Quantum Computing

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 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 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 | 16

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

Quantum computing startup IonQ lands on Microsoft's Azure

Yep, that’s the same company a short-seller is alleging is a ‘useless toy’

PaaS + IaaS18 Aug 2022 | 3

Indian military ready to put long-range quantum key distribution on the line

Local startup can make it happen over 150km

Security15 Aug 2022 | 2

Quantum systems maker D-Wave takes the SPAC route

Company had hoped deal would grant access to $300m trust account, but shareholders cleared it out

HPC09 Aug 2022 | 6

Post-quantum crypto cracked in an hour with one core of an ancient Xeon

NIST's nifty new algorithm looks like it's in trouble

Research03 Aug 2022 | 83

IBM puts NIST’s quantum-resistant crypto to work in Z16 mainframe

Big Blue says it helped developed the algos, so knows what it's doing

Security27 Jul 2022 | 10

You're not wrong. The scope for quantum computers remains small

Systems Approach Perhaps a QC can help us work out why we'd want a QC

Science21 Jul 2022 | 15

BASF looks to quantum computing to improve weather modeling

Chemical giant's work with Pasqal could help improve climate change models too

HPC20 Jul 2022 | 2

Israel aims to build its own upgradable quantum computer

Crop of cutting-edge companies from home and abroad contributing tech to Israel National Quantum Initiative

HPC20 Jul 2022 | 28

Actual quantum computers don't exist yet. The cryptography to defeat them may already be here

NIST pushes ahead with CRYSTALS-KYBER, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, FALCON, SPHINCS+ algorithms

Research05 Jul 2022 | 42

D-Wave opens up access to small-scale Advantage2 quantum computer

Via a cloud subscription, natch – this is the 2020s

PaaS + IaaS16 Jun 2022 | 5

McKinsey thinks quantum computing could create $80b in revenue ... eventually

Figure is 'value at stake' but 'not the actual value' which itself is a quantum statement

Science16 Jun 2022 | 4

Businesses brace for quantum computing disruption by end of decade

As one expert warns overhype will lead to QC winter. Plus: Mystery Huawei quantum patent surfaces

HPC16 Jun 2022 | 25

Researchers claim quantum device performs 9,000-year calculation in microseconds

In Gaussian boson sampling at least, quantum supremecy is here

Science02 Jun 2022 | 35

Quantum computing startup probed in report, securities suit

From alleging wild falsehoods to questioning man behind the curtain, Scorpion stings hell out of IonQ

HPC01 Jun 2022 | 23

Quantum internet within grasp as scientists show off entanglement demo

Teleportation of quantum information key to future secure data transfer

Science29 May 2022 | 29

Protecting data now as the quantum era approaches

Analysis Startup QuSecure is the latest vendor to jump into the field with its as-a-service offering

Security20 May 2022 | 2

D-Wave deploys first US-based Advantage quantum system

For those that want to keep their data in the homeland

Science15 May 2022 | 10

BMW looks to quantum computers to speed R&D

Pasqal to provide compute based on approaches by Qu&Co acquisition

Science12 May 2022 | 16

IBM: Give us three years to solve quantum computing scaling

IBM Think Big Blue claims it'll have a 4,158 qubit system by 2025

Systems10 May 2022 | 8

Biden orders new quantum push to ensure encryption isn't cracked by rivals

Domestic action and international collaboration to make sure you-know-who – OK, China – doesn't get ahead of the game

Security05 May 2022 | 10

Intel: Our fabs can mass produce silicon qubit devices

Updated If conventional silicon manufacturing processes can be repurposed, it could help create practical quantum systems

Systems19 Apr 2022 | 7

Intel ships mystery quantum hardware to national lab

Argonne boffinry nerve-center is building a qubit computer with x86 giant Inside

Science13 Apr 2022 | 9

Terra Quantum nets $75m for cryptography, security work

Ferroelectric devices key for this qubit-slinging startup

Science01 Apr 2022 | 2

Fujitsu claims 'major technical milestone' in quantum simulation

Uses 64-node cluster of classical HPC boxen to prove it

HPC31 Mar 2022 | 5

HSBC taps IBM to explore quantum for financial applications

Interesting blue sky research aims to put the quant in quantum, although progress in sector isn't rapid

Systems29 Mar 2022 | 5

CEA sees future in waferscale quantum computing chips

French research giant, C12 see challenges, but prototype slated for 2024

Systems24 Mar 2022 | 3