Industry Reacts to Google’s Quantum Supremacy Claim
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,” a threshold at which quantum computers are theorized to be […]
Quantum Computing and Other Disruptive Technologies Need Governance from An Ethical Perspective
Quantum Computing and Other Disruptive Technologies Need Governance from An Ethical Perspective Responsible Use of Technology In brief… + The increasingly pervasive use of technology in our everyday lives has triggered a spirited debate on how new and disruptive technologies—such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, internet of things (IoT), 5G, blockchain, quantum computing, autonomous vehicles, […]
Building the U.S. Quantum Infrastructure
Building the U.S. Quantum Infrastructure Agencies, industry investing in quantum infrastructure In brief… + The Department of Energy awarded $60.7 million in research funding across nine national laboratories, universities and non-profits to advance the development of quantum computing and networking. + Three projects were awarded $47 million to speed progress in quantum computing with research […]
Op-Ed: Nigeria Should Exploit Fourth Industrial Revolution
Op-Ed: Nigeria Should Exploit Fourth Industrial Revolution Op-Ed: How the Nigerian power sector can exploit 4IR In brief… + The passing into law of the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSRA) in 2005 was a much-heralded start of a revolution in the power sector, opening it up to private sector investment across the whole value […]
Tough Errors Are No Match: Optimizing the Quantum Compiler for Noise Resilience
Tough Errors Are no Match: Optimizing the Quantum Compiler for Noise Resilience Tough Errors Are No Match for APL Team Exploring Quantum Science Full release… The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Maryland, has been tapped by the Department of Energy to develop advanced quantum computing and networking technologies. The award is […]
Australia’s Defence Innovation Hub Priorities Include Quantum Computing
Australia’s Defence Innovation Hub Priorities Include Quantum Computing Investment in future defence technologies supporting industry In brief… + The Defence Materials Technology Centre (DMTC) will continue its work supporting industrial capability with a $3.8M (AUSD) contract with the Defence Innovation Hub. “DMTC will build on its existing work in relation to technologies such as precision […]
NIST Awards $4M for Small Business Innovation Research; Replacing Helium is One Study
NIST Awards $4M for Small Business Innovation Research; Replacing Helium is One Study NIST Awards Nearly $4 Million to 19 Small Businesses for Technology Development Excerpts and salient points ~ + The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of nearly $4 million in grants to 19 […]
China’s Private Quantum Efforts
China’s Private Quantum Efforts This piece has some informative graphics at the source. A picture is worth a thousand word. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Mapping the Chinese Private Actors Race to Quantum Excerpts and salient points ~ + Using exclusively open source information in both Chinese and English, we found that only the first […]
Quantum Computing: The New Brain Drain Out of Universities
Quantum Computing: The New Brain Drain Out of Universities Having just completed an even at Quantum Tech Congress 2019 in Boston, The Qubit Report ambassador noted the number of corporate delegates with a PhD was “eye-opening.” Organizations such M SQUARED, NKT Photonics, and Zapata Computing, among others, had their PhD teams out on the sales […]
Quantum.Tech Congress Wraps Up
Quantum.Tech Congress Wraps Up Albeit Qubit was only able to attend the first full day of the Quantum.Tech Congress, The Qubit Report founder came away with a very favorable view of this event. Having been on the periphery of quantum computing for the past several years, this was our first venture into a quantum event. […]