantum computing,” a crash course in quantum computing, is […]