Software & Algorithms
Software-Tailored Architecture for Quantum: First QC W/In 5 Years?
The U.S. National Science Foundation awarded $15M for the Software-Tailored Architecture for Quantum (STAQ) project. STAQ aims to deliver the first quantum computer within 5 years. Collaboration involves a number of academic organizations to include Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, University of California-Berkeley, and several others from around the U.S.
“Hold Sway Over 100 [Qubits] or More”
Recent quantum computing developments have revealed possibilities of stable quantum environments that are ‘reasonable’ in resource requirements. The tool of “sampling complexity” plays into the power of a small quantum computer versus a classical computer. Sampling complexity, the tool, “…involves a mathematical tool—a standard measure of computational difficulty known as sampling complexity—that gauges how easy or hard it is for an ordinary computer to simulate the outcome of a quantum experiment.”
Google’s Cirq and OpenFermion-Cirq
Google is gearing up to make Bristlecone available as a cloud computing platform. Bristlecone, Google’s nascent quantum computing platform, will be programmable with Cirq and OpenFermion-Cirq. Cirq, Google’s newly released open-source developer platform, permits quantum algorithm development without requiring a background in quantum physics. It’s twin, OpenFermion-Cirq is tailored to creating chemistry applications; a space likely to be used with quantum computing’s first wave of efforts.
Quantum Computation and Quantum Algorithms
Educating ourselves in the fundamentals of quantum computing [or the theory of it] is paramount to understanding even the simplest of quantum topics.
IBM’s QISKit ACQUA
As quantum computing gains visibility, the need for software development and creation of algorithms has become clear. IBM has made its IBM Q network available with over 85,000 users taking advantage of its qubits. To aid this use, IBM is trying to fill the gap of software development for quantum computing.
In Terms of Efficiency, Look Into ‘Lattice Field’ Encryption
The near future for quantum computing: By 2023, expect quantum computing to be in wide use commercially.
For Sale: Quantum Computing Algorithms
New quantum startup, Zapata Computing’s (www.zapatacomputing.com), ultimate goal is to be the quantum algorithm superstore.
Testing “Hello World”
“Hello World” is perhaps the most basic of messages sent via classical computers. But what is the maximum “hardness” of a task a classical system might tackle that is also the simplest a quantum system may solve?
IBM Expanding Quantum Computing Partnerships
IBM ‘s Q Network is adding North Carolina State University to its retinue. To date, nearly 80,000 coders from across industry and academia have utilized the IBM Q network — a 50 qubit, quantum system made available by Big Blue to encourage discovery in quantum applications. Read on for more.