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Puzzles, Games & History Create Quantum Education Overview Postdoc researcher Joel Hutchinson discusses quantum materials and innovative science communication with host Veronica Combs in this episode of The Quantum Spin by HKA. Joel is an experimentalist at the University of Basel who specializes in 2D quantum materials. He is also a science communicator who helped to build the “Save the Cat'” quantum quest, a game that incorporates physics puzzles as well as history lessons in scientific discovery. He and host Veronica Combs cover the Hubbard Model as well as the power of games to level the educational playing field. 00:00 Introduction [...]

Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has published its development roadmap for the next nine years with an end goal of producing a quantum processor, codenamed Atlas with 50,000 logical qubits by 2034, the largest number that anyone else has disclosed to date. Leading up to the Atlas, the company will be developing a series of three additional machines, codenamed Genesis, Titan, and Athena with increasing qubit count and error rate. The company expects that the machine slated for 2028, Titan, will be able to provide users with a commercial advantage over classical alternatives on some applications. A key technology element that they [...]

Many countries are seeking to be amongst the leaders in developing and utilizing quantum technology to benefit the lives of their citizens. And the United Kingdom is no exception. Recently, Labour Tech and the YIMBY Initiative published a report including contributions from 11 quantum experts, including GQI's own Dr. Joe Spencer that outlines an urgent, mission-led strategy to secure the UK’s global leadership in quantum technologies. It emphasizes that quantum computing is no longer speculative science but a geopolitical, economic, and security imperative. The UK, despite its strong academic foundations and early investments, is at risk of becoming a “research lab [...]

We had reported in our story about IonQ's Q1 financial report last month that IonQ announced its intention to acquire LightSynq Technologies. IonQ has now announced they have completed the acquisition and delivered 12,377,433 "Stock Consideration" shares. At the current market price for Ionq as of today of $39.81 this would amount to about $492.7 million, although some of those shares include stock options subject to vesting conditions. Lightsynq is a Boston-based startup that specializes in photonic interconnects and quantum memory used in creating a quantum internet and also for connecting individual quantum processors together to form a larger cluster. As [...]

Students from the CU News Corps at the University of Colorado, Boulder have created a report on quantum technology and how organizations in the state of Colorado are working to make it a reality. The report covers activities and quotes from organizations including Vescent Photonics, Elevate Quantum, Atom Computing, JILA, Colorado School of Mines, and others that help explain the technology and how it will make an impact in the future. To access the report, you can reach it by clicking on the report title The New Frontier of Technology: Quantum Computing. May 31, 2025

By Jordan Makansi Introduction: The Quantum Simulation Milestone In March 2025, D-Wave Quantum announced a breakthrough in quantum computing: a demonstration of quantum computational advantage using their Advantage2 quantum annealer. The company claimed it had successfully simulated the real-time dynamics of large, disordered quantum spin glasses, a task long considered intractable for classical computers. See the earlier QCR article published when D-Wave made their original announcement here.Almost immediately, teams from EPFL and the Flatiron Institute pushed back with a classical simulation that replicated aspects of D-Wave’s result using a variational Monte Carlo method. The rapid rebuttal raised important questions: What exactly [...]

Wrangling Qubits in the Colorado Quantum Ecosystem Overview Colorado has a full-stack quantum hardware ecosystem: home to companies making all the components that go into a quantum computer as well as companies making the computers. Vescent CEO Scott Davis and his team are right in the middle of this vibrant ecosystem. In the latest episode of The Quantum Spin by HKA, host Veronica Combs talks with Scott about how his company helps scientists and engineers control qubits to build better atomic clocks and other precision equipment. They also discuss the contributions NIST and other government research institutions “turn on money” for [...]

Chart Showing the Continued Improvement in the Estimated Number of Physical QubitsRequired to Factor a 2048 Bit RSA Integer In 2019, co-authors Craig Gidney and Martin Ekerå published a technical paper titled How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers in 8 hours using 20 million noisy qubits. It describes a potential approach based upon Shor's algorithm and several subsequent research that would be able to factor this type of integer in an 8 hour period using a fault tolerant quantum computer that had a grid based topology with 4-way connectivity, a physical gate error rate of 10−3, a surface code cycle [...]

Building Qubit Controls with Curiosity & Collaboration Overview In this episode, host Veronica Combs talks with Michaela Eichinger, PhD, a Product Solutions Physicist at Quantum Machines. The company builds advanced quantum control technologies to ensure classical and quantum components work together seamlessly. Michaela also is a skilled scientific communicator, posting detailed and easy-to-understand explanations of quantum tech on LinkedIn. The conversation ranges from the excitement of working in a dynamic industry and the career opportunities for quantum-curious people at every skill level to the challenges of fabricating quantum chips and the importance of collaboration. 00:00 Introduction to Quantum Spin Season Four [...]

IonQ has been in the news a lot recently with several announcement of partnerships, technical developments, and company acquisitions. You can see our most recent report covering their Q1 Financial Report in our article here and you can see a complete listing of all the recent stories we have posted about them by clicking here. So in order to get more insight into the companies strategy the Quantum Computing Report by GQI sent over a few questions over to Niccolo de Masi to better understand the thinking behind some of their recent moves. You can see our questions (labelled GQI) along [...]