HPC News Bytes 20231211: AMD’s MI300, Quantum in the News, Linux Foundation’s 2 New Projects, EU AI Regulations, ISC Extends Deadlines

A happy deep and dark December morning to you! Here’s a sprint (5:28) through recent HPC-AI news, including: AMD MI300, the Q2B quantum conference and other quantum news, the Linux Foundation’s new projects….

Quantum: Harvard, QuEra, MIT and NIST/University of Maryland Announce Error-Corrected Algorithms on 48 Qubits

BOSTON, December 6, 2023 – Neutral-atom quantum company QuEra Computing today announced what the company said is a quantum computing breakthrough, published in the scientific journal Nature. In experiments led by Harvard University in collaboration with QuEra Computing, MIT, and NIST/UMD, researchers executed large-scale algorithms on an error-corrected quantum computer with 48 logical qubits and […]

Algorithmiq in Quantum Utility Path Demonstration with IBM Quantum

Helsinki and Yorktown, Virginia December 4, 2023: Algorithmiq, a scaleup developing quantum algorithms for life sciences, said it has run one of the largest scale error mitigation experiments to date on IBM’s hardware. The company said this positions Algorithmiq and IBM to reach quantum utility for real world use cases. The experiment was run with Algorithmiq’s […]

IBM Quantum Debuts 133-Qubit Processor and New System

Today, at its annual IBM Quantum Summit in New York, the company debuted the 133-qubit Quantum Heron, the first in what IBM said will be a series of utility-scale quantum processors whose architecture has been engineered over the past four years. IBM said the processor “deliver(s) IBM’s highest performance metrics and lowest error rates….”

PASQAL and Investissement Québec Launch $90M Quantum Initiative

Nov. 27, 2023 — French quantum computing company PASQAL announced it is part of the inauguration of Espace Quantique 1, a $90 million quantum initiative, in the center of the DistriQ Quantum Innovation Zone in Sherbrooke, Quebec, showcasing its approach to developing neutral atom quantum computers. The project aims to conduct manufacturing and commercialization activities […]

HPC News Bytes 20231127: NVIDIA Ethernet for GenAI; AWS’s Research & Engineering Studio; Exascale in China; Riken’s HPC+Quantum Push

This edition of our weekly HPC News Bytes podcast, Shahin and Doug offer a quick (5:18) fly-over of recent news in the world of HPC-AI, including: NVIDIA’s Ethernet offering, AWS’s Research & Engineering Studio, an update on exascale in China, Riken’s HPC+Quantum integration

Classiq Announces Quantum Center for Life Sciences with NVIDIA

TEL AVIV, November 13, 2023 — Quantum software pioneer Classiq today unveiled a new industry initiative, the Quantum Computing for Life Sciences & Healthcare Center, formed in collaboration with NVIDIA and the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. The initiative will champion the development and implementation of quantum algorithms and applications, targeting their transformative potential on life sciences and healthcare. Quantum […]

Quantum Machines and QuEra Computing Win Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation Award

Tel Aviv and Boston, November 7, 2023 – Quantum Machines,  the provider of quantum control solutions that accelerate the development of practical quantum computers, and neutral-atom quantum computing company QuEra Computing today announced they have been awarded a grant from the Board of Governors of the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation to […]

@HPCpodcast: Pete Ungaro Sounds Off on the State of HPC-AI

In this episode, the second in our “Industry View” series (see our conversation with Alain Andreoli), we are delighted to speak with Pete Ungaro, long-time luminary and respected industry leader in HPC-AI. Ungaro, a globally recognized technology executive, ws named to the “40 under 40” by Corporate Leader Magazine in 2008, and CEO of the Year….

Researchers in Japan Announce Room-Termperature Quantum Advance

Tokyo, November 2, 2023 — In a study published in Volume 20, Issue 4 of the journal Physical Review Applied on 16 October 2023, a team of researchers from Japan, led by Associate Professor Kaoru Sanaka from Tokyo University of Science (TUS), has successfully developed a single-photon light source consisting of doped ytterbium ions (Yb3+) in […]