Mohamed Abdel-Kareem

Trapped-ion quantum computing hardware developer IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CMC Microsystems to integrate its commercial quantum systems into Canada’s FABrIC Quantum Computing Sandbox (QCS). The non-binding framework designates IonQ as an official cloud quantum access provider, enabling Canadian academic researchers, post-secondary institutions, and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) to execute algorithms on IonQ hardware. [ Canada FABrIC Quantum Computing Sandbox Architecture ] │ ┌──────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ Federal Funding & Administration Hardware & Cloud Infrastructure Target Innovator Cohorts • $217M CAD FABrIC Initiative. • IonQ Trapped-Ion Processors. • Canadian Post-Secondary Researchers. • Strategic Response Fund (SRF). [...]

Quantum software and materials discovery company OTI Lumionics, in collaboration with the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), has published research benchmarking its proprietary Iterative Qubit Coupled Cluster (iQCC) algorithm in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). Detailed in the paper ("Large-Scale Quantum Computing Emulation for Accurate Triplet States of Ir(III) and Pt(II) Phosphorescent Emitters"), the team demonstrated 200+ logical qubit quantum algorithm emulations on accessible, non-supercomputing classical hardware to design materials for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays. [ OTI Lumionics & SAIT Quantum Emulation Stack ] │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ Hardware Efficiency Benchmarks iQCC Algorithmic Precision Material [...]

Investment firm Texas Quantum Partners and Texas real estate developer Samara have unveiled the architectural master plan and operational site details for Occam Foundry, a dedicated 16.5-acre quantum technology campus taking shape in southeastern Travis County, Austin. Earthwork is currently underway on the property, which is designed to co-locate university spinouts, startups, and operational hardware alongside full-scale semiconductor cleanroom fabrication and characterization suites. [ Occam Foundry Austin Campus Master Layout ] │ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ Core Infrastructure & Fab Specialized R&D Labs Campus Commons & Admin • The Fab (Full-Scale Cleanroom). • The Sensing & Networking Lab. • Milliways (Campus [...]

Japanese telecommunications operator NTT DOCOMO has deployed its second commercial, production-grade quantum application powered by D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS). Operating on D-Wave’s hybrid quantum annealing platform via the Leap™ cloud service, the application optimizes Tracking Area Lists (TA-Lists) across mobile networks, reducing daily peak location registration signaling by 65.3% and paging signaling load by 7.0%. [ NTT DOCOMO Network Signaling Optimization Pipeline ] │ ┌────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ Production App 1: Single Tracking Area Paging Production App 2: Multi-Tracking Area TA-Lists • In-Zone Paging Signal Optimization. • Multi-Base-Station Boundary Optimization. • 15% Reduction in Paging Load. • 65.3% Peak Location Registration [...]

U.K.-based silicon quantum computing company Quantum Motion has established a new U.S. operational hub in the University of Maryland’s Discovery District in College Park. The site will support the company's commercial expansion and public-sector operations, placing Quantum Motion close to U.S. federal research and defense entities, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS). [ Quantum Motion US Operational Architecture ] │ ┌─────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ Silicon CMOS Hardware Stack Federal Defense Integration Regional Hub Co-Location • Standard Fab Spin-Qubit QPUs. • DARPA QBI Program Support. • UMD Discovery District Complex. [...]

Full-stack quantum and AI startup QpiAI has inaugurated an 8-inch quantum processing unit (QPU) manufacturing facility in Jakkur, Bengaluru. Formally designated as Phase 2 of its 70,000-square-foot R&D center, the quantum foundry can fabricate flip-chip superconducting quantum processors with up to 128 physical qubits. The company plans to complete Phase 3 by 2027, expanding the cleanroom infrastructure to fabricate single QPUs containing up to 10,000 physical qubits. [ QpiAI Vertically Integrated Quantum Foundry Stack ] │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ Cleanroom Lithography & Packaging Transmon & Fluxonium QPU Lineup Quantum Supremacy Centres (QSCs) • Class 100 & Class 1,000 Cleanrooms. • [...]

Chattanooga-based startup accelerator The Company Lab (CO.LAB) has launched CO.LAB Q, a 12-month quantum commercialization studio designed to translate early-stage quantum research into market-ready companies. Set to begin its inaugural cohort in November 2026, the program offers individualized commercialization pathways, pilot access, and technical infrastructure across quantum computing, networking, cybersecurity, sensing, and control hardware. [ CO.LAB Q Commercialization Studio Architecture ] │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ Founding Technology & Utility Partners Academic & Defense Partners Quantum Infrastructure Access • Quantinuum (Founding Compute Partner). • UTC (Founding Academic Partner). • EPB Quantum Network. • Middle Tennessee Electric (Utility). • Davidson Technologies (Defense). [...]

PsiQuantum has appointed Niklas Zennström to its Board of Directors, effective August 11, 2026. Zennström is the Founder and CEO of Atomico and co-founder of Skype. He succeeds Siraj Khaliq as Atomico's representative on the board, following recent executive additions including Victor Peng as CEO, Rob Soderbery as Executive Vice President, and Sriram Sitaraman as Chief Information Officer. The appointment coincides with PsiQuantum's ongoing construction of fault-tolerant quantum computing facilities in Chicago and Brisbane. The full official release is available here. EigenQ, Inc. has appointed Mark Pecen as Vice Chairman and promoted Alexander Truskovsky to the newly created role of Chief [...]

An international research consortium led by IBM Quantum, Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), Technische Universität Berlin, and Purdue University—alongside global academic and industrial partners—has introduced the Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library (QOBLIB). Published in Nature Computational Science ("The Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library"), the open-source initiative establishes a standardized, model-independent benchmarking framework to evaluate quantum, classical, and hybrid algorithms across ten NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem classes. [ QOBLIB Model-Independent Benchmarking Stack ] │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ The "Intractable Decathlon" Open-Source Repository & Web Portal Cross-Paradigm Evaluation • 10 Hard Combinatorial Classes. • 1,260+ Curated Problem Instances. • Head-to-Head Solver Tracking. • 20 to [...]

https://youtu.be/GKTP7OULWb4 Physicists at Rice University have developed an experimental reservoir-engineering scheme that introduces independently tunable temperatures and dissipation rates to the vibrational modes of a trapped-ion quantum simulator. Published in Physical Review Letters ("Experimental Realization of Thermal Reservoirs with Tunable Temperature in a Trapped-Ion Spin-Boson Simulator"), the technique enables open-system quantum simulations of chemical reactions, charge transfer, and molecular exciton dynamics under realistic thermodynamic conditions. [ Rice University Engineered Thermal Reservoir Architecture ] │ ┌────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┐ ▼ ▼ Controlled Electric-Field Heating Targeted Laser Cooling • Broadcasts RF Signals with Stochastic Phases. • Removes Phonon Excitations from Selected Modes. • Delivers Random "Kicks" [...]