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Atom Computing’s Next-Generation System Currently in Development. Credit: Aom Computing Atom Computing has previewed its next generation neutral atom process that will sport 1180 qubits on a 1225 site (35 x 35) array. The system is currently being tested in Atom's laboratory in Boulder, Colorado and expected to be made available to clients in 2024. In many respects, the machine is a scale up of their preceding 100 qubit processor, but it does have some key differences. The most significant is that they have changed the atom species used from Strontium to Ytterbium, and the machine is built for uptime. The [...]

A second U.S. area has been designated as a Tech Hub for quantum technology. A group called the Bloch Tech Hub, led by the Chicago Quantum Exchange (CQE), has been chosen to participate as part of Phase 1 of the U.S. Tech Hub program under the Chips and Science Act. The Chicago Quantum Exchange includes university and government lab members including members the University of Chicago, the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Northwestern University. The CQE also partners with many corporate, non-profit, and regional partners including the University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago State [...]

By Pedro Lopes, QuEra Computing U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories National laboratories have long been at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation, playing a crucial role in accelerating progress. Their infrastructure, established during the Second World War and continuously evolving since, has enabled significant discoveries in areas such as nuclear energy, weather forecasting (including climate change), and materials development for battery and carbon capture technologies, addressing pressing challenges faced by humanity. From their inception, national labs have recognized the importance of high-performance computing. They were early adopters of supercomputing technologies that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, positioning them [...]

Envisioned Extensions of an Operating Quantum Network for the AQNET-SD Project. Credit: Fermilab The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research program has awarded Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) $9 million in funding over a three year period for a Advanced Quantum Networks for Scientific Discovery (AQNET-SD) project to continue its research towards reliable, scalable and secure quantum networks. They will be working with Caltech, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to implement two quantum networks. The first is an extension of the  Illinois‐Express Quantum Network (IEQNET) which links Fermilab, Argonne National [...]