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The European Union has allocated €25 million ($29.5 million USD) to the SUPREME consortium, with an equivalent amount provided by national funding agencies for a total investment of €50 million ($59 million USD). Coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the initiative is designed to industrialize superconducting quantum technologies over a three-and-a-half-year phase beginning in early 2026. The project is aligned with the European Quantum and European Chips Act objectives to establish domestic fabrication capabilities and technological sovereignty. The technical roadmap focuses on advancing superconducting quantum devices toward Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 and Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 6. Research [...]

DARPA's Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), a program dedicated to a rigorous verification and validation process for achieving utility-scale quantum computing by 2033, has advanced, with eleven companies now entering the year-long Stage B. The ultimate goal is to definitively prove whether a quantum computing approach can deliver computational value that exceeds its cost within the next eight years. Stage B Focus: R&D Blueprint for Utility-Scale QC The newly promoted teams, following a six-month characterization of their concepts in Stage A, will now focus on developing detailed R&D plans in Stage B. This phase requires identifying and mitigating associated technical risks, as [...]

NVIDIA has launched NVQLink, an open system architecture for tightly coupling GPU computing with quantum processors to build accelerated quantum supercomputers. The platform is designed to provide the demanding low-latency, high-throughput interconnect required for the complex control algorithms of large-scale quantum computing and Quantum Error Correction (QEC). The development of NVQLink was guided by researchers from leading supercomputing centers at nine U.S. national laboratories, including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi Laboratory, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. NVQLink is integrated with the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform and supports 17 Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) builders and five control system providers. The interconnect enables researchers and [...]

Turning Quantum Potential into Strategic Plans Overview Government, business and innovation have always been intertwined and quantum tech is no exception. In this episode of The Quantum Spin by HKA, Petra Soderling, CEO of Petra Soderling and Company, explains how government investments in deep tech pay off for private companies that commercialize the inventions. Petra also shares the details of her unique career, from working at Nokia to launching her own startups to drafting quantum strategies for the EU. This episode covers the intricacies of quantum policy, the importance of standards in technology, and the role of government in fostering innovation. [...]

By Doug Finke When I was a young product manager at Intel, the corporate executives used to teach classes to the employees on a variety of topics to improve their skills. I remember taking the Constructive Confrontation course from Andy Grove was really striking. But one course I think that is still very relevant for today's quantum industry was a course on marketing given by Bill Davidow who was VP of Marketing at the time and later started the Mohr Davidow Venture firm. When I took the course, Bill’s main thesis was that technology companies that want to be successful shouldn’t [...]

The European Union (EU) has selected the SUPREME consortium to advance the industrial production of superconducting quantum chips. Coordinated by VTT (Finland), the consortium comprises 23 partners from 8 Member States. The central objective of SUPREME is to develop stable fabrication processes for European superconducting quantum chips, with a focus on improving repeatability and yield. This initiative aims to provide European academia, SMEs, and large enterprises with access to these fabrication processes. SUPREME will focus on developing technologies such as angle evaporated and etched Josephson junctions, 3D integration methods, and hybrid quantum processes. These technologies are intended for applications in quantum [...]

Building Qubit Controls with Curiosity & Collaboration Overview In this episode, host Veronica Combs talks with Michaela Eichinger, PhD, a Product Solutions Physicist at Quantum Machines. The company builds advanced quantum control technologies to ensure classical and quantum components work together seamlessly. Michaela also is a skilled scientific communicator, posting detailed and easy-to-understand explanations of quantum tech on LinkedIn. The conversation ranges from the excitement of working in a dynamic industry and the career opportunities for quantum-curious people at every skill level to the challenges of fabricating quantum chips and the importance of collaboration. 00:00 Introduction to Quantum Spin Season Four [...]