IQM Quantum Reports Benchmarks on 20-Qubit System 

Espoo, Finland, 20th February 2024 – IQM Quantum Computers  announced it has achieved its latest benchmarks measured on its 20-qubit quantum computer.   Among the system-level benchmarks IQM obtained:  Quantum Volume (QV) of 2^5=32  Circuit Layer Operations Per Second (CLOPS) of 2600  20-qubit GHZ state with fidelity greater than 0.5   Q-score of 11  Quantum volume (QV) is a benchmark that […]

EuroHPC JU Issues Procurement Call for LUMI-Quantum

The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a call for tender for the installation of LUMI-Q, a new EuroHPC quantum computer to be located in Czechia and integrated into the EuroHPC supercomputer KAROLINA. EuroHPC JU said LUMI-Q will be a digital quantum computer….

Quantum: PASQAL Announces New Chairman, Deputy CEO

PARIS – February 13, 2024 — PASQAL, a company focused on neutral atoms quantum computing, today announced the appointment of Wasiq Bokhari as chairman of its board of directors, the promotion of Loïc Henriet to Deputy CEO and the creation of separate hardware and software divisions. With over 20 years of entrepreneurial, investment and corporate […]

HPC News Bytes 20240108: Ericsson and the Intel 4 Process, AI and VC in 2023, Samsung and CXL for RHEL, Quantum Cybersecurity

A good January morning to you! Here’s a brief (5:14) run-down of goings-on in HPC-AI: Ericsson may beat Intel to the Intel 4 process punch, AI a bright spot on 2023 venture landscape, Samsung optimizes CXL for RHEL, new quantum cybersecurity reearch.

D-Wave Quantum Completes SOC 2 Type 2 Security Audit

PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., — January 4, 2024 —  D-Wave Quantum Inc.  today announced the successful completion of its SOC 2 Type 2 audit as of December 7, 2023. D-Wave said it is the first full-stack quantum computing provider to achieve SOC 2 Type 2 compliance and follows D-Wave’s successful SOC 2 Type 1 […]

HPC News Bytes 20240103: Gelsinger on Moore’s Law, TSMC 1nm Plans, Huawei Financials, DARPA’s Quantum Project

All the best to everyone in 2024! A number of interesting things happened in HPC-AI last week, here’s a brief (5:18) run-down: Gelsinger’s updated Intel view on Moore’s Law; TSMC’s 1nm chip plans, Arizona fab labor dispute; Huawei’s improved financials,; DARPA’s “utility scale” quantum….

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 20231120: SC23 Overview – Exascale Update, New AI Chips, Quantum Village, UCIe-PCIe-Ultra Ethernet

In this edition of the HPC News Bytes podcast, Shahin takes us on a rapid (5:04) tour of SC23, analyzing the key developments and new technologies that highlighted last week’s conference in Denver: Conference attendance expands to 14,000; exascale update and future; raft of new chips, many focused on AI; Quantum Village at SC23; UCIe, PCIe and Ultra Ethernet

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 […]

D-Wave and Satispay Announce Quantum-hybrid Application for European Payment Network

PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., MILAN — October 11, 2023 — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and Satispay, an Italian fintech company focused on mobile payments, today said they have built a quantum-hybrid application designed to optimize customer rewards initiatives. Using D-Wave’s constrained quadratic model (CQM) hybrid solver, the application showed an improvement of 50 percent in […]