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In December, we reported on Quantinuum announcement that they had reached a Quantum Volume metric of 2048 with a new processor they called H1-2. The H1-2 had 12 operational qubits available, but a Quantum Volume of 2048 meant they had successful passed the test specified by IBM with an 11x11 circuit, (Eleven qubits with eleven gate levels in the circuit). Quantinuum has continued to tweak the performance of the H1-2 and has made additional improvements in this processor and they have successful completed the test using a 12x12 circuit for a Quantum Volume of 4096. The company has been able to [...]

Participants in the three-year project include Quantum Machines, Alice&Bob, and research groups from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light. The goal of the project will be to find ways to leverage neural networks to help identify new strategies for quantum control. The project will have several stages. The first stage will use neural networks to determine the appropriate control pulses for creating and manipulating specific qubit states. Following stages will use neural networks to find the best quantum error correction protocols to prepare, measure and act on multiple qubits. This project will leverage [...]

The U.S. and Sweden has also signed a signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST). Just a few days earlier, the U.S. had signed a similar agreement with Finland. The Joint Statement advances the shared agendas of both countries to engage in good-faith cooperation in QIST for building a global market and supply chain, and to create respectful and inclusive scientific research communities. In 2018, Sweden established the Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology with several universities and industrial partners and is investing 1 billion Swedish Krona ($105M USD) to support advanced research in quantum computing, [...]

The machine will be installed later this year at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory which hosts Q-NEXT, a DOE National Quantum Information Science Research Center. The Q-NEXT scientists and will use it to test out quantum programs and provide feedback to Intel about the overall operation. Intel has been working on quantum processors using a spin qubit technology built with their advanced manufacturing facility on 300 mm wafers. They presented 14 papers at last month's APS conference on several aspects of their quantum research including papers on the hardware, software, error correction, and development of a first-of-a-kind cryogenic wafer prober. Although [...]

The United States and Finland have signed a Joint Statement on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technology which will promote cooperation in several areas important for the advancement of quantum information science and technology. These activities include maintaining inclusive scientific research communities, cooperating in workshops and conferences, encouraging a broad and inclusive quantum ecosystem, building a trusted global market and supply chain, supporting the development of the next generation of scientists and engineers, and other areas. A press release announcing the signing of the statement can be found here and the statement itself can be accessed here. April 10, 2022

The funding will be provided by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) through the Air Force Research (AFRL) Laboratory located in Rome, New York. This lab has been designated as the Quantum Information Science Research Center for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. The funds will be used to accelerate additional investments in new capabilities at GlobalFoundries that are required to develop and build components for PsiQuantum’s photonic quantum computer. The companies expect that most of the funds will be provided in this fiscal year, but the final timeline will be based upon achieving certain milestones. PsiQuantum will also [...]

The Quantum Simulation Division of 1QBit has spun out and has formed its own independent company called Good Chemistry Company which focusses on utilizing quantum computing for computational chemistry. The key product is called QEMIST Cloud which provides computational chemistry as a service and has been under development for the past three years. The company also announced that it has been collaborating with Dow, Amazon Web Services (AWS), DIC Corporation, and Microsoft with this product. The company also announced receiving seed funding from Green Sands Equity, Accenture, and WorldQuant Ventures. For more information about this company and the seed funding, you can access a [...]

The award was made by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) to a team of six universities led by Professor Javad Shabani of New York University (NYU) and including colleagues from Yale University, the University at Buffalo, the University of Maryland, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The topic's name is Novel Routes to Majorana Qubits for Topologically-Protected Quantum Information. In theory, Majorana based topological qubits could have superior noise resistance and much lower error rates than other types of qubits. We reported last month about progress made by Microsoft in creating and [...]

Quantum Machines, a company located in Tel Aviv, Israel that provides control electronics for quantum processors, has announced it will be acquiring QDevil, a company based in Copenhagen, Denmark that develops and manufactures auxiliary electronics and specialized components for quantum processors. QDevil's products include ultra-stable voltage sources, sample holders, filters, and breakout boxes and they will serve as the Quantum Machine's Auxiliary Electronics Division. This combination provides synergy for the companies because many of QDevil's products are complementary to those offered by Quantum Machines and can be sold to the same customer base. It also provides Quantum Machines with a base in [...]

Diagram of C12's Carbon Nanotube Qubit Structure. Credit: C12 CEA is a research institute based in Grenoble, France that is one of the world's largest organizations for applied research in microelectronics, nanotechnology and other advanced technologies. C12 is a Paris, France startup that is developing quantum processor chips using spin qubits in a carbon nanotube. The two organizations are joining forces to create multi-qubit chips at a wafer scale. They are using a two-step process to build the chip. First, CEA builds the underlying gate electrodes and resonators using its 200 mm CMOS fabrication line and then C12 deposits the nanotubes based upon [...]