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IonQ has opened a 23,000 square foot data center in Maryland that has the capacity to house at least 10 quantum computers. The data center was funded in part by a $5.5 million investment from the University of Maryland and will allow IonQ to expand both the number of available quantum computers and also add additional employees. They also announced that they have hired Denise Ruffner, former Chief Business Office of Cambridge Quantum Computing, as the Vice President of Business Development and Dave Bacon, formerly from Google’s quantum engineering team, as the Vice-President of Software.  For more on these announcements you [...]

The system is an upgrade from their 6 qubit Model H0 computer announced last July.  It does not appear the Model H1 has any additional new features except for the increase in the number of qubits. At this point, the Model H1 will have a Quantum Volume of 128. However, with 10 qubits available they may have room to increase that in the future if they can implement additional improvements in the qubit fidelities.  The computer will be available through the Microsoft Azure Cloud, Zapata Computing, and Cambridge Quantum Computing as well as directly through Honeywell’s cloud application programming interface.  Honeywell also [...]

The program provides quantum measurement advice and short-term measurement projects to UK companies at no charge for a period of up to 20 days. It allows companies to access quantum scientific experts and lab facilities at NPL. The program aims to increase the speed of return on investment made by UK businesses and government into quantum technologies by enabling new products to be brought to market more quickly and reliably. Additional information on the program and further detail on how to apply is available at the page on the NPL web site here. October 26, 2020