Weekly Roundup for the Week Ending May 30, 2020
If we could not find room for it, time to digest it, or a reason to run it during the past week, we have collected it here. Not a recap for the week, but a cleanup of pieces we received and just could not get to.
Because Quantum is Coming. Qubit
Technology & Hardware
One step closer to faster, smaller computer processors | The world of connectivity is currently passing through a major transformation as photons are being replaced by electrons in intercontinental fibre-optics based communications. Already the standard for intercontinental communication through fibre-optics, photons are replacing electrons as the main carriers of information throughout optical networks to computers. Source: ENGINEERS GARAGE. Shree Mod, One step closer to faster, smaller computer processors…
Science & Research
Researchers achieve broadest microcomb spectral span on record | Xu Yi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Virginia, collaborated with Yun-Feng Xiao’s group from Peking University and researchers at Caltech to achieve the broadest recorded spectral span in a microcomb… “The introduction of chaos and cavity deformation not only provides a new mechanism, but also an additional degree of freedom in designing photonic devices,” Yi said. “This could accelerate optics and photonics research in quantum computing and other applications that are vital to future economic growth and sustainability.” Source: PHYS.ORG. Karen Walker, Researchers achieve broadest microcomb spectral span on record…
Government & Policy
$100B Plan Submitted for Massive Remake and Expansion of NSF | Legislation to reshape, expand – and rename – the National Science Foundation has been submitted in both the U.S. House and Senate. The proposal, which seems to have bipartisan support, calls for giving NSF $100 billion over five years and expanding its mission to include a technology directorate. Early response from the science community has been a mix of enthusiasm for added resources and worry over shifting NSF’s emphasis away from curiosity-driven basic science to more policy-driven technology development. Source: HPCwire. John Russell, $100B Plan Submitted for Massive Remake and Expansion of NSF…
Cybersecurity & Cryptography
Breaking Cryptography: Securing Machine Identities in a Post-Quantum World | With quantum supremacy, quantum computing, which Gartner defines as “a type of non-classical computing based on the quantum state of subatomic particles” has now moved from the theoretical to reality. So, what does this mean for security? Source: info security. Ashish Pala, Breaking Cryptography: Securing Machine Identities in a Post-Quantum World…
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