Quantum Annealers May Soon Find a Quieter Environment
Quantum Annealers May Soon Find a Quieter Environment Finnish researchers demonstrate how noise impacts quantum computing Excerpts and salient points ~ + A team of researchers from three Finnish institutions (CSC, Aalto University, and Abo Akademi University) and their collaborators from Boston University in the USA have for the first time demonstrated how the noise […]
Researchers Study Quantum Computing Without the Waveguide: Diamonds and Brillouin Lasers
Researchers Study Quantum Computing Without the Waveguide: Diamonds and Brillouin Lasers A sound boost to extreme laser performance Points to note… + Macquarie University’s Rich Mildren says “This development provides a new pathway towards high power lasers that are extremely efficient and have exquisite frequency properties such as low-phase noise and narrow line width. These […]
Honeywell Claims Release of World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer by Mid-2020
Honeywell Claims Release of World’s Most Powerful Quantum Computer by Mid-2020 Behind the Scenes of a Major Quantum Breakthrough It’s almost time. By the middle of 2020, we’re releasing the most powerful quantum computer yet. Thanks to a breakthrough in technology, we’re on track to release a quantum computer with a quantum volume of at […]
Quantum Computing and Moore’s Law, One Arrives, One Goes
Quantum Computing and Moore’s Law, One Arrives, One Goes A Quantum Continuation for Moore’s Law? Selected notes ~ + While engineers grapple with the end of Moore’s law, rudimentary prototypes of a completely new type of machine — the quantum computer — have been making news. These devices exploit the properties of quantum mechanics — […]
Advanced Python Toolkit for Quantum Computing Control Released
Advanced Python Toolkit for Quantum Computing Control Released Q-CTRL Releases Professional-Grade ‘Quantum Control’ Tools to Improve Quantum Computing Hardware Performance Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to accelerate the development of the first useful quantum computers, today announced the Beta release of its professional-grade BOULDER OPAL software tools for the quantum […]
From Near Term Quantum Processors to Modernizing C++ for Quantum-Classical Computing, Annual APS Meeting is Stacked
From Near Term Quantum Processors to Modernizing C++ for Quantum-Classical Computing, Annual APS Meeting is Stacked Quantum Bits: Q-Ctrl, D-Wave Start News Flow on Eve of APS March Meeting Points to note… + The annual trickle of quantum computing news during the lead-up to next week’s APS March Meeting 2020 has begun. Yesterday D-Wave introduced […]
Google v. IBM, Their Qubits are Different. Which is Better?
Google v. IBM, Their Qubits are Different. Which is Better? Well worth taking some time to read from the source. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Inside the race to build the best quantum computer on Earth Selected notes ~ + A tale of two transmons Google’s and IBM’s transmon qubits are almost identical, with one […]
D-Wave Launches Leap 2, Opening Door to In-Production Quantum Applications
D-Wave Launches Leap 2, Opening Door to In-Production Quantum Applications D-Wave Launches Leap 2, Opening Door to In-Production Quantum Applications The quantum cloud service gives developers and enterprises a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive environment for developing and deploying hybrid quantum applications. BURNABY, BC – (February 26, 2020) — D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, […]
All About Qubits and the Part They Play on a Quantum Computer’s Stage
All About Qubits and the Part They Play on a Quantum Computer’s Stage Creating the Heart of a Quantum Computer: Developing Qubits A computer is suspended from the ceiling. Delicate lines and loops of silvery wires and tubes connect gold-colored platforms. It seems to belong in a science-fiction movie, perhaps a steam-punk cousin of HAL […]
Using Qubits and Quantum Computers to Find Dark Matter
Using Qubits and Quantum Computers to Find Dark Matter Searching for Dark Matter With Quantum Computers, One Blip of Light at a Time Excerpts and salient points ~ + In 2007, physicist David Schuster, then at Yale, asked his advisor whether qubits could serve as useful detectors for astronomy—after all, the core component of the […]