Quantum Technologies and the Implications for National Defense and Security
Quantum technologies in defence & security Read More… + In the defence and security environment, two applications will have particularly significant implications in the near- to mid-term. While quantum computing has received most of the hype around quantum technologies, a whole world of quantum sensing and quantum communication is out there, which is just as […]
The Shorts: Government and Policy in Quantum Computing
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM Plan to Launch New Discovery Accelerator Institute | IBM and The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign plan to launch a large-scale collaboration designed to increase access to technology education and skill development, and to combine the strengths of academia and the industrial sector […]
Archer Materials’ Global Patent Work Indicative of Confidence in Its 12CQ Chip Technology
Archer Materials’ confidence in their 12CQ Chip Technology must be high. Why else would they have patent paperwork in the offices around the globe? Give it some thought. Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit Patent portfolio progress update Archer Materials Limited (ASX: AXE) is pleased to provide shareholders with an update and summary on patent prosecution […]
European Companies Pull Together to Boost Industrial Quantum Computing
12 European companies and research labs join forces to boost industrial quantum computing applications The NEASQC project will investigate a large selection of NISQ-compatible industrial and financial use-cases and develop open source NISQ programming libraries for those use cases, to facilitate quantum computing experimentation for new users. PDF version> Les Clayes, France — 5 October, […]
IQM Nets $20M+ in New Funding
IQM Nets $20M+ in New Funding European Deep-tech Champion IQM Receives More Than €20M of New Funding ESPOO, Finland, June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — IQM Finland Oy (IQM), a leading European company for quantum computer hardware, was just awarded a €2.5M grant and up to €15M of equity investment from the EIC Accelerator program for the […]
Boosting European Union Quantum Technology Capability
Boosting European Union Quantum Technology Capability Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark and Romania join initiative to explore quantum communication for Europe In brief… + The four countries have agreed to work together with 20 other EU Member States towards the development of a quantum communication infrastructure (QCI) across Europe. The purpose of the QCI will be to […]
Open-Source Quantum Simulation Software Models Multi-Billions of Atomic Orbitals
Open-Source Quantum Simulation Software Models Multi-Billions of Atomic Orbitals KITE code could power new quantum developments Key points… + A research collaboration led by the University of York’s Department of Physics has created open-source software to assist in the creation of quantum materials which could in turn vastly increase the world’s computing power. + Throughout […]
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 […]
A Juggling Act. Will Quantum Computers Ever Be Built?
A Juggling Act. Will Quantum Computers Ever Be Built? A Dialogue on Quantum Computing Selected notes ~ + Simplicio: We cannot yield the leadership in this technology to competitors who don’t have commitment to democracy and open society. The loading of the information on the quantum computer is like balancing an inverted pyramid (we may […]
EU Nations Agree to Study Quantum Computing Infrastructure
EU Nations Agree to Study Quantum Computing Infrastructure The future is quantum: EU countries plan ultra-secure communication network Excerpts and salient points ~ + 7 EU countries (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, and Spain) signed a declaration agreeing to explore together, over the next 12 months, how to develop and deploy a quantum […]