IBM Quantum Computing Collaboration Arrives in Africa
IBM Quantum Computing Collaboration Arrives in Africa Full release. Wits enters the quantum computing universe with IBM Q IBM expands its quantum computing program with Wits as its first partner in Africa on the IBM Q Network. IBM has announced the expansion of its quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the […]
First Analog, then Digital; What’s Next? Quantum.
First Analog, then Digital; What’s Next? Quantum. Quantum tech firm leaps to aid of planet and mankind Excerpts and salient points ~ + THE technology [quantum technology] will help map the inner workings of the mind and, equally, measure the molecules of pollutants from space, laying down the designs for breakthroughs ranging from understanding brain […]
Poking Atoms is Soooo Yesterday. Here’s a Faster Method Getting to Powerful Quantum Sensors.
Poking Atoms is Soooo Yesterday. Here’s a Faster Method Getting to Powerful Quantum Sensors A Faster Way to Rearrange Atoms Could Lead to Powerful Quantum Sensors The technique is also more accurate than the traditional method of poking atoms with the tip of a scanning electron microscope. The fine art of adding impurities to silicon […]
2048-Bit RSA Cracked in < 8 Hours?
2048-Bit RSA Cracked in < 8 Hours? How a quantum computer could break 2048-bit RSA encryption in 8 hours Excerpts and salient points ~ + A new study shows that quantum technology will catch up with today’s encryption standards much sooner than expected. That should worry anybody who needs to store data securely for 25 […]
Move Over Helium-3… Using Magnetism to Cool Quantum Computers
Move Over Helium-3… Using Magnetism to Cool Quantum Computers Cooling for quantum electronics The start-up kiutra is the first company in the world to have succeeded in developing a permanent magnetic cooling system to reach temperatures close to absolute zero. Such temperatures are, for example, required for the operation of quantum computers. The system was […]
High Performance Computing Simulating Quantum Computing
High Performance Computing Simulating Quantum Computing What’s New in HPC Research: Quantum Computing, Cold Plate Cooling, Smartphones & More …HPCwire highlights newly published research in the high-performance computing community and related domains. From parallel programming to exascale to quantum computing, the details are here. Simulating quantum computing on a heterogeneous HPC… …Quantum computing simulations […]
Silicon for Quantum Computing Uses
Silicon for Quantum Computing Uses Battle of the Elements: silicon builds digital revolution from sand Silicon is the element that driven the biggest changes in our modern lives. Silicon chips in computers, phones, and all sorts of other gadgets have revolutionized both the way we work and the way we play, while optical fibres made […]
Continuous-Variable Quantum Key Distribution; A Step Towards QKD for Metropolitan-Sized Networks
Secure metropolitan quantum networks move a step closer Successful new field tests of a continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) system over commercial fiber networks could pave the way to its use in metropolitan areas.That is the key achievement from a joint team of Chinese scientists, published today in Quantum Science and Technology, which demonstrates CV-QKD […]
Bridging the Gap Between the End of Moore’s Law and Quantum Computers
Engineers Boost Potential for Creating Successor to Shrinking Transistors Computers and similar electronic devices have gotten faster and smaller over the decades as computer-chip makers have learned how to shrink individual transistors, the tiny electrical switches that convey digital information.Scientists’ pursuit of the smallest possible transistor has allowed more of them to be packed […]
Ultra-Quantum Matter Studies Receive Funding
Ultra-Quantum Matter Studies Receive Funding Full release from the Chicago Quantum Exchange ~ May 28th, 2019 Dam T. Son, University Professor in the Department of Physics, and Michael Levin, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, have been awarded a Simons Foundation grant as part of the newly established Simons Collaboration on Ultra-Quantum Matter [UQM]. […]