Montréal, Sept. 16, 2024 – Quantum sofware company Q-CTRL today announced that it offers two services via IBM’s new Qiskit Functions Catalog to simplify application development and performance management services. Q-CTRL’s performance-management software, Fire Opal, improves the usability and capability of quantum computing by reducing errors and abstracting the details of how to operate hardware […]
BQP Reports on Aircraft CFD Simulations with Quantum Computing
September 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
New York, September 12, 2024 – BQP, a startup developing quantum-based engineering simulations, today announced what it said is a research milestone for simulating computational fluid dynamics. The milestone was achieved using a hybrid quantum-classical solver which is part of BQP’s next-gen simulation platform, BQPhy, according to BQP. After conducting ~100000 experiments, BQP researchers published […]
IonQ and the University of Maryland in $9M Quantum Partnership
September 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
COLLEGE PARK, MD – Sept. 11, 2024 – Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) and the University of Maryland today announced an agreement to expand their partnership to provide quantum computing access at the National Quantum Lab at Maryland (QLab), which provides UMD-affiliated students, faculty, researchers, staff and partners with an unprecedented opportunity to work […]
ISC 2025 Is Open for Submissions
September 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
The ISC 2025 Contributed Program is now open for submissions. Scientists and engineers from academia, industry and government are invited to submit proposals. The contributed program comprises research papers, posters, birds of a feather, tutorials and workshop sessions.
NSF Issues $39M in Quantum Science and Engineering Grants
August 29, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 29, 2024 — The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $39 million to help grow quantum research activities at U.S. institutions through the NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) program. This investment will fund 23 research projects aiming to break new ground in fields such as quantum computing, sensors and […]
Diraq Says It Drives 2-Qubit Gate Accuracy in CMOS above 99%
August 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – AUGUST 20, 2024 – Quantum computing company Diraq announced it has demonstrated consistent and repeatable operation with above 99 percent fidelity of two-qubit gates in the SiMOS (silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor) quantum dot platform. Consistent performance is key to the underlying integrity and capability of multi-qubit systems, with reliability and consistency in high-fidelity entangling operations […]
Quantum Circuits Closes $60M Series B Investment
August 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
August 15, 2024 – New Haven, CT – Quantum Circuits announced it has secured a final Series B investment round of more than $60 million. The company said the funds will provide “additional capital support as the company prepares to commercialize its quantum systems with an industry first – error detection built into a more powerful […]
QuEra Survey Says Quantum Is Developing Faster than Expected
August 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Boston, 7th August 2024 – New research from neutral atom quantum compuing company QuEra Computing says that over half of quantum academics, scientists, and professionals (51 percent) believe the technology is making faster progress than they expected, with 40 percent saying it will become a superior alternative to classical computing for certain workloads within the […]
IonQ Awarded $5.7M for DOD Quantum System Design
August 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
COLLEGE PARK, MD – AUG. 6, 2024 – IonQ announced today it has won a contract through a competitive solicitation with the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS) to design a first-of-its-kind, networked quantum computing system for the Department of Defense (DOD). The first phase of the project – awarded at $5.7 million […]
Quantum Error Correction Company Riverlane Raises $75M Series C
August 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Aug. 6, 2024, Cambridge, UK and Boston, MA — Quantum error correction company Riverlane announced it has raised $75 million in Series C funding to deliver its quantum error correction (QEC) roadmap. The company said the funding will enable Riverlane to expand operations to meet demand for QEC technology, with the goal of achieving 1 […]
