NIST’s Post-quantum Cryptography Semi-finals This Week Bitcoin’s race to outrun the quantum computer In brief… + Want to steal some Bitcoin? All you need to do is find your victim’s 16-character public key and calculate their private key by solving something called an “elliptic curve […]
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, […]
The Meaning of ‘Quantum Supremacy’ What Does Quantum Supremacy Mean? Selected notes ~ + Quantum supremacy is the experimental demonstration that quantum computers are superior to classical computers. That is, demonstrating quantum supremacy requires doing a calculation on a quantum computer that no classical computer […]
Semiconductors and Quantum Spin Showing Promise in Quantum Computing Quantum computing with semiconductor spins Selected notes ~ + Functional and scalable qubits must meet well-defined criteria. First, reliably initializing each qubit into one of its two levels must be possible. Second, the final state of […]
Quantum Simulation Software, QuEST, Spans Architectures; Here’s a Comparative Study with Project Q, qHipster, and Quantum++ QuEST and High Performance Simulation of Quantum Computers Excerpts and salient points ~ + QuEST, the Quantum Exact Simulation Toolkit, is the first open source, hybrid multi-threaded and distributed, […]
2048-Bit RSA Cracked in < 8 Hours? How a quantum computer could break 2048-bit RSA encryption in 8 hours Excerpts and salient points ~ + A new study shows that quantum technology will catch up with today’s encryption standards much sooner than expected. That should […]
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 […]
A Step Towards Probabilistic Computing When it comes to performing a calculation destined to arrive at an exact result, humans are hopelessly inferior to the computer. In other areas, humans are still lengths ahead of it: An example is signal processing, which plays an important […]
One Two Cee Cue. Excerpt: Archer’s 12CQ Project commences. Archer Exploration Limited (ASX:AXE) is pleased to announce that the company has commenced its maiden quantum technology project dubbed 12CQ (pronounced “one two cee cue”) to build a carbon-based quantum computing device. The chip forms the […]
Majorana Fermions; Generating More for More Quantum Bits @ Brookhaven National Laboratory. Majorana Fermions. Full release: The combination of different phases of water—solid ice, liquid water, and water vapor—would require some effort to achieve experimentally. For instance, if you wanted to place ice next to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Is Sydney, Australia, the Next Quantum Valley? The U.S. has Silicon Valley. Canada has Ottawa’s Quantum Valley. Now Australia is looking to join the Valley of Valleys. Though initially reported by The Qubit Report under the topic, Sydney Quantum Academy, March 4, 2019, the spin […]
Los Alamos National Lab Doubles Number of Qubits with Upgrade from D-Wave. D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, today announced that Los Alamos National Laboratory has upgraded their D-Wave quantum computer to the D-Wave 2000Q system. Los Alamos is […]
Interesting Thought: Could Entangled Qubits Reveal a Black Hole’s Information? Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute in Maryland have implemented an experimental test for quantum scrambling. Quantum scrambling is a “chaotic shuffling of the information stored among a collection of quantum particles.” Recently, the JQI […]
Basic Thoughts on Quantum Computing and Our Future. Though from the BusinessReport’s OPINION section, Louis Fourie authors an easy read regarding quantum computing. “Computers have become an integral part of our lives. There is rarely a day that we don’t experience the advantages of computing. We […]
Harnessing the Power of a Single Photon to Move Electrons. The Quantum Dynamics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology has demonstrated microwave influence of electrons. The team of researchers trapped electrons in a super-cooled, vacuum-sealed chamber where the electrons were bombarded with microwaves. […]
Intralogistics Industry Notes Quantum Computing Threat to Security. Disruptive technologies are encroaching on every aspect of the world’s economies. Driving these economies is international trade. LogiMAT 2019 is slated for February 19 to 21 in Stuttgart, Germany. LogiMAT is the leading international trade fair providing […]
Sandia National Laboratories Puts Funding Toward Quantum Computing, Partnerships. Three new projects led by Sandia aim to bring quantum computing to light. Funded at $42 million by the Department of Energy, the programs are expected to be with us for the next 3 to 5 years. […]
South Korea Investing Millions in Quantum Computing. Over the next 5 years, South Korea is set to invest nearly $40M toward quantum computing and related technologies. Of particular note in the South Korean government announcement was investing in computational performance and computer security. Using quantum mechanical […]
Large-scale Quantum Processor, Programmable, Solid State. Flexibility to implement a variety of algorithms without modifying hardware enabled the classical computer to tackle any task from the simplest to the most complex. Taking this flexibility to quantum computing is a crucial next step to quantum computing’s ‘big […]
60 Carbon Atoms Contain an Entire Quantum Computer; or so might one think, if fully understanding and controlling the buckminsterfullerene were to come to fruition. The most symmetric molecule known, the “buckyball” is both small enough to observe quantum mechanical principles and large enough to […]
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 […]
Supply of Exotic Parts Stymies Quantum Computer Development. Quantum computers are being crafted to use exotic science to answer questions here-to-fore unimaginable to solve. Shortages in research and quantum physics personnel are having an impact on the development of quantum information science utilizing these ultra-technical systems. […]
IBM Q System One: Either it is going to affect BITCOIN or it isn’t… IBM’s sleek, new, System One is a quantum computer. Will it break BITCOIN or blockchain “The IBM Q System One is currently the only technology that can break the blockchain” and […]
Mounting Concern Over Quantum Supremacy. Basic discussion over the concern of quantum computing’s likely supremacy over classical systems and the implications to current data encryption. Reference is found at jaxenter…
Solving Coherence and Initialization Problems of Qubits with Hybrid Qubits. Researchers at Japan’s RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science have succeeded in creating a device – an architecture based on semiconductors – for quantum computing which solves two problems plaguing the furtherance of quantum computing. […]
“Spin Currents” Studied for Their Significant Performance Improvements. Generating spin-currents without energy loss from materials exhibiting the Rashba-Bychkov effect. “From faster memories to quantum computers, the benefits of better understanding and exploiting Rashba systems will certainly have enormous implications.” Reference found at ScienceBlog…
Quantum Open Source Foundation Tracking Open Source Quantum Computing Projects. The Quantum Open Source Foundation, or QOSF, is a new organization dedicated to “expand the role of open source software in quantum computing and improve the standardization and quality.” Having several members on staff with much […]
Fujitsu Launches Second Generation of Digital Annealer Cloud. Initial service started in May, 2018, with 1,024 bits of problem-solving capacity. This second generation expands the performance to 8,192 bits, “leading to substantial gains in precision and performance for enhanced problem-solving and new applications.” Release is […]
D-Wave Adds D-Wave Hybrid to Ocean Software Developer Kit. D-Wave has added a preview of upgrades to its quantum computing software available for use in the D-Wave Leap Quantum Application Environment. Dubbed “D-Wave Hybrid”, the upgrade permits classical and quantum system developing in parallel. The upgrade […]
Australia’s Black Opal. Q-CTRL released Black Opal claiming the first commercially available software suite “designed to improve the performance of quantum computing hardware.” Q-CTRL, an offshoot from the University of Sydney, is an example of Australian attempts to commercialize quantum. Reference is found at […]
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…
Applied Materials Teams with State University of New York in $600M Project. Semi-conductor maker Applied Materials has teamed with SUNY to bring the Materials Engineering Technology Accelerator center to fruition. A start-up incubator of sorts, the META center will permit materials engineering research with […]
qRAM: Quantum Random Access Memory. qRAM is needed for most of the quatnum algorithms being researched, according to scientists at the University of Waterloo; the concept dates back to 2008. This report is found at GIZMODO… The qRAM research from 2008 is at this link […]
Microsoft Adds Chemical Simulation to Quantum Development Kit. Microsoft’s Q# (“Q-Sharp”) quantum developer’s development kit has a new simulation library; this time it’s chemical. This new addition is geared toward one of the most anticipated application fields for quantum computers – chemistry. Without anyone or […]
Quantum Computer Prototype Ready? Are we ready for a prototype quantum computer? Some say…yes. This report is found here THE EDGE SINGAPORE…
Laser Tweezers Positioning Atoms. Designing quantum computers with laser ‘tweezers’ to position atoms; creating the Eifel Tower, Mobius strip, and, mmmmmm, a doughnut, too. This report is found here ScienceNews…