The Luxembourg-based European Investment Fund recently announced an investment of €30 million in Quantonation II, a French early-stage venture capital fund. The funding aims at accelerating the growth of companies operating in the fields of quantum technology and deep physics, and is intended to address a gap in the early-stage financing landscape. The fund aims […]
Inauguration of PIAST-Q European Quantum Computing in Poland
June 26, 2025 by
The EuroHPC JU has inaugurated PIAST-Q in Poznań, Poland. PIAST-Q is a laser-based trapped-ion quantum computer, hosted and operated by PCSS and supplied by AQT, in Innsbruck, Austria. PIAST-Q will offer a performance of 20 physical qubits along with several features for European users. This is the first EuroHPC infrastructure located in Poland. The inauguration ceremony […]
E4 Computer Engineering Reports 2024 Revenues of €56M
June 26, 2025 by
Scandiano, Italy, June 24, 2025 – E4 Computer Engineering, an Italian company in the field of ultra-high-tech hardware and software solutions for high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence, quantum computing (QC), cloud computing and data analytics, closed its 2024 financial statements with a turnover of 55.8 mln euros, up 102 percent from fiscal year 2023. The […]
HPC News Bytes 20260623: Fault Tolerant Quantum by 2029?, Quantum Roadmaps, Metrics and M&A, RIKEN and Fujitsu Team on FugakuNEXT
June 23, 2025 by
A good late June morning to you! A healthy portion of recent developments in the world of HPC-AI has focused on quantum computing, here’s a quick (7:09) run-through, including ….
IonQ and Kipu Quantum Report Protein Folding and Optimization Problem Records
June 19, 2025 by
Kipu Quantum and IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) announced what they said is a record achievement: the successful solution of “the most complex known protein folding problem” using Kipu’s algorithmic framework and IonQ quantum ….
Quantum: IonQ Acquires Oxford Ionics for Record $1B
June 12, 2025 by
June 12, 2025: IonQ earlier this week it has agreed to acquire Oxford Ionics for US$1.075 billion, the largest deal in the quantum computing industry to date, according to IonQ. The transaction will consist mostly of US$1.065 billion in IonQ shares (representing around 10 percent of IonQ’s market cap of ~US$10 billion at the time […]
IBM Says on Course to Fault-Tolerant Quantum by 2029
June 11, 2025 by
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., June 10, 2025 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled what the company said is its path to build the first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, “setting the stage for practical and scalable quantum computing.” Scheduled for delivery by 2029, IBM Quantum Starling will be built in a new IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New […]
Room Temp Quantum Brilliance System Installed at Fraunhofer IAF
June 5, 2025 by
Freiburg, Germany – 5 June 2025 – The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF announced a system from Quantum Brilliance (QB) is operational at the institute. The Quantum Development Kit (QB-QDK2.0) is integrated into the high-performance computing infrastructure at Fraunhofer IAF, the institute said. The system requires no cryogenics, fits into a standard […]
QuEra Installs Quantum System in Japan
May 28, 2025 by
Tsukuba, Japan – May 28, 2025 – QuEra Computing, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, announced it has installed its first quantum computer outside of its own labs – at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba. QuEra said the gate-based neutral-atom computer is a key step in Japan’s national quantum […]
HPC News Bytes 20250526: Biggest AI Training Center?, NVIDIA’s Quantum Moves, D-Wave Stock Pops, RISC-V Turns 15, ISC 2025 Is Near
May 26, 2025 by
A solemn Memorial Day (US) salute to our lost loved ones. The world of HPC-AI continues its global expansion with much news ….
