Moving Beyond Theory: Chemical Modelling. Using IBM’s Q Network, Cambridge Quantum Computing and the JSR Corporation claim to have successfully implemented quantum algorithms. The algorithms
Quantum Computing Gets Its Own Stock Fund. Quantum computing is catching Wall Street’s eye with its first ETF. The ETF invests in 60 companies engaged
Essential Building Block for Next Gen QC: Basic Reading & Writing. A quantum gate between photons and atoms [photonic qubits and atomic qubits] has successfully
Google has 72-qubits. IBM has 50-qubits. Intel and QuTech have partnered on a 49-qubit chip. Now, Rigetti, one of the first and most forward leaning quantum computing commercializers is working on a 128-qubit machine. The company is building the new machine on scalable qubit rings composed of two connected 8-qubit rings. Additional work at Rigetti is looking to sharpen focus on quantum computing software; particularly in the areas of machine learning and quantum system optimization.
Quantum computer design and quantum computing applications go hand-in-hand but not all of the corporate giants are involved in both per se. Some, Nokia (NOK), and AT&T (T), for example, are looking further into the future to gain advantage of the others’ near-term efforts. These two giants are looking at its use in 5G.
The Aussie’s have much to be proud of when it comes to quantum computing research efforts.
International Business Machines (IBM), also known as “Big Blue”, has been awarded nearly $750 million U.S. dollars by the Australian government. Quantum computing is ear-marked in the spending. Australia anticipates bringing artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain into the government’s fold. The quest is to be one of the top digital governments within the next ten years. This deal serves to reduce cost while speeding up the arrival of the Australian government’s digital transformation.
Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office is purportedly setting aside $80M (U.S.) for quantum computing research and development. The Israeli’s intend to join the elite group of nations capable of producing quantum computing systems. The preponderance of funding is ear-marked for the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
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.
Rigetti, D-Wave, IBM, Intel, and Google, have achieved milestones toward a quantum computer which performs computations incapable of being performed by classical systems.
