Using Fibre Optic Wire, BT and Toshiba Europe Deploy Quantum Key Distribution Network
BT and Toshiba install UK’s first quantum-secure industrial network between key UK smart production facilities The 6km network uses Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) to ensure ultra-secure data transmission between the National Composites Centre (NCC) and the Centre for Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) in Bristol BT and Toshiba Europe Limited today [October 1, 2020] announce the […]
Startup Funding for September 2020
Startup Funding: September 2020 Selected notes ~ + Quantum computing startup Seeqc raised $22.4M in Series A funding, led by EQT Ventures and joined by FAM AB, M Ventures, BlueYard Capital, New Lab Ventures, and the Partnership Fund for New York. (The M Ventures investment of $5M was announced in April.) Seeqc’s approach combines classical and quantum computing to address efficiency and stability issues. The company’s […]
Australia’s CSIRO Develops Quantum-Safe and Privacy-Preserving Blockchain Protocol
Researchers develop worlds most efficient quantum-safe and privacy-preserving blockchain protocol Researchers from CSIRO’s Data61, the data and digital specialist arm of Australia’s national science agency, and the Monash Blockchain Technology Centre have developed the world’s most efficient blockchain protocol that is both secure against quantum computers and protects the privacy of its users and their […]
U.S. National Science Foundation Funding University of Texas to Close the Gap Between Quantum Hardware and Simulations
NSF-Funded Project Aims to Squeeze Larger Simulations onto Quantum Computers Key Points… + With new funding from the National Science Foundation, an academic-industry collaboration led by The University of Texas at Austin aims to close the gap between current quantum hardware and these ambitious simulations. They are developing a new suite of quantum algorithm methods […]