Qiskit: IBM’s Gift to Quantum Algorithm Developers Gets More Giftier Qiskit – Write once, target multiple architectures Excerpts and salient points ~ + From its outset, our open-source Qiskit quantum computing framework has been designed to be extensible, and to support research beyond the IBM […]
Developing Silicon-Based Quantum Technology There are many benefits to enabling quantum bits based on silicon. The full work from the source document presents a well-rounded synopsis of manufacturing of silicon qubits. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Manufacturing silicon qubits at scale Selected notes ~ + […]
Archer Materials Ltd Creates Qubit Array Components for Quantum Computing Chip Archer Materials Limited successfully assembles qubit array components for quantum computing chip Full release… Highlights Archer team successfully assembles an array of qubit material components (“qubits”) of the 12CQ room-temperature qubit processor (“chip”). The […]
Microsoft Touts Its Quantum Computing Progress For faster quantum computing, Microsoft builds a better qubit Selected notes ~ + Google just announced quantum supremacy, a milestone where the radically different nature of a quantum computer lets it vastly outpace a traditional machine. But Microsoft expects […]
“Giant Atoms” Have a Memory Suitable for a Quantum Computer? A Memory Effect at Single-Atom Level Full release… A Memory Effect at Single-Atom Level An international research group has observed new quantum properties on an artificial giant atom and has now published its results in […]
Op Ed: Google’s Claim, Layperson’s View Google’s quantum supremacy claim has all but taken over the quantum computing news the past few weeks. However, there are some pieces which separate themselves. For the layperson; this is an easy read, not far from the mark. An […]
Controlling Quantum Behaviour of Individual Atoms Building single-atom qubits under a microscope Excerpts and salient points ~ + This is the first time a single-atom qubit has been achieved using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM), the Nobel Prize-winning IBM invention that allows atoms to be […]
Bleximo’s Quantum Hardware + Q-CTRL’s Quantum Firmware = Quantum Computing for Industrial Applications Quantum Computing Startups Q-CTRL and Bleximo Enter Global Partnership Excerpts and salient points ~ + Q-CTRL, a quantum computing startup with U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles, has entered into a global partnership […]
Griffith University Research Demonstrates Qubit States with Memory Advantage over Classical Computers Synopsis: Quantum Simulator Reduces Memory Storage In brief… + One way in which quantum computers outperform their more traditional cousins is by needing less memory to simulate stochastic processes. They do this by […]
Harnessing Spin Through Sound to Power Quantum Computing Quantum state of single electrons controlled by ‘surfing’ on sound waves Excerpts and salient points ~ + Researchers have successfully used sound waves to control quantum information in a single electron, a significant step towards efficient, robust […]
High-fidelity Quantum Gates Controllable with New Technique Hamiltonian learning technique advances quantum spin register Points to note… + Researchers have developed an efficient way to characterize the effective many-body Hamiltonian of the solid-state spin system associated with a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre in diamond. The technique […]
Google’s Quantum Control Optimization Though reported back in April, this article [at the source] has a collection of disruptive technology ‘news items’ raising some interesting questions. Not all are directly related to quantum computing…yet. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Google causes more facial-recog pain, machine […]
“Advantage” D-Wave with 5,000 Qubits; Available mid-2020? D-Wave debuts new 5,000-qubit quantum computer Excerpts and salient points ~ + LANL’s new machine gives it access to a new quantum processor that not only has more qubits, but also “less noise.” The qubits themselves have also […]
Being Clever About Correcting Qubit Errors Scientists one step closer to a fully functioning quantum computer Selected notes ~ + Just like ordinary computers, however, quantum computers need a way to transfer information between qubits, and this presents a major experimental challenge. + “A quantum […]
Tungsten Disulfide: Manipulating and Detecting the Electrons in the Valleys To Facilitate Control of Qubits? ‘Valley states’ in this super-thin material could potentially be used for quantum computing In brief… + In a paper published Sept. 13 in Nature Communications, scientists report that they can […]
Industry Reacts to Google’s Quantum Supremacy Claim Industry reaction to Google’s quiet claim of quantum supremacy Excerpts and salient points ~ + On September 20, the Financial Times reported that a Google research paper temporarily posted online said Google’s quantum computer has reached “quantum supremacy,” […]
“Quantum processors have thus reached the regime of quantum supremacy.” A quick search on BING pulls up the document Google purportedly put together and provided (or collaborated with NASA over). Looks like, in fact, Google, claims they are now the first quantum supremacists. If this […]
Quantum Supremacy, What Is It Anyhow? What Is Quantum Supremacy, and Why Is It Such a Computing Milestone? Excerpts and salient points ~ + Quantum supremacy means only that researchers have been able to use a quantum computer to perform a single calculation that no […]
IBM Unveils 53-Qubit Quantum Computer at New York Quantum Computation Center Opening IBM Opens Quantum Computation Center in New York; Brings World’s Largest Fleet of Quantum Computing Systems Online, Unveils New 53-Qubit Quantum System for Broad Use Full release… ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ […]
Image Charge Detection to Measure Electron Spin. Is It Possible without Disrupting Quantum System? New method for detecting quantum states of electrons Key points… + Researchers in the Quantum Dynamics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) devised a new […]
Controlling Quantum Waves with a Traffic Light, Figuratively of Course The quantum technology advancement could help lead to improvements in computing, data processing Points to note… + A University at Buffalo-led research team has developed a “traffic light” that can bring quantum waves to a […]
Using Legos to Model Bigger Quantum Computers; Its About Control The key to bigger quantum computers could be to build them like Legos Key points… + The advantages of modular machines. Most researchers working on superconducting machines focus on creating as many qubits as possible […]
“Technologists, Academia, and Government” Collaboration Needed for Quantum Computing Success Quantum Computing Holds Promise for the Public Sector Excerpts and salient points ~ + Today, quantum is about to enter what many believe is its golden age, with the potential to calculate a vast number […]
Indo-French Center of Excellence in Quantum Calculation in Pun: In the Offing? Indo-French road map on cyber security and digital technology In brief… + Research, training and education: Supercomputing, quantum computing. France and India underline the fact that high performance computing is a critical part […]
Is There Potential for Quantum Computers to Eek-out the Last Bit of Renewable Energy? Can Quantum Computing Aid Clean Technology? Points to note… + Quantum Computing in Energy Harnessing. Harnessing clean, renewable energy from solar panels, wind turbines, and hydroelectric stations requires manual or computer-aided […]
Increased Storage and Enhanced Quantum Computing Through Topological Superconductivity Scientists discover new state of matter Key points… + In their research, Shabani and his colleagues analyzed a transition of quantum state from its conventional state to a new topological state, measuring the energy barrier between […]
Silicon of the Quantum Information Age Newfound Superconductor Material Could Be the ‘Silicon of Quantum Computers’ Full release… A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), whose scientists have found a superconductor that […]
Qubits Communicating Through “Topological Radio Channels” Topological photonics offers route to qubit-to-qubit communication Excerpts and salient points ~ + A new toolbox for sophisticated quantum simulators, in which qubits can directly communicate through so-called “topological radio channels”, has been proposed by physicists in Germany and […]
9 Lives or 20 Qubits, It’s Schrodinger’s Cat Schrödinger’s cat with 20 qubits In brief… + Dead or alive, left-spinning or right-spinning—in the quantum world particles such as the famous analogy of Schrödinger’s cat can be all these things at the same time. An international […]
Allowing Quantum Developers to Exploit the Power of Quantum Turing Machine Models Introducing Control Flow in Qubit Allocation for Quantum Turing Machines Key points… + Different platforms for quantum computation are currently being developed with a steadily increasing number of physical qubits. To make today’s […]
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 […]
University of New South Wales Sydney Builds Ultra Fast Two-qubit Gate Speediest quantum operation yet Excerpts and salient points ~ + Australian scientists have linked together two electrons spins embedded in a silicon chip to form a two-qubit gate, the fundamental building block of a […]
Danna Freedman Awarded for Quantum Computing Work Five faculty honored with Presidential Early Career Awards In brief… + Established in 1996, the PECASE honors the contributions of scientists and engineers in the advancement of science, technology, education and mathematics (STEM) through scientific education, community outreach […]
South Korea Working Towards Quantum Network, Unhackability of Communications S. Korean quantum computing scientists working on next-generation networks and ‘unhackable’ technologies Excerpts and salient points ~ + Quantum computing researchers at Korea Institute for Science and Technology have developed ways use diamond structures to produce […]
Designing and Controlling Quantum Computers with AI Thanks to AI, we know we can teleport qubits in the real world Excerpts and salient points ~ + The phenomenon of qubit transfer is not new, but this work, which was led by Enrico Prati of the […]
“Really sloppy” Semiconductor Manufacturing Won’t Suffice in Quantum Computing’s Development Interesting commentary. Though provided by a manufacturer of atomically precise manufacturing (APM) equipment, anyone with a background in solid-state devices will find truth to what is being stated. Cleaning up the semiconductor processes should go […]
Limits of Quantum Communication Networks; Secret Key Capacity Explored Establishing the ultimate limits of quantum communication networks At the moment, sensitive data is typically encrypted and then sent across fibre-optic cables and other channels together with the digital “keys” needed to decode the information. However, […]
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 […]
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 Bits Entangled Using Sound at Distance with Quality. The University of Chicago develops a way to entangle two superconducting qubits with sound vice microwaves. “A challenge for scientists and engineers as they advance quantum technology is to be able to translate quantum signals from […]
Quantum Physicists Pouring Photon Schnapps. A Still for Light Quanta. An atom in a cavity extracts highly pure single photons from weak laser light. Quantum physicists can now distil a kind of photon schnapps. When spirits are distilled, the alcohol content increases relative to the […]
Mass Producing “Stable and Able” Quantum Bits. University of Copenhagen researchers realize new platform for future quantum computer. Quantum physics. University of Copenhagen physicists, as part of the University and Microsoft collaboration focused on topological quantum computing, may have unloosed a Gordian knot in quantum […]
Indium Arsenide: Solution for a Scalable Quantum Computer? Above image is of a nanomechanical router. Full caption: “The research team has invented a component, called a nanomechanical router, that emits quantum information carried by light particles (photons) and routes them into different directions inside a […]
Open Source Quantum Error Suppression Library. Note from Qubit: Qiskit Ignis is a framework for understanding and mitigating noise in quantum circuits and devices, and is part of Qiskit, IBM’s open source quantum development kit. Measurement error mitigation is included in Qiskit Ignis (IBM Research […]
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. […]
Silicon Qubit Fidelity and Noise. Qubits appear to be the flavor this week; at least in the output from media sources. Lack of coherence still plaguing stability of the quantum bit. Arguably the most fundamental aspect for quantum computing. Silicon Qubit Fidelities Approaching Incoherent Noise […]
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, […]