April 17, 2024 — Quantum computing company Riverlane has been selected for Phase 2 of the Quantum Benchmarking program funded by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The aim of the program is to design key quantum computing metrics for practically relevant problems and estimate the required quantum and classical resources needed to reach […]
Exaion and PINQ² to Launch the HPC-Quantum Platform in Quebec
April 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Montreal and Paris, April 12, 2024: Exaion, a Canadian subsidiary of the EDF Group (Électricité de France), a developer of digital service platforms aimed at eco-responsibility1, and PINQ² (Québec Digital and Quantum Innovation Platform), a non-profit organization created by the Quebec government and the University of Sherbrooke, announced plans to launch by the end of […]
HPC News Bytes 20240408: Chips Ahoy! …and Quantum Error Rate Progress
April 8, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A good April morning to you! Chips dominate the HPC-AI news landscape, which has become something of an industry commonplace of late, including: TSMC’s Arizona fab on schedule, the Dutch government makes a pitch to ASML, Intel foundry business’s losses, TSMC expands CoWoS capacity, SK hynix to investing in Indiana and Purdue, Quantinuum and Microsoft report 14,000 error-free instances
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Unveils IBM Quantum System One
April 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
TROY, NY, April 5, 2024 — Today, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and IBM unveiled the first IBM quantum computer on a university campus. Building on RPI’s bicentennial celebration of 200 years of firsts, the university said IBM Quantum System One will enhance educational and research opportunities for itself and other academic institutions and organizations across […]
Quantinuum and Microsoft Report 800x Lower Quantum Error Rate
April 4, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Quantinuum and Microsoft report they have achieved a breakthrough in fault tolerant quantum computing “by demonstrating the most reliable logical qubits with active syndrome extraction, an achievement previously believed to be years away from realization,” the companies said.
Classiq and Quantum Intelligence Partner on Drug Development
April 4, 2024 by Leave a Comment
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA and TEL AVIV, ISRAEL | April 04, 2024 — Quantum computing software company Classiq and Quantum Intelligence Corp. today announced the launch of joint research for drug development by applying quantum computing to pharmacology. The collaboration is under the auspices of Classiq’s Quantum Computing For Life Sciences & Healthcare Center, launched with NVIDIA […]
IQM Quantum Reports Benchmarks on 20-Qubit System
February 20, 2024 by
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
February 14, 2024 by
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
February 14, 2024 by
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
January 8, 2024 by
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.
