LOS ANGELES, June 10, 2024 — Q-CTRL, a developer of quantum infrastructure software, today announced it is the winner of the Digital Courseware Solution of the Year Award by EdTech Breakthrough for its quantum computing workforce development educational platform, Black Opal for Enterprise. Q-CTRL said that within the EdTech industry, Black Opal for Enterprise offers […]
Quantinuum Launches Trapped-Ion 56-Qubit Quantum Computer
June 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
BROOMFIELD, CO, and LONDON, June 5, 2024 – Integrated quantum computing company Quantinuum today unveiled what the company said is the industry’s first quantum computer with 56 trapped-ion qubits. “H2-1’s has further enhanced its market-leading fidelity and is now impossible for a classical computer to fully simulate,” Quantinuum said in its announcement. A joint team […]
JPMorgan Chase, Argonne and Quantinuum Show Theoretical Quantum Optimization Speedup
June 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
June 5, 2024 — In a new paper in Science Advances on May 29, researchers at JPMorgan Chase, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and Quantinuum have demonstrated clear evidence of a quantum algorithmic speedup for the quantum approximate optimization algorithm (QAOA). This algorithm has been studied extensively and has been implemented […]
Q-CTRL Reports Optimization Problem Records
June 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
London, June 5, 2024 – Quantum infrastructure software company Q-CTRL today announced published results that the company says demonstrate a boost of more than 4X in the size of an optimization problem that can be accurately solved, and show that a utility-scale IBM quantum computer can outperform competitive annealer and trapped ion technologies. “The recent […]
Montana State Selects ORCA Computing for Distributed Quantum Computing and Communications
June 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
LONDON and AUSTIN, June 5, 2024 — ORCA Computing, a quantum computing company, has been selected by Montana State University (MSU) to supply two PT-1 quantum photonics systems, advancing distributed quantum computing and critical quantum capabilities. Funded by the U.S Air Force as part of a new Applied Quantum CORE grant, the ORCA systems will […]
Quantum: Photonic Demonstrates Distributed Entanglement between Modules
May 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
VANCOUVER, BC, May 30, 2024—Photonic Inc., a distributed quantum computing in silicon company, today announced what the company said is a milestone on the path to commercial quantum systems. While many existing quantum architectures achieve entanglement within modules, Photonic has demonstrated entanglement between modules. In this way, Photonic’s architecture provides a unique solution to one […]
Riverlane Partners with Alice & Bob on Quantum Error Correction
May 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Cambridge, Paris, Boston, 29th May: Quantum error correction technology company Riverlane and fault tolerant quantum computing company Alice & Bob have signed an agreement to work on the integration of Riverlane’s quantum error correction (QEC) stack within the larger quantum computing system based on cat qubit technology that Alice & Bob is developing. Qubits, the […]
At ISC 2024: Chief Architect Kirk Bresniker on HPE’s Quantum – and Overall Heterogenous – Vision
May 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
At ISC 2024, we spoke with Kirk Bresniker, chief architect of Hewlett Packard Labs. Bresniker is closely involved in directing HPE’s supercomputing vision, and he provides a glimpse ….
Pasqal Signs Quantum Computing Agreement with Aramco
May 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2024 – Energy and chemicals company Aramco has signed an agreement with neutral atom quantum computing company Pasqal to install what the companies said is the first quantum computer in Saudi Arabia. Pasqal will install, maintain and operate a 200-qubit quantum computer, which is scheduled for deployment in the second […]
HPC News Bytes 20240513: ISC 2024 Starts, Quantum Investments, China-Taiwan-TSMC Scenario Planning, Electricity Supply Running Low
May 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Let’s take a quick (6:21) run through new developments in the world of HPC-AI, including: ISC 2024 begins today, substantial new investments in quantum continue, U.S. Commerce ….
