The rate at which quantum computing is hitting the media stream is ever-increasing. This piece is a compilation derived from The Shorts posted on The Qubit Report this week. Mea Cubitt
Business & Industry
IBM debuts new quantum processor with 127 qubits | The processor, dubbed Eagle, marks a new milestone in IBM’s efforts to develop large-scale quantum computers. Eagle is the first chip from the company to feature more than 100 qubits. According to IBM, Eagle’s high qubit count also makes it the first quantum processor that’s too advanced to be simulated on a classical supercomputer. Source: siliconANGLE. IBM debuts new quantum processor with 127 qubits…
How Quantum Computers Will Correct Their Errors. | Quantum bits are fussy and fragile. Useful quantum computers will need to use an error-correction technique like the one that was recently demonstrated on a real machine. Source: Quantamagazine. How Quantum Computers Will Correct Their Errors, Eagle’s high qubit count also makes it the first quantum processor that’s too advanced to be simulated on a classical supercomputer….
Quantum computing in the enterprise: Four factors to consider | We’re a long way from seeing quantum computing hit the mainstream, but that doesn’t mean organisations shouldn’t be thinking about its implications for the business. Source: ZDNet. Quantum computing in the enterprise: Four factors to consider…
Quantum computing investments up 80 percent since 2018, and there’s new motivation in the space | CNBC’s Eamon Javers reports on the U.S. drive to lead the race for quantum computing. Javers speaks with IonQ president and CEO, Peter Chapman, and University of Maryland president, Darryll Pines, about the effort. CNBC’s Kate Rooney reports on the investments made in this space. Source: CNBC. Quantum computing investments up 80 percent since 2018, and there’s new motivation in the space…
4 Pre-Merger SPACs to Buy That Are Poised to Soar | Ever since special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) first became popular last year, some have proven extremely lucrative. In the electric vehicle (EV) space, for example, Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) — which announced it would merge with Churchill Capital Corp IV back in February — has jumped from around $20 in April to nearly $45 as of Nov. 15. ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) has been another lucrative SPAC for some investors. Back in September 2020, the company announced it would merge with Switchback Energy. From Sept. 28, 2020 to Dec. 21, 2020, the shares surged from $15.53 to above the $45 mark. Source: INVESTORPLACE. 4 Pre-Merger SPACs to Buy That Are Poised to Soar…
Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage Achieves AWS Outposts Ready Designation | Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO) today announced that its ActiveScale object storage solution has achieved AWS Outposts Ready designation, part of the AWS Service Ready Program. ActiveScale object storage systems can now be used alongside an AWS Outposts deployment to provide Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) compliant object storage for Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) services running on an AWS Outposts rack. This validated solution enables enterprise organizations to maintain data sovereignty and low latency access within their own facilities while using AWS infrastructures, empowering them to keep pace with modern data demands through a hybrid cloud strategy. Source: HPCwire. Quantum ActiveScale Object Storage Achieves AWS Outposts Ready Designation…
Harvard and MIT Scientists Launch QuEra Computing, a New Quantum Firm Emerging from Stealth with $17M Funding | QuEra Computing emerged from stealth mode today with $17 million in funding from Rakuten, Day One Ventures, Frontiers Capital and leading tech investors Serguei Beloussov, Paul Maritz, among others. The company recently received a DARPA award, and has already generated $11 million in revenue. Source: HPCwire. Harvard and MIT Scientists Launch QuEra Computing, a New Quantum Firm Emerging from Stealth with $17M Funding…
QC Ware Announces Q2B 2021: Practical Quantum Computing | QC Ware today announced its fifth annual Q2B Practical Quantum Computing conference to be held exclusively in-person at the Santa Clara Convention Center on December 7-9, 2021. Q2B is the world’s largest gathering of the quantum computing community, focusing solely on quantum computing applications and driving the discourse on quantum advantage and commercialization. Source: PR Newswire (QC Ware). QC Ware Announces Q2B 2021: Practical Quantum Computing…
Quantum Rising: New Study Reveals 69% of Companies Surveyed Already Have an In-House Quantum Computing Program | D-Wave Systems Inc., the leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services, and the only company developing both annealing and gate-model quantum computers commissioned Hyperion Research, the high performance computing analyst group, to explore enterprise attitude and appetite with regard to quantum computing. The survey garnered over 400 responses from key decision makers integral to their company’s strategic technology planning and procurement processes in North America, Europe, South Korea, and Japan. The unique data and insights not only illuminate that nearly 70% surveyed have some form of an in-house quantum computing program, but also how enterprises are engaging with quantum computing today and how they intend to utilize the powerful technology in the near future. Source: D-Wave Systems Inc.. Quantum Rising: New Study Reveals 69% of Companies Surveyed Already Have an In-House Quantum Computing Program…
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IBM’s 127-qubit chip Eagle: Quantum computing may soon be too powerful to ignore | IBM says its new quantum chip will overtake classical computers in two years. Tech leaders should be starting to consider whether quantum computing can help their business, experts advise. Source: TECH MONITOR. IBM’s 127-qubit chip Eagle: Quantum computing may soon be too powerful to ignore…
HEALTHCARE: Quantum Computing For Enterprise Market Overview Highlighting Major Drivers | The global quantum computing for enterprise market is forecast to reach a market size of USD 3,907.4 Million by 2027, and register a steady revenue growth rate, according to latest analysis by Emergen Research. Growth of the global quantum computing for enterprise market in terms of revenue is expected to increase substantially over the forecast period due to increasing global demand for quantum computing simulation for drug discovery and to identify new chemical compounds Source: DailyBubble News. HEALTHCARE: Quantum Computing For Enterprise Market Overview Highlighting Major Drivers…
A Quantum Computing Startup That Believes It Can Finally Win The Qubit Race | Atom Computing describes itself as “an organization obsessive about constructing the world’s most scalable quantum computer systems out of optically trapped impartial atoms.” The corporate lately revealed it had spent the previous two years secretly constructing a quantum pc utilizing Strontium atoms as its items of computation. Source: atom computing. A Quantum Computing Startup That Believes It Can Finally Win The Qubit Race…
Atos and IQM study finds 76% of global HPC data centers to use quantum computing by 2023 | Atos and IQM today announce the findings from the first global IDC study on the current status and future of quantum computing in high performance computing (HPC). Commissioned by IQM and Atos, the study reveals that 76% of HPC data centers worldwide plan to use quantum computing by 2023, and that 71% plan to move to on-premises quantum computing by 2026. Source: GlobeNewswire (Atos). Atos and IQM study finds 76% of global HPC data centers to use quantum computing by 2023…
Quantum Computing | First quantum computer to pack 100 qubits enters crowded race Source: Optimize IAS. Quantum Computing…
A new quantum computer startup from Harvard, MIT raises US$17M | A new quantum computer startup born from researchers at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) called QuEra Computing said on Wednesday it raised US$17 million from investors, including Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. Source: CNA. A new quantum computer startup from Harvard, MIT raises US$17M…
Algorithms & Software
IBM Quantum breaks the 100‑qubit processor barrier | IBM Quantum unveiled Eagle, a 127-qubit quantum processor. Eagle is leading quantum computers into a new era — we’ve launched a quantum processor that has pushed us beyond the 100-qubit barrier. We anticipate that, with Eagle, our users will be able to explore uncharted computational territory — and experience a key milestone on the path towards practical quantum computation. Source: IBM Research. IBM Quantum breaks the 100‑qubit processor barrier…
Scqubits: a Python package for superconducting qubits | scQubits is an open-source Python package for simulating and analyzing superconducting circuits. It provides convenient routines to obtain energy spectra of common superconducting qubits, such as the transmon. The library provides an extensive suite of methods for estimating qubit coherence times due to a variety of commonly considered noise channels. Source: Quantum the open journal for quantum science. Scqubits: a Python package for superconducting qubits…
Quantum Computing and Quantum Algorithms in AI | Quantum computing and quantum mechanics are different things. You can be good at one without knowing anything about the other. For quantum computing, we can abstract all of the hardware and properties of the particles and just represent them as a qubit. Source: INSPIRIT AI. Quantum Computing and Quantum Algorithms in AI…
Azure Quantum drives data storage improvements | As organizations continue to struggle to maximize storage utilization and optimize analyzing massive amounts of data, Microsoft is upping its focus on the “high promise of quantum technology,” Daniel Stocker, program manager, Azure Quantum technology, told VentureBeat. Source: VentureBeat. Azure Quantum drives data storage improvements…
Cybersecurity & Cryptography
Securing information in the quantum era | Internet traffic has seen a staggering, albeit expected increase since the pandemic. Everything from online gaming, shopping, learning, banking, and streaming services, have all experienced an immense boost in consumption, as society has sought to survive and escape reality. Source: CyberHive. Securing information in the quantum era…
Quantum Xchange Collaborates with Thales to Enable Quantum-Safe Key Delivery Across Any Distance, Over Any Network Media | Quantum Xchange, delivering the future of encryption with its leading-edge key distribution platform has collaborated with Thales to offer immediate quantum-safe and crypto-agile key delivery capabilities. The resulting quantum-resistant network solution enables end-users to future-proof the security of their data and communications networks; overcome the vulnerabilities of present-day encryption techniques, e.g., keys and data traveling together; and protect against man-in-the-middle, harvesting, and future quantum attacks. Source: QuantumXchange. Quantum Xchange Collaborates with Thales to Enable Quantum-Safe Key Delivery Across Any Distance, Over Any Network Media…
Closer to a simple and efficient method of quantum encryption with quantum dots | A team at Hebrew University developed a system that uses fluorescent crystals. A laser beam shone at these quantum dots causes them to fluoresce and emit a stream of single photons. Source: nanowerk. Closer to a simple and efficient method of quantum encryption with quantum dots…
Moving closer to a simple and efficient method of quantum encryption | Quantum computers will revolutionize our computing lives. For some critical tasks they will be mind-bogglingly faster and use much less electricity than today’s computers. However, and here’s the bad news, these computers will be able to crack most of the encryption codes currently used to protect our data, leaving our bank and security information vulnerable to attacks. Currently, most computer security relies on mathematical manipulations that, at present, ensure a very high level of security—it would take a regular computer billions of years to break one of those codes. However, in our quantum future, new methods of encryption that rely on the laws of physics, rather than mathematical equations, will need to be developed. Source: EurekAlert! . Moving closer to a simple and efficient method of quantum encryption…
Quantum Computers May Spell Doom For Cryptocurrency; Will We Be Able To Buy GPUs Again? | Quantum computers are really, really bad at most of the things we use computers for, but they’re impossibly-superior at certain, select tasks. One of those tasks happens to be breaking encryption. That’s a concern for security agencies the world over, but it’s also a concern for people who are heavily invested in cryptocurrencies. Source: HOTHARDWARE. Quantum Computers May Spell Doom For Cryptocurrency; Will We Be Able To Buy GPUs Again?
Closer to a Simple and Efficient Method of Quantum Encryption | Quantum computers will revolutionize our computing lives. For some critical tasks, they will be mind-bogglingly faster and use much less electricity than today’s computers. This good news also has a downfall— these computers will be able to crack most of the encryption codes currently used to protect our data, leaving our bank and security information vulnerable to attacks. Currently, most computer security relies on mathematical manipulations that ensure a very high level of security—it would take a standard computer billions of years to break one of those codes. However, in our quantum future, new methods of encryption that rely on the laws of physics, rather than mathematical equations, will need to be developed. Source: AFHU. Closer to a Simple and Efficient Method of Quantum Encryption…
How to fix crypto’s quantum-computing security vulnerability | When exploring whether Bitcoin is vulnerable to quantum computing, the Bitcoin Foundation revealed, “Is Bitcoin vulnerable to quantum computing? Yes, most systems relying on cryptography in general are, including traditional banking systems. However, quantum computers don’t yet exist and probably won’t for a while. In the event that quantum computing could be an imminent threat to Bitcoin, the protocol could be upgraded to use post-quantum algorithms.” Source: BUSINESS IT (Bit). How to fix crypto’s quantum-computing security vulnerability…
Technology & Hardware
IBM claims advance in quantum computing | IBM has unveiled an advanced “quantum” processor that is part of an effort to build super-fast computers. Source: BBC. IBM claims advance in quantum computing…
Quantum Computing Explained for Beginners | Digital transformation is changing the world faster than ever before. Learning about the key concepts of the digital age will become even more critical with the imminent arrival of another new wave of technology capable of transforming existing models with astonishing speed and power: quantum computing. In this article, we compare the basic concepts of traditional computing and quantum computing, and also begin to explore their application in different areas. Source: #HashDork. Quantum Computing Explained for Beginners…
The State of Quantum Computing Systems | The Electronic Numerical Integrator Analyzer and Computer, or the ENIAC as it is commonly known, is a lasting product of the Second World War. It is generally credited with starting the modern computing age, even though its original purpose was much more computationally modest, intended as a ballistics calculator for WWII. Source: TECHSPOT. The State of Quantum Computing Systems…
Physicists reveal non-reciprocal flow around the quantum world | A pair of theoretical physicists, from the University of Exeter (United Kingdom) and the University of Zaragoza (Spain), have developed a quantum theory explaining how to engineer non-reciprocal flows of quantum light and matter. The research may be important for the creation of quantum technologies which require the directional transfer of energy and information at small scales. Source: University of EXETER. Physicists reveal non-reciprocal flow around the quantum world…
IBM claims advance in quantum computing | IBM has unveiled an advanced “quantum” processor that is part of an effort to build super-fast computers. Source: BBC. IBM claims advance in quantum computing…
Quantum Computing Takes Off: A Look at the Evolution of Quantum Technology and Patents | Source: IPWATCHDOG. Quantum Computing Takes Off: A Look at the Evolution of Quantum Technology and Patents..
Government & Policy
On the Path to Exascale, Q-Exa Consortium Tightens the Bonds Between Quantum Computers and Traditional Supercomputing | During a press conference on November 15, 2021, German Federal Minister for Education and Research Anja Karliczek announced the beginning of the Q-Exa consortium, an ambitious project aimed at accelerating European quantum computing technologies with the assistance of traditional high-performance computing (HPC). Source: GCS. On the Path to Exascale, Q-Exa Consortium Tightens the Bonds Between Quantum Computers and Traditional Supercomputing…
Report: Without Bold R&D Investments, United States Risks Losing Position as one of the World’s Top Innovators | As detailed in the report—the latest in a series of Solutions Briefs on Sustaining Capitalism—the changing national and global research landscape is adversely affecting the US’ overall ability to develop new science and technology. Since 1980, what has been steadily declining is government funding of basic, foundational research—like that which inspired major breakthroughs such as the internet, messenger-RNA vaccines, and the Human Genome Project. For the first time since 2013, the US is no longer included among the top-10 most innovative countries. What’s more, American students in secondary schools rank 18th in science and 37th in math, compared to their international peers; meanwhile, China ranks first in both. Source: MARKETS INSIDER. Report: Without Bold R&D Investments, United States Risks Losing Position as one of the World’s Top Innovators…
European Commission allots €2B of funding for AI, quantum, digital skills | The European Commission has adopted a Digital Europe Programme and allotted it €1.98 billion (US$2.25 billion) of funding as part of the Europe’s Digital Decade initiative. The funding is split into three programs, which in turn spread across the overall objectives. Source: BIOMETRICUPDATE.COM. European Commission allots €2B of funding for AI, quantum, digital skills…
IQM’s Q-Exa Consortium Selected to Integrate German Quantum Computer Into HPC Supercomputer for the First Time | IQM Quantum Computers has been selected to provide a quantum computing system that will be integrated into an HPC supercomputer to create an accelerator for future scientific research. The delivery is part of a €45.3 million consortium project. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with €40.1 million. Source: iTWeb. IQM’s Q-Exa Consortium Selected to Integrate German Quantum Computer Into HPC Supercomputer for the First Time…
IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi To Set Up India’s First Medical Cobotics Centre | I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and iHub Anubhuti, the TIH of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD), recently signed an MoU to set up India’s first Medical Cobotics Centre (MCC) at IIIT-Delhi. Source: AIM. IIT Delhi and IIIT Delhi To Set Up India’s First Medical Cobotics Centre…
What Europe can learn from France when it comes to quantum computing | Quantum is one segment of deeptech where the French are leaving the rest of Europe, and in fact most other nations, far behind. The ambition to set up a quantum hub in the Paris region, linking large corporations and startups, is truly impressive and far-reaching. Source: \sifted.eu/. What Europe can learn from France when it comes to quantum computing…
BECOMING A QUANTUM COMPANY | Quantum technologies are full of promise and potential. These technologies also bring their own challenges. Governments and businesses must start taking decisive action to manage the quantum changes as the second quantum revolution unfolds. Not doing so carries the risk of being left behind, and experience from other revolutions (like for example, artificial intelligence) shows that this is not a favorable position to be in. Organizations without an AI mindset failed to execute on AI projects. Thus, organizations need a change management approach unique to quantum. Source: Quantum Strategy Institute (QSI). BECOMING A QUANTUM COMPANY…
Australia ramps up quantum computing focus with $70 million commercialisation hub | The Morrison Government’s increased focus on technology took another step up today with $111 million allocated to quantum technologies. Source: startupdaily. Australia ramps up quantum computing focus with $70 million commercialisation hub…
New investment in Australia’s quantum technology industry | It is also funding a National Quantum Strategy to outline Australia’s vision for the quantum industry. Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley will guide the strategy as chair of the National Committee on Quantum. Committee members will include industry and academic experts. Source: Australian Government. New investment in Australia’s quantum technology industry…
Gov unveils principles to help secure critical technology supply chains | The federal government has unveiled a final set of regulatory principles aimed at helping businesses secure the supply chains of critical technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing. Source: itnews. Gov unveils principles to help secure critical technology supply chains…
The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) becomes a Research and Solution Partner of aQuantum | TNO, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) becomes a “Research Partner” and a “Solution Partner” of the aQuantum Partner Network (aQNetwork). Source: aQuantum. The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) becomes a Research and Solution Partner of aQuantum…
Science & Research
Clifford Circuit Optimization with Templates and Symbolic Pauli Gates | The Clifford group is a finite subgroup of the unitary group generated by the Hadamard, the CNOT, and the Phase gates. This group plays a prominent role in quantum error correction, randomized benchmarking protocols, and the study of entanglement. Here we consider the problem of finding a short quantum circuit implementing a given Clifford group element. Our methods aim to minimize the entangling gate count assuming all-to-all qubit connectivity. First, we consider circuit optimization based on template matching and design Clifford-specific templates that leverage the ability to factor out Pauli and SWAP gates. Second, we introduce a symbolic peephole optimization method. It works by projecting the full circuit onto a small subset of qubits and optimally recompiling the projected subcircuit via dynamic programming. CNOT gates coupling the chosen subset of qubits with the remaining qubits are expressed using symbolic Pauli gates. Software implementation of these methods finds circuits that are only 0.2% away from optimal for 6 qubits and reduces the two-qubit gate count in circuits with up to 64 qubits by 64.7% on average, compared with the Aaronson-Gottesman canonical form. Source: Quantum the open journal for quantum science. Clifford Circuit Optimization with Templates and Symbolic Pauli Gates…
Randomized Benchmarking as Convolution: Fourier Analysis of Gate Dependent Errors | We show that the Randomized Benchmarking (RB) protocol is a convolution amenable to Fourier space analysis. By adopting the mathematical framework of Fourier transforms of matrix-valued functions on groups established in recent work from Gowers and Hatami [19], we provide an alternative proof of Wallman’s [32] and Proctor’s [28] bounds on the effect of gate-dependent noise on randomized benchmarking. We show explicitly that as long as our faulty gate-set is close to the targeted representation of the Clifford group, an RB sequence is described by the exponential decay of a process that has exactly two eigenvalues close to one and the rest close to zero. This framework also allows us to construct a gauge in which the average gate-set error is a depolarizing channel parameterized by the RB decay rates, as well as a gauge which maximizes the fidelity with respect to the ideal gate-set. Source: Quantum the open journal for quantum science. Randomized Benchmarking as Convolution: Fourier Analysis of Gate Dependent Errors…
Physicists reveal non-reciprocal flow around the quantum world | IQM’s Q-Exa Consortium Selected to Integrate German Quantum Computer Into HPC Supercomputer for the First Time Source: PHYS.ORG (University of Exter). Physicists reveal non-reciprocal flow around the quantum world…
New powerful method to explore phase transitions in strongly correlated quantum systems | Researchers from Aalto University and Tampere University have developed a new theoretical method to study dynamical phase transitions in strongly correlated quantum systems. Far-from-equilibrium dynamics of quantum many-body systems is one of the most active research areas in physics. The breakthrough work was recently published in Physical Review X. Source: PHYS.ORG (Aalto University). New powerful method to explore phase transitions in strongly correlated quantum systems…
Pauli blocking is spotted in ultracold fermionic gases | A manifestation of the Pauli exclusion principle in ultracold atomic gases has been spotted for the first time by three independent research groups. Called Pauli blocking, the effect was first predicted 30 years ago and occurs when fermionic atoms in a quantum gas are unable to make transitions to nearby quantum states. Source: physicsworld. Pauli blocking is spotted in ultracold fermionic gases…
User Submission: Quantum Computing: A road from illusion to promise | One of the most researched technologies of the current time, quantum computing, is poised to emerge as an enabling technology ushering in a golden era of computing, solving problems intractable on current day’s classical computers. In this Paper, tracing the developments of quantum computers, we discuss the current challenges in realization of practical systems and the promise they offer. Also discuss its potential applications, market prospects and a peep into the future. Source: INDIAai. User Submission: Quantum Computing: A road from illusion to promise…
