Today must have been Quantum Benchmark Reveal Day! IonQ and Super.Tech have disclosed their own quantum benchmarking suites called Algorithmic Qubits and SuperMarQ, respectively. Both benchmark suites are based upon running common quantum algorithms rather […]
Airplane Contrails Made Be Adding to Climate Change Deloitte Consulting one of the largest professional services providers on the globe with over 120,000 employees, is sponsoring a Quantum Climate Challenge to address issues of climate […]
In July of 2020, Cambridge Quantum Computing, now a part of Quantinuum, announced that they were the first startup company selected to be a hub in the IBM Q Network. The companies have now agreed […]
MIT and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have introduced new quantum programming languages that to provide specific features not available with some of the other programming platforms that are available. The MIT language, called Twist, […]
Although much of the discussion regarding the threat of quantum computers to break the RSA encryption algorithm and allow a hacker to decrypt data in transit, there is another potential problem where a quantum computer […]
Our projection is that the vast majority of quantum computing usage, at least for the rest of this decade, will be through cloud-based quantum computers located at an external vendor’s remote site rather than through […]
Blockchain Application Test Configuration. Credit: JPMorgan Chase, Toshiba, and Ciena A research team from JP Morgan Chase, Toshiba, and Ciena have demonstrated a quantum protected blockchain application over a 70 kilometer fiber optic cable. The […]
One of the most important measures of qubit quality is the two-qubit gate fidelity. All the quantum hardware providers are working to improve this measure in their next generation devices. Without further improvements, it will […]
Chain of 35 Barium Ions in an IonQ system. Credit: IonQ IonQ had announced last December that its next generation quantum computers would use Barium ions for its qubits instead of the Ytterbium ions it […]
The project was announced by Israel’s Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Research and Development (MAFAT) and the Innovation Authority and will consist of two tracks. The first will be led by the Innovation Authority with a project […]
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