Feb. 6, 2025 — The Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) – has presented what it said is the first quantum computer developed with 100 percent European technology. “This milestone consolidates BSC at the forefront of supercomputing in Europe and lays the foundations for a new era of hybrid computing, combining traditional […]
IQM, Riverlane and Zurich Instruments to Launch Quantum Error Correction Platform
February 6, 2025 by
Cambridge, UK; Espoo, Finland; Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 6, 2025 – IQM Quantum Computers, Riverlane, and Zurich Instruments have announced the launch of the SurgeonQ project, a collaboration to create what they said is the first quantum computing platform capable of running multiple real-time quantum error correction operations. The project represents progress towards commercially viable quantum […]
EuroHPC JU Acquires €8.5M Qilimanjaro Quantum Annealer to be at Barcelona Supercomputing Center
February 3, 2025 by
Feb. 1, 2025 — The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has signed a procurement contract with Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech for MareNostrum-Ona, a quantum annealer to be hosted at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) in Spain. The system, co-funded with a total acquisition cost of €8.5 million ($8.8 million USD), will initially offer at least 10 physical qubits, with […]
SoftBank and Quantinuum in Quantum Partnership
January 29, 2025 by
SoftBank Corp. and Quantinuum today announced a partnership in quantum computing intended to “unlock innovative quantum computing solutions that will overcome the limitations of classical artificial intelligence and realize next-generation technologies.” Terms were not disclosed. SoftBank made news last week at the White House when President ….
Multiverse Computing and Kinesis Network Join on ‘AI Optimization’
January 17, 2025 by
Donostia, Spain and San Francisco – January 16, 2025 – Multiverse Computing and Kinesis Network Inc. have joined to provide what the companies said is an effort to optimize AI performance while reducing resource consumption. The partnership comes as demand for AI capabilities grows and organizations face challenges related to power demands for AI models. Quantum and […]
DOE Announces $625M Quantum Research Funding Opportunity
January 15, 2025 by
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science (SC) announced that $625 million is available to support National Quantum Information Science Research Centers. These centers, which are multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary teams, are intended to accelerate the transformational advances in basic science ….
NIST: Novel ‘Quantum Refrigerator’ Erases Chalkboard
January 14, 2025 by
A vexing problem has long confronted quantum computer designers: the need to keep bits in a superconducting quantum processor free of errors and ready to perform calculations whenever necessary. These “qubits” are notoriously sensitive to heat and radiation, which can spoil their calculations ….
Rigetti Launches 84-Qubit Ankaa-3 Quantum System
January 2, 2025 by
BERKELEY, Calif.,– Quantum-classical computing company Rigetti announced the launch of its flagship 84-qubit Ankaa-3 system featuring a hardware redesign. Rigetti said it also has achieved two-qubit gate fidelity milestones with Ankaa-3: halving error rates in 2024 to achieve a median 99 percent iSWAP gate fidelity, as well as 99.5 percent median fidelity fSim gates. Ankaa-3 […]
Multiverse Computing and Bundesdruckerei Use Quantum for Data Privacy and Fraud Detection
December 18, 2024 by
DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN – December 18, 2024 – AI and quantum company Multiverse Computing and the Bundesdruckerei Gmbs, the German federal government’s technology company, are exploring the potential of quantum and quantum-inspired solutions. The two companies recently completed two research projects that combined quantum-inspired software and data security expertise to build new prototypes that generate synthetic […]
Planckian Announces Architecture Addressing Quantum Wiring Problems
December 17, 2024 by
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 […]
