With 12x More Computational Prowess, Ireland’s Kay Gets a Quantum Simulator Friend
Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) receives ATOS QLM E – First deployment of the world’s highest-performing commercially available quantum simulator in boost to National Quantum Learning Platform – The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC) announced today, Thursday, 17 December, that it has received the GPU-accelerated Quantum Learning Machine Enhanced (Atos QLM E) from […]
Taiwan Recognizes End of Moore’s Law and Need for Quantum Computing Funding
Taiwan government to support companies in quantum era Points to note… + Amid concerns that quantum computing could threaten the existence of the semiconductor industry, Taiwan’s minister of science and technology Tsung-Tsong Wu has noted that his ministry will continue to provide support to companies such as TSMC to help them maintain their competitiveness in […]
Sydney Poised to be a Global Hub for Quantum Technology
Sydney Quantum Academy is working to create thousands of well-paid, high-tech jobs building on the city’s quantum strengths. UNSW Sydney and partner universities officially launched the Sydney Quantum Academy at an online forum this week. Minister for Jobs, Investment, Tourism and Western Sydney, the Hon. Stuart Ayres MP joined representatives from academia and industry to […]
U.S. Defense Department’s Network Security Eyeing Quantum-Resistant Encryption
DISA starts to monitor quantum-resistant encryption capabilities Key points… + At DISA’s annual forecast to industry, Stephen Wallace, systems innovation scientist at the agency’s emerging technology directorate, said that quantum-resistant encryption is a new technological area of focus for the agency in fiscal 2021. Quantum-resistant technology is only in the “monitor” stage, Wallace said, and […]
Global Summit for Women in Quantum Goes Virtual
Women in Quantum III – Global Virtual Summit to Highlight Opportunities in Quantum Tech Dec. 14-16 Sponsored by IonQ, Honeywell and Women in Technology International (WITI), the third Women in Quantum Virtual Summit will again spotlight female researchers, academics, entrepreneurs and investors involved in quantum technology, including a New York City high school student introducing […]
Russia Opens Lab to Catch U.S., Canada, Europe in Quantum Computing
This press release is also found at the “Source:” link, below. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit Russia sets up National Quantum Lab The establishment of a new national project – the National Quantum Laboratory (NQL) – has been announced. The consortium created under the auspices of ROSATOM is going to adopt the international best practices […]
India and Australia: Time to Strengthen the Quantum Technology Bonds?
India and Australia are great believers in technology: Karen Andrews Read More… + India and Australia are great believers in technology, and have a lot to gain in cooperating to develop the best ideas of both our nations. At the same time neither of the countries will let the COVID-19 crisis hold us back from […]
Driven by Quantum Computing: ICHEC Upscales HPC Leadership With New Appointments
High-demand for Supercomputing skills with new appointments at Irish Centre for High-End Computing The Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC), the national high-performance computing centre which manages the State supercomputer, announced four new appointments today, Tuesday, 24th November. In total, eight computational scientists have joined ICHEC in 2020 as demand for high-performance computing services across the Centre’s activities […]
Breaking the Bottleneck in Computational Research
New £4m high performance computing facility to be established at University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham has today announced that it has been awarded £4m for a major project to develop a computing system aimed at helping researchers to speed up the scientific discovery process and provide new insights into important research questions. The […]
Alberta Drops $11.8M to Become a “National and International Hub for Quantum Technology”
… And with what we at The Qubit Report have seen, Alberta may just succeed. A lot going on for the positive in the northernmost of North America. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit Alberta to provide $11.8 Million for UCalgary Research Points to note… + Amidst the economic crisis caused by the pandemic and […]