Pisa, Italy – December 17, 2024 – Quantum technology company Planckian today announced the release of a blueprint for a superconducting quantum chip designed to address the quantum wiring problems. The chip architecture employs a control setup that manipulates qubits via a shared control line while selectively driving them to perform universal quantum computation. “The […]
Planckian Announces Architecture Addressing Quantum Wiring Problems
NSF Launches 6 Quantum Pilot Projects
Dec. 16, 2024 — The U.S. National Science Foundation has launched six pilot projects “to bridge scientific gaps between current quantum technological capabilities and those needed to fully harness quantum properties of energy and matter for practical uses,” the NSF said. Click HERE to learn more. The six projects join five others that the agency announced in […]
IBM and State of Illinois Announce Quantum Initiative
Yorktown Heights, NY and Chicago — December 12, 2024 — Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced a collaboration to establish the National Quantum Algorithm Center in the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) in Chicago. Anchored by IBM and other quantum computing pioneers including the University of Chicago and the University […]
Google: ‘Willow’ Quantum System Beats Classical HPC by Exascales
Google has announced that its latest quantum computing system, “Willow,” delivers unprecedented performance on a quantum benchmark and has made significant advances in error correction: Willow can reduce errors “exponentially” ….
HPC News Bytes 20241209: Gelsinger’s Intel Exit, Marvell’s Rising Star, Quantum in China
A happy December 9 to you! Here’s a quick (7:23) review of news from the world of HPC-AI: Potential whys and wherefores of Pat Gelsinger exit from Intel, Marvell-AWS custom AI chip alliance, China comes out of the shadows ….
Pasqal 100-Qubit Quantum Computer Shipped to Jülich Supercomputing Centre
Dec. 2, 2024 — The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany received a 100-qubit quantum computer from neutral atom quantum computing company Pasqal in mid-November.
Quantum: Alice & Bob Announce Logical Qubit Emulator
PARIS, 26th November 2024 – Alice & Bob, a fault-tolerant quantum computing company, today announced Felis 1.0, its toolbox with logical qubit emulator designed to help users prepare for quantum computing by facilitating the transition from NISQ to fault-tolerant algorithms. “Many business leaders have yet to realize that the quantum algorithms their teams develop will […]
Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute Selects IQM Spark Quantum Computer
Taipei, Taiwan, 25th November 2024 – The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) under the National Applied Research Laboratories today announces the procurement of its first full-stack quantum computer from IQM Quantum Computers (IQM). The delivery and installation of the system at TSRI’s premises will take place in the second quarter of 2025. Both TSRI and IQM aim […]
IBM and Pasqal Expand Quantum-Centric Supercomputing Initiative
Yorktown Heights, New York, and Paris, Nov. 21, 2024 – IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Pasqal today announced an update to their intended collaboration to build new, integrated frameworks for quantum-centric supercomputing with Qiskit quantum software. The two companies will soon begin developing a unified programming model to facilitate seamless interoperability across different types of quantum computing hardware. […]
Algorithmiq Paired with Nvidia on Quantum Computing
HELSINKI Nov. 18, 2024: Algorithmiq today announced a venture to accelerate error mitigation techniques for near-term quantum devices. Algorithmiq’s quantum software solutions, paired with NVIDIA-accelerated supercomputing, are aimed at dramatically speeding up the timeline for achieving practical quantum advantage. This offers the potential to overcome current limitations in quantum computing, paving the way for more stable, […]