A happy Supercomputing Conference week to you from St. Louis! Here’s a fast (9:50) rundown of recent HPC and AI developments: China feeling the bite of AI chip export ….
HPC News Bytes 20251117: SC25 Starts!, Conflicting Tales of China AI Chip Bans, Quantum in the News, NSF Supercomputing Centers Hit 40
BASF and D-Wave Announce PoC with Manufacturing Benchmark
PALO ALTO, Calif.– Nov. 5, 2025 – D-Wave Quantum and services, and chemical company BASF today announced the completion of a joint proof-of-concept project that used a hybrid-quantum application to optimize manufacturing workflows in a BASF liquid-filling facility. The hybrid-quantum technology set a new benchmark for manufacturing efficiency, allowing reduction of production scheduling time from […]
D-Wave Quantum Computer Available for U.S. Government Applications at Davidson Technologies
PALO ALTO, Calif. and HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – November 3, 2025 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and Davidson Technologies, Inc., a technology company supporting U.S. Department of Defense and aerospace customers, announced that D-Wave’s Advantage2 quantum computer is now operational at Davidson’s headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama. The system is designed to address U.S. government problems, […]
Swiss Quantum Technology in €10M Deal to Deploy D-Wave Quantum
PALO ALTO, Calif. & COMO, Italy – October 15, 2025 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced an agreement with Swiss Quantum Technology SA (“SQT”) to deploy a D-Wave Advantage2 annealing quantum computer […]
D-Wave Joins Italy’s ‘Q-Alliance’ Quantum Hub
PALO ALTO, Calif. & COMO – October 14, 2025 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. announced is is a founder of Q-Alliance, defined in the Memorandum of Understanding signed in Como today as “The Birth of the World’s Most Powerful Quantum Hub.” The initiative provides the Lombardy region of northern Italy with an infrastructure that leverages D-Wave […]
D-Wave Introduces Quantum AI Developer Toolkit
PALO ALTO, Calif. – August 4, 2025 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced it has released a collection of offerings to help developers explore quantum artificial intelligence and machine learning innovation, including an open-source quantum AI toolkit and a demo. Available now for download, the quantum AI toolkit enables developers to integrate quantum computers […]
D-Wave Introduces Quantum AI Developer Toolkit
PALO ALTO, Calif. – August 4, 2025 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced it has released a collection of offerings to help developers explore quantum artificial intelligence and machine learning innovation, including an open-source quantum AI toolkit and a demo. Available now for download, the quantum AI toolkit enables developers to integrate quantum computers […]
D-Wave Quantum Announces Cryogenic Packaging Initiative
PALO ALTO, Calif. – July 30, 2025 – D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) announced a development initiative focused on advanced cryogenic packaging. Designed to advance and scale both gate model and annealing quantum processor development, the initiative is intended to expand the company’s multichip packaging capabilities, equipment, and processes. D-Wave said it aims to accelerate […]
Canadian Scientists Use D-Wave in Quantum-AI Simulations
A team of scientists from Canadian particle accelerator center TRIUMF and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics have unveiled a “transformative research that merges quantum techniques with advanced AI ….”
D-Wave Shares Soar on News of Quantum System GA
In the volatile realm of quantum computing, D-Wave is on a volatile, upward-pointing run of its own, one that points up the high hopes for the potential of quantum computing. As recently as six months ago, the quantum startup’s share price remained ….








