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The Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science of the U.S. National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) has issued a year-end report that describes accomplishments that have been made through the U.S. National Quantum Initiative (NQI) and recommendations for the future. It is provided as a supplement to the President’s 2024 Budget request A brief summary of some key findings from the report include the following: Integration of Quantum Mechanics and Information Theory: Quantum Information Science (QIS) unifies these fields, leading to innovative computers, sensors, and networks. Potential for Transformative Impact: Quantum computing could revolutionize various sectors, including medicine creation, artificial intelligence, and [...]

By Dr. Philip Nikolayev and Susmit Panda This article is an Executive Summary of a study performed to investigate the Indian Quantum Ecosystem. India’s quantum technology landscape has seen remarkable growth in 2022-3, establishing the country as a key player in the global quantum ecosystem. This comprehensive report explores the multifaceted developments in India’s quantum sector, covering government initiatives, academic advancements, international collaborations, private sector involvement, startup ecosystem, and the role of nonprofits. Government Initiatives The Indian government’s approach to quantum technology is marked by significant funding, strategic collaborations, and a focus on building infrastructure and talent. Key initiatives and achievements [...]

Classiq, a leading quantum software company, and Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a quantum computing hardware company, announced a partnership aimed at making advanced quantum computing more accessible and streamlined for users across research and industry. The partnership aims to unlock the power of quantum by abstracting away complexity for developers. As part of this collaboration, they will partner to further integrate their respective technologies with data centers and HPC (high-performance computing). The partnership between Classiq and OQC will offer users a smooth flow including modeling, debugging, automatic quantum circuit synthesis, circuit optimization, and execution on OQC’s cutting-edge quantum hardware. Classiq’s platform [...]

A Wave Photonics Wafer Being Tested by CORNERSTONE. Credit: Wave Photonics Wave Photonics, a startup based in Cambridge, UK, is spearheading a £500 thousand ($627K USD) funded by Innovate UK project to develop integrated photonic components for trapped ion quantum computers and establish a UK supply chain. The project is a collaboration with Oxford Ionics, the CORNERSTONE foundry at the University of Southampton, and the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult. The goal is to enhance the UK supply chain for integrated photonics and quantum technologies. Trapped ions, individual atoms from which an electron has been precisely removed using lasers and then [...]

When Rigetti Computing released their Q3 financial report, they mentioned that they had developed a 9 qubit QPU chip and had sold one to the Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS) at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and sold another one to an unnamed U.S. national laboratory. The company has now given a name of Novera to this product and announced it is now available for other customers.a The product consists of a chip with 9 qubits arranged in a 3x3 matrix that used tunable couplers along with a second chip with 5 qubits without tunable couplers intended for testing [...]

Quantum Facility in the EPB Building. Credit: EPB The EPB Quantum Network℠ powered by Qubitekk announced that Qunnect has joined as their first customer and the University of Tennessee Chattanooga (UTC) as the first academic institution connected to their network. Qunnect develops core technologies needed for scalable quantum-secure communication and has commercialized the world’s first quantum memory. Qunnect is seeking to demonstrate interoperability between quantum component providers on a dedicated commercial network infrastructure. Their devices will need to work with devices provided by Qubitekk. Qunnect's hardware is also used with the GothamQ network in New York, a 50 kilometer network that connects the [...]