Quantum Computing

Startup Diraq taps GlobalFoundries to forge silicon-based quantum chips

Vows to have a 'commercially relevant' system within five years

Systems13 Jun 2024 | 3

Quantinuum inches closer to fault-tolerant quantum with a 56 qubit machine

This one only produces errors 65 percent of the time. Woo-hoo!

Science07 Jun 2024 | 12

Zoom adds 'post-quantum' encryption for video nattering

Guess we all have imaginary monsters to fear

Security21 May 2024 | 10

The UK reveals it's spending millions on quantum navigation

First commercial flight trials of a quantum-based system that could be a backup for GPS

Networks14 May 2024 | 50

Intel's quantum leap in wafer-wide cryo-testing sets cool new standard

Approach could help make forever upcoming tech more reliable

Systems08 May 2024 | 3

IBM quantum system elbows into Arm-powered Fugaku supercomputer

Slotting in the module for ambitious next-generation compute goals

HPC30 Apr 2024 |

Australia to fund $620M quantum computer claimed to be first at 'utility-scale'

PsiQuantum's coming home

Public Sector30 Apr 2024 | 11

Singapore's monetary authority advises banks to get busy protecting against quantum decryption

No time like the present, says central bank

Security21 Feb 2024 | 9

Australia has no next-gen HPC investment plan and clouds can't fill the gap

Academy of Science calls for exascale system, which would cost more than current budgets for all supers

HPC20 Feb 2024 | 4

IonQ opens first US quantum factory amid VC cash crunch

Who knows where they'll get the funds for $1B investment plan, though

Systems16 Feb 2024 | 4

Investors threw 50% less money at quantum last year

Yep, you guessed it – at least some of them swapped investments out for gen AI

HPC31 Jan 2024 | 10

Tencent explores a future where HPC, quantum, cloud and edge have converged

And it will all come together in one big, happy, hybrid innovation engine

Off-Prem29 Jan 2024 | 3

Taiwan connects its first home-grown quantum computer to the internet

Five mighty qubits, delivered before deadline, but they won’t stop imports of alternatives

Systems24 Jan 2024 | 5

JPMorgan latest to pile into quantum upstart with $5B valuation

Banking giant believes Quantinuum key to optimizing investment portfolios

Systems16 Jan 2024 | 4

Quantum computing eggheads throw some other qubits at the wall to see what sticks

Just keep the cold clammy hand of Fujitsu away from it

HPC11 Jan 2024 | 7

IBM takes a crack at 'utility scale' quantum processing with Heron processor

Big Blue's roadmap prioritizes circuit size over qubit quantity

Systems05 Dec 2023 | 6

Alibaba shuts down quantum lab, donates it to university

Three guesses where DAMO plans to focus research from now on. Yep, you guessed it...AI

HPC27 Nov 2023 | 2

Quantum computing next (very) cold war? US House reps want to blow billions to outrun China

House reps hope to jumpstart qubit race with R&D

Public Sector07 Nov 2023 | 5

Fujitsu, RIKEN open Japan's first superconducting quantum 'puter to eggheads

64-qubit system paired with 40-qubit simulator to get some sort of accuracy

Science05 Oct 2023 | 3

From vacuum tubes to qubits – is quantum computing destined to repeat history?

Analysis Having seen how conventional computers changed the world, can you really afford to bet against it?

HPC03 Oct 2023 | 31

Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers

X3DH readied for retirement as PQXDH is rolled out

Security20 Sep 2023 | 19

It's not just spin – boffins give quantum computing a room-temp makeover

Another team is harnessing nature's own algorithm to solve problems faster than classical computers

Systems16 Aug 2023 | 3

Google Chrome to shield encryption keys from promised quantum computers

QC crypto-cracking coming in 5, 10, maybe 50 years, so act … now?

Security12 Aug 2023 | 22

Russia's tiny quantum computer is (probably) nothing to worry about

16 qubit system capable of modeling simple molecules, Kremlin says

Science20 Jul 2023 | 17

HSBC banks on quantum to lock down comms network

Meanwhile, Vodafone worries about sci-fi tech's potential to break encryption

Networks06 Jul 2023 | 5

Intel sprinkles 12-qubit quantum test chips into the hands of researchers

When they're done, there might be a commercially viable system sometime after 2030... maybe

HPC15 Jun 2023 | 4

IBM asks UChicago, UTokyo for help building a 100K qubit quantum supercomputer

For $100 million it better beat an Nvidia A100

HPC23 May 2023 | 10

A lone Nvidia GPU speeds past the physics-straining might of a quantum computer – in these apps at least

Don't hold your breath waiting for all those breakthroughs we've been promised

HPC03 May 2023 | 22

You don't have to wait for quantum computing to prepare for it

RSA Conference 2023 Rapid7 CSO Jaya Baloo on how to tackle this potential looming tech

Spotlight on RSA29 Apr 2023 |

You can cross 'Quantum computers to smash crypto' off your list of existential fears for 30 years

RSA Conference 2023 RSA's Adi Shamir thinks we're safe for a generation, but more gnarly keys are still a good idea

Spotlight on RSA26 Apr 2023 | 20

Quantum computing: Hype or reality? OVH says businesses would be better off prepared

Understand the technology before you are taken by surprise, argues CTO

HPC25 Apr 2023 | 14

India gives itself a mission to develop a 1000-qubit quantum computer in just eight years

$730 million plan includes secure quantum comms, the sort of thing you need when you live next door to China

On-Prem20 Apr 2023 | 5

D-Wave hello to another quantum pioneer warned over possible delisting

Share price slides below $1 for 30 days straight, but company vows it will comply with NYSE regs again

HPC23 Mar 2023 | 3

Microsoft wants you to build quantum apps in Azure, the cloud that's both up and down

Oh, and pay boatloads for the privilege

PaaS + IaaS09 Mar 2023 | 9

Assume the superposition: Intel emits SDK to simulate quantum computers

32 virtual qubits are yours to manipulate with classical C or Python code

Software01 Mar 2023 |

Google claims milestone in quantum error correction

'We reached the break-even point' on roadmap, say boffins in peer reviewed paper, but it's still 'not good enough'

Systems22 Feb 2023 | 8

Bosch-backed VCs pour more funds into Brit quantum silicon chips

Pret and Starbucks rubbing hands with glee as some cash will go to larger London HQ

Systems21 Feb 2023 |

Classiq to school academia in quantum computing with help from Microsoft

No experience? Doesn't matter, companies claim

Networks09 Feb 2023 | 4

China reportedly producing quantum computers – good luck observing one

More supposition than superposition as local media goes on Sci-Fi journey

Systems02 Feb 2023 | 15

DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO

Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price

Science02 Feb 2023 | 6

Fujitsu: Quantum computers no threat to encryption just yet

Heavily hyped tech bound for some sort of milestone by decade end

Security24 Jan 2023 |

Seattle: Home of grunge, Starbucks… and now, a quantum computer manufacturing plant

Unclear where IonQ’s funding for its $1 billion investment plans will come from

Systems24 Jan 2023 | 7

Oxford Ionics scores funding for scalable quantum chip technology

Hermann Hauser of Acorn fame among the investors providing cash injection

Systems10 Jan 2023 | 8

Chinese researchers' claimed quantum encryption crack looks unlikely

Near-term vulnerability of RSA-2048 keys not so near, says quantum boffin Scott Aaronson

Security07 Jan 2023 | 31

Quantum computing is a different kind of computing, says AWS

RE:INVENT The intersection of computer science and physics

Systems05 Dec 2022 | 20

Spooky entanglement revealed between quantum AI and the BBC

Opinion QC: Still not actually useful, but it's increasingly intriguing

AI + ML28 Nov 2022 | 34

The Osprey has landed: IBM's 433-qubit quantum processor

Still quite a way to go before fabled 4,158-qubit system lands, scheduled for 2025. Plus: Fujitsu details quantum/HPC hybrid calculation tech

Systems10 Nov 2022 | 11

Tiny quantum computer plugs into top Euro supercomputer – because why not?

It's not how many qubits you've got, it's how you use them

HPC02 Nov 2022 | 12

Quantum startup demos spin qubits fabbed with existing tech

Quantum Motion demo based on 300mm wafers, targeting feasible 'fault tolerant' quantum computers

Systems31 Oct 2022 | 3

To build a better quantum computer, look into a black hole, says professor Brian Cox

The black hole information paradox and quantum error correction codes overlap almost completely

Science24 Oct 2022 | 42

Classiq works with Rolls-Royce on quantum boost for simulations

It's plane to see it wants more info on fluid dynamics of flying engines

HPC18 Oct 2022 | 2

Intel: We're inching closer to mass production of spin qubit chips

Biggest demo yet of single and double quantum dots, x86 claims

Systems06 Oct 2022 | 4

Quantum computer to be available from colo datacenter

Not-a-cloud service can accommodate 'unique hosting requirements' - like cryogenic systems

On-Prem29 Sep 2022 | 1

US bans some foreign investments in chips, AI, quantum computing

Not aimed specifically at China … just nations that behave a lot like China

Systems16 Sep 2022 | 9

Australian quantum startup enlists GlobalFoundries to develop mass qubit production

Company claims tech can detect quantum information at room temperature

Systems07 Sep 2022 |

China's Baidu enters quantum computing chat with Qian Shi system

A small but functional quantum system accelerating science, not search

Science25 Aug 2022 | 2