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  1. Yesterday

    1. Riverlane and NVIDIA Demonstrate Accelerated QEC Decoder Calibration Using GPU Processing

      Riverlane and NVIDIA have demonstrated significant acceleration in quantum error correction (QEC) decoder recalibration using NVIDIA's H100 GPU. By adapting Riverlane's Local Clustering Decoder for GPU processing, they achieved up to 71x raw throughput gain and reduced training epochs from minutes to seconds. This advancement allows for more frequent and efficient recalibration, improving the accuracy of QEC systems and highlighting the growing role of GPUs in quantum computing.

    2. New York City and NYU Partner to Launch $284 Million Quantum Fabrication Facility

      New York City and NYU are partnering to launch the $284 million Quantum Fabrication Facility (QFab) at 770 Broadway, set to open in 2030. The facility will focus on quantum chip development and aims to foster startups, provide fabrication services, and support workforce development through CUNY and NYC Public Schools. This initiative features a unique public-equity model, granting NYC a 15% share in IP generated with city-funded equipment and seats on the QFab Executive Advisory Board.

    3. SAXON Q and Fraunhofer IWU Demonstrate Record 3-Qubit Grover Search on Commercial Room-Temperature Quantum Computer

      SAXON Q and Fraunhofer IWU have achieved a record-breaking 3-qubit Grover search on a commercial room-temperature quantum computer, outperforming previous room-temperature quantum searches and nearing cryogenic superconducting processors' benchmarks. The experiment, detailed in a pre-print paper, utilized a nitrogen-vacancy center diamond quantum computer operating at ambient conditions, showcasing a significant advancement in quantum computing hardware.

    4. IonQ Announces Pricing of $2.0 Billion Equity Offering Purchased by Heights Capital Management

      IonQ announced a $2.0 billion equity offering purchased by Heights Capital Management, consisting of common stock and pre-funded warrants priced at a 15% premium. The deal also includes seven-year warrants for additional shares at a 100% premium. IonQ plans to use the capital to accelerate the commercialization and deployment of its quantum platform.

    5. EigenOrbit Releases Open-Source eigenkit 1.0 for Multi-Backend Quantum Execution

      EigenOrbit has released eigenkit 1.0, an open-source Python library. It allows quantum algorithms to be written once and executed across multiple simulators and hardware backends without code modification. The library integrates with various classical simulators and QPU hardware access points, including machine learning and cost tools.

    6. Silicon Quantum Computing Traces 25-Year Roadmap to Atomic-Precision Manufacturing in Nature Nanotechnology

      Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) has detailed a 25-year roadmap in Nature Nanotechnology for developing atomic-scale processors. The article traces the evolution of phosphorus-in-silicon quantum processors from single-atom transistor demonstrations to commercial atomic-scale products. Key milestones include the development of automated atomic-precision fabrication, achievement of high single-qubit gate fidelities and coherence times, and the deployment of commercial analog simulators.

    7. Bloq Quantum Launches Bloq Maya AI Agent to Streamline Enterprise Quantum Algorithm Development

      Bloq Quantum has launched Bloq Maya, an agentic AI assistant that streamlines enterprise quantum algorithm development. It automates circuit design, algorithm formulation, and code generation, converting high-level requirements into executable quantum code and models. Bloq Maya aims to reduce development timelines for corporate R&D across various industries.

    8. SkyWater and D-Wave Extend Quantum Manufacturing Partnership Through Multi-Year Agreement

      D-Wave Quantum Inc. and SkyWater Technology have extended their quantum manufacturing partnership through a multi-year agreement. This collaboration ensures SkyWater's continued support for D-Wave's quantum hardware development, including the production of its Advantage2 processors and future quantum annealing and gate-model quantum computers. Additionally, D-Wave's quantum annealing algorithms have been applied to optimize SkyWater's operational workflows, reducing fab maintenance lot delays by up to 30%.

    9. Alice & Bob Demonstrates GPU Decoding for LDPC-Cat Codes via NVIDIA NVQLink

      Alice & Bob has demonstrated the GPU decoding of their LDPC-cat quantum error correction architecture using NVIDIA GPUs and the NVQLink system. This allows for microsecond-scale communication between quantum control systems and classical GPU supercomputers, enabling real-time error correction. The LDPC-cat architecture utilizes cat qubits and 2D LDPC codes to achieve low logical error rates for quantum computing.

    10. Infleqtion Secures £9 Million ($12 Million USD) Innovate UK Award to Transition Rydberg Quantum RF Sensing to Operational Deployment

      Infleqtion has secured a £9 million Innovate UK award to advance its Quantum Radio Frequency (QRF) direction-finding system, Quantum Spectrum-DF. This funding, part of the Quantum Missions Primer program, supports the transition of the Rydberg-atom-based system from prototype to operational deployment. Developed with Leonardo, the technology uses optical techniques for broadband, passive direction finding, offering a compact alternative to traditional antenna arrays for defense and infrastructure security.