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MathWorks Introduces a MATLAB Support Package for Quantum Computing that Can Run Circuits on Amazon Braket

2023-12-14T17:40:27-08:00

The MATLAB Support Package for Quantum Computing allows users to build, simulate, and run quantum algorithms for prototyping quantum programs. It will allow a user to input a quantum program and then do a local simulation to display the results and includes additional capabilities to plot a histogram, display state formulas, and query possible states. A key feature is that it will also allow a user to run their quantum circuit on one of the several quantum processors or high performance quantum simulators that are available on Amazon Braket for those who have an AWS account with access to Amazon Braket. [...]

MathWorks Introduces a MATLAB Support Package for Quantum Computing that Can Run Circuits on Amazon Braket2023-12-14T17:40:27-08:00

Cisco Systems to Open a Quantum Research Lab in Santa Monica, California

2023-12-14T17:40:30-08:00

The new Cisco Quantum Lab, part of the Cisco Research group will research in quantum technologies, optics, and photonics as part of their Emerging Tech and Incubation (ET&I) initiatives. The researchers at this facility will collaborate with universities on joint quantum research projects and also collaborate with Cisco's business units as various projects move from a research to a product development and commercialization phase. Cisco's announcement of the opening of this new quantum research lab can be accessed here on the Cisco website. March 15, 2023

Cisco Systems to Open a Quantum Research Lab in Santa Monica, California2023-12-14T17:40:30-08:00

Oxford Quantum Circuits to Partner with Equinox Inc. and Install a Machine at an Equinox Data Center in Tokyo

2023-12-14T17:40:31-08:00

Equinox Inc., is a leading internet connection and data center company headquartered in Redwood City, California with 2022 revenue of over $7 billion and over 12,000 employees. Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) develops superconducting based quantum processors that provides Quantum Computing as a Service (QCaaS) through their own private cloud, Amazon Web Services, and data centers such as one from Cyxtera. The companies will be partnering to install one of OQC's processors at Equinix's TY11 Tokyo International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center to provide worldwide access to Equinox's customers via their  Equinix Fabric® interconnection solution. The companies expect to complete the installation in [...]

Oxford Quantum Circuits to Partner with Equinox Inc. and Install a Machine at an Equinox Data Center in Tokyo2023-12-14T17:40:31-08:00

AWS Tests Out Its First QKD Secured Network in Singapore

2023-12-14T17:40:35-08:00

Diagram of the Quantum Secured Networkd Tested in Singapore. Credit: AWS We reported in June of last year that Amazon Web Services (AWS) had created a fourth initiative related to quantum technology for research into quantum networks. They have completed their first demonstration which implemented a communications network secured by QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) keys between the Centre for Quantum Technologies and Horizon Quantum Computing that implements a VPN tunnel between the two locations. The communication used standard telecom fiber optic cable with a length of 16 kilometers (about 9.9 miles). In the diagram above, the yellow portions shows the quantum [...]

AWS Tests Out Its First QKD Secured Network in Singapore2023-12-14T17:40:35-08:00

QUADRATURE Consortium Receives €4 Million ($4.2M USD) from the European Innovation Council to Research Distributed Quantum Cores

2023-12-14T17:40:36-08:00

The QUADRATURE consortium is comprised of Equal1, Barcelona Supercomputer Center, Delft University of Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Technical University of Catalunya, Technical University of Valencia (project coordinator), University College Dublin, University of Catania, and University of Siegen. They will research how to develop a massively scalable quantum computer by connecting multiple individual quantum processor through coherent quantum communication links. The funding will be provided by the European Innovation Council (EIC) through their EIC Pathfinder program. Additional information about this program is available in a press release provided by Equal1 located here. March 11, 2023

QUADRATURE Consortium Receives €4 Million ($4.2M USD) from the European Innovation Council to Research Distributed Quantum Cores2023-12-14T17:40:36-08:00

QuantWare Raises €6 Million ($6.3M USD) in Seed Funding

2023-12-14T17:40:38-08:00

QuantWare, a Dutch provider of superconducting quantum processor chips, has received €6 million in seed funding in a round led by led by Forward.One with additional participation from the QDNL Participations Fund and Graduate Entrepreneur. The company, whose goal is to become the "Intel of quantum computing", sells standalone quantum processor chips for organizations that want to build up their own quantum computer and achieve an acquisition cost which the company claims will be 1/10th of the price of buying a full quantum computer from one of the suppliers. They recently announced a 64 qubit QPU called Tenor. (See the QCR report on it here.) [...]

QuantWare Raises €6 Million ($6.3M USD) in Seed Funding2023-12-14T17:40:38-08:00

Fujitsu Announces a $100,000 Quantum Simulator Challenge

2023-12-14T17:40:39-08:00

Fujitsu has developed 39-qubit CPU-based state vector quantum simulator system consisting of 512 FX700 nodes with by using A64FX processors. The quantum simulator utilizes an enhanced version of “Qulacs,” one of the world's fastest quantum simulator software developed by Osaka University and QunaSys Corporation. They have also prepared a software development kit (SDK) partially compatible with Qiskit, one of the major development tools for quantum computer software. Fujitsu is seeking users to utilize the simulator and provide them with feedback on performance and stability for real world applications. Prospective Participants must be a legal entity, such as a company or an institution and [...]

Fujitsu Announces a $100,000 Quantum Simulator Challenge2023-12-14T17:40:39-08:00

PsiQuantum Receives  £9 Million ($10.6M USD) in Funding to Open an R&D Facility in the UK for Developing Advanced Cryogenic Technology

2023-12-14T17:40:40-08:00

PsiQuantum’s modularized quantum computing system networks individual cryogenic units using conventional fiber optics. Credit: PsiQuantum PsiQuantum has received a  £9 million grant from the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to set up a research group at the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Daresbury Laboratory to develop more advanced cryogenics that will increase PsiQuantum’s the cooling capability by a factor of 100. One of the benefits of this location is that it gives PsiQuantum access to one of Europe’s largest liquid-helium (approx. -270°C) cryogenic plants. Although much of PsiQuantum's system may not require cooling, they do require [...]

PsiQuantum Receives  £9 Million ($10.6M USD) in Funding to Open an R&D Facility in the UK for Developing Advanced Cryogenic Technology2023-12-14T17:40:40-08:00

Quantum Delta NL Creates a €15 Million ($15.9M USD) Quantum Investment Fund for Startups Based in The Netherlands

2023-12-14T17:40:44-08:00

As part of its efforts to create a thriving quantum industry in The Netherlands, Quantum Delta NL has create a new fund called the QDNL Participation Fund. Its goal will be to provide early funding to companies working to commercialize quantum research at Dutch universities including TU Delft; Eindhoven University of Technology; Leiden University; the University of Twente, and the University of Amsterdam. A typical investment for a new startup would be about €1.5 million. In addition, funding in the form of a convertible SAFE note of €50,000 will be available to research teams even before they have incorporated to get [...]

Quantum Delta NL Creates a €15 Million ($15.9M USD) Quantum Investment Fund for Startups Based in The Netherlands2023-12-14T17:40:44-08:00

UIUC, UT Austin, and Rutgers University Win a $5.8 Million Grant to Research Fluxonium Qubits and Modular Quantum Processor Architectures

2023-12-14T17:40:45-08:00

The award was provided by the Army Research Office, a directorate of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory. The research will cover a four year period at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Rutgers University, and the University of Texas at Austin. The superconductor based fluxonium qubit is a newer approach than the superconductor based transmon qubit which combines features of flux and charge qubit circuits. Part of the research will look at how this qubit type along with multimode cavities can be optimized to achieve much higher coherence times and performance than the current transmons. The [...]

UIUC, UT Austin, and Rutgers University Win a $5.8 Million Grant to Research Fluxonium Qubits and Modular Quantum Processor Architectures2023-12-14T17:40:45-08:00
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