Google’s Quantum Supremacy Claim is Official

Google’s Quantum Supremacy Claim is Official NSF statement: New development in quantum computing Full release… October 23, 2019 In Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor, in the Oct. 24 issue of the journal Nature, a team of researchers led by Google present evidence that their quantum computer has accomplished a task that existing computers […]

IDQ to Supply Quantum Key Distribution Equipment for SK Telecom’s EU Open QKD Project

IDQ to Supply Quantum Key Distribution Equipment for SK Telecom’s EU Open QKD Project SK Telecom to Build Quantum Cryptography-Based Communications Networks in Europe Excerpts and salient points ~ +  SK Telecom and its subsidiary IDQ, which joined forces a year ago, have received orders for quantum cryptography-based communication networks one after another in Europe […]

Fujitsu Project to Nurture AI, Deep Learning, and “Quantum-Inspired Computing”

Fujitsu Project to Nurture AI, Deep Learning, and “Quantum-Inspired Computing” Fujitsu, SMU and A*STAR Launch Digital Platform Experimentation Project using Quantum-Inspired Computing and Deep Learning Technology Full release… SINGAPORE, Oct 22, 2019 – (ACN Newswire) – Fujitsu Limited, the Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)’s Institute of High […]

$800,000+ USD Seed Money Raised by Nu Quantum to Enable Quantum Communications

$800,000+ USD Seed Money Raised by Nu Quantum to Enable Quantum Communications Nu Quantum raises £650,000 pre-seed round Selected notes ~ +  Nu Quantum is building high-performance single-photon sources and detectors that work at room temperature. +  These devices are the building blocks that will enable a range of quantum technologies, the most near-term being […]

ColdQuanta Receives $1M from NASA to Advance Commercializing Quantum Systems

ColdQuanta Receives $1M from NASA to Advance Commercializing Quantum Systems ColdQuanta to Accelerate Commercial Deployment of Quantum Atomic Systems Points to note… +  ColdQuanta announced it has been awarded $1M from NASA’s Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP). The program will enable ColdQuanta to develop significantly smaller cold atom systems with a high level of […]

Russia’s National University of Science and Technology Succeeds with Prototype Qubits on Superconducting Materials

Russia’s National University of Science and Technology Succeeds with Prototype Qubits on Superconducting Materials First Prototype of a Quantum Computer on Superconductive Materials Sucessfully Launched in Russia Full release… Scientists from NUST MISIS sucessfully launched Russia’s first prototype of a quantum computer. The device working on two qubits performed a specific quantum algorithm, exceeding the […]

Google’s Quantum Control Optimization

Google’s Quantum Control Optimization Though reported back in April, this article [at the source] has a collection of disruptive technology ‘news items’ raising some interesting questions.  Not all are directly related to quantum computing…yet. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit. Google causes more facial-recog pain, machine learning goes quantum ­– and how to lose a job […]