Applications of quantum-inspired optimization problems can yield solutions anywhere from 1% to 10% more accurate than existing approaches and can come to solutions anywhere from two to three times as fast, according to Troels Steenstrup, technology head of KPMG’s Global Quantum Hub.
South Korean research bodies and private companies joined hands to form a government-initiated task force for the development of a 50-qubit quantum computer by the end of 2026 with the aim of catching up with the United States and China, which have been far ahead in quantum computing.
In this long read you’ll find answers to questions such as: What are the distinguishing features of quantum computing and what stage is development at currently? What strategies are employed by corporations and politicians – especially in China – to advance development? Who are the superstars on the research scene? What are they working on and where will there be practical application opportunities for quantum computing…?
Amid the fierce global competition to develop the technology, the Government of Japan has formulated the Vision of Quantum Future Society in April of this year, and is accelerating R&D in that field…
In a partnership with Australian-German startup Quantum Brilliance, Pawsey installed a diamond-based quantum accelerator into a rack in its Western Australian facilities.
Information in computers is transmitted through semiconductors by the movement of electrons and stored in the direction of the electron spin in magnetic materials. To shrink devices while improving their performance—a goal of an emerging field called spin-electronics (“spintronics”)—researchers are searching for unique materials that combine both quantum properties.
Vancouver-based quantum computing firm D-Wave Systems Inc said it has deployed its latest quantum computer to the University of Southern California.
Research conducted by Princeton University physicists is paving the way for the use of silicon-based technologies in quantum computing, especially as quantum bits – the basic units of quantum computers.
The researchers goal is to improve the scientific community’s knowledge on the types of physical systems needed to make quantum computing networks reliable and practical.
A decade and more ago, I [Sankar Das Sarma, author] was often asked when I thought a real quantum computer would be built…(It is interesting that I no longer face this question as quantum-computing hype has apparently convinced people that these systems already exist or are just around the corner).
