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Japan's second domestically-made superconducting quantum computer Japanese consortium including RIKEN, AIST, NICT, Osaka University, Fujitsu Limited, and NTT wins Prime Minister’s Award for developing high-performance computing platform with Japan's second domestically-made 64-qubit superconducting quantum computer. The platform, available on the cloud since October 2023, promotes commercial industrial research and development. Leveraging the technology from the first 64-qubit quantum computer released in March 2023, the group aims to advance quantum computing for various fields. Notably, RIKEN's superconducting quantum bit chip design shows scalability potential up to the 1,000-qubit level. The platform, recognized at the 53rd Japan Industrial Technology Awards, signifies a significant [...]

Equal1 inaugurates its new center of excellence in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, situated at the heart of Sherbrooke’s Quantum Innovation Zone. The center aims to cultivate talent in silicon spin qubits and promote collaborations with academic and industrial partners. It provides access to cutting-edge quantum measurement and fabrication facilities through the Quantum Technology Development Laboratory (DevTeQ). The proximity to Institut Quantique at the University of Sherbrooke, a leading quantum academic institution, offers opportunities for collaboration and access to highly qualified graduating students. Equal1's CEO, Jason Lynch, emphasizes the strategic importance of Sherbrooke's ecosystem for the company's future success. The opening of the [...]

IonQ, in collaboration with DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), has demonstrated the potential of quantum computing to optimize airport flight gate operations. By leveraging IonQ Aria, the research aimed to address challenges such as minimizing traveler transit time and aircraft idle time while increasing gate throughput. The study utilized logarithmic-linear encoding to execute flight-gate optimization algorithms, showcasing the feasibility of handling complex scenarios involving multiple variables. The results signify a significant advancement in quantum computing's applicability to real-world optimization problems, spanning various industries. IonQ plans to extend its research using IonQ Forte and IonQ Tempo, targeting optimization needs for European airports. This collaboration [...]

Quantistry, a leader in chemical simulations, has secured €3 million ($3.28M USD) in funding led by Ananda Impact Ventures to advance research and development (R&D) in chemical and material sciences. The funding, supported by notable co-investors including Chemovator the business incubator of BASF, IBB Ventures, and a Family Office, will bolster Quantistry's mission to revolutionize industrial R&D through its cloud-native platform, integrating Quantum and AI technologies. This approach aims to address challenges such as high costs and slow innovation, offering unprecedented benefits to industries seeking sustainable solutions. Marcel Quennet, CEO of Quantistry, indicated that chemical simulations will not only transform industrial R&D but [...]

As we indicated in our article last December about IBM's roadmap, IBM has officially released version 1.0 of Qiskit. This release provides higher performance, a more stable platform, a leaner set of libraries, and an SDK built for an open-source ecosystem. It will have experimental native OpenQASM 3 support and includes support for dynamic circuits and disjoint qubit coupling maps for the new IBM Heron class of processors. Now that the software has reached version 1.0, future releases will be more structured and stable with major releases that might introduce breaking changes occurring at least one year apart. Minor versions and [...]