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Israeli Government Taking Bids for a 160 Million Shekel ($60M USD) Quantum Computer Development P...
The Israeli Ministry of Defense and Innovation Authority has sent a tender for development of a 30-40 qubit quantum computer to both...
Mar 3, 20211 min read


A Quantum Advantage Demonstration Will Not Kick Off a Hockey Stick Adoption Rate
The capabilities of quantum computers are growing very fast and we expect to see announcements in the near future that a few real world...
Feb 27, 20215 min read
IBM Expands Membership in the IBM-HBCU Quantum Center
We reported last year that IBM had established a Quantum Education and Research Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and...
Feb 26, 20211 min read
D-Wave Now Offering Leap Cloud Service to Singapore
D-Wave has been gradually extending access of their Leap Cloud Service to a growing list of countries, now reaching 38 including...
Feb 25, 20211 min read
Research Roundup for February 2021
By Dr. Chris Mansell Shown below are summaries of a few interesting research papers related to quantum computing that have been published...
Feb 25, 20213 min read
Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) Partners with Crown Bioscience and JSR Life Sciences for Drug D...
The partnership will research the use of quantum technology to drive the identification of multi-gene biomarker discovery for oncology...
Feb 24, 20211 min read
IonQ Rumored to Go Public via a Merger with a SPAC
Bloomberg has published an article indicated that IonQ is in talks to merge with a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC)...
Feb 24, 20211 min read
Japan: Land of the Rising Optimizers
Something that doesn't get as much attention in the quantum world as it should is the significant amount of work in Japan to develop...
Feb 20, 20214 min read
Mid-Atlantic Quantum Computing Alliance Takes on New Name and 10 New Members
We had reported in January 2020 about the formation of the Maryland Quantum Alliance to help encourage and push innovations in quantum...
Feb 18, 20211 min read
IBM Discloses Quantum Work with Two of the World's Largest Energy Companies
In separate announcements, IBM disclosed that is working on quantum projects with ExxonMobil and bp (formerly British Petroleum). With...
Feb 17, 20211 min read
Quantum Computing Inc. Introduces Qatalyst, a Quantum Application Accelerator
One of the best places where a quantum computer can be used for advantage over a classical approach is with optimization problems. These...
Feb 17, 20212 min read
Topological is Dead. Long Live the Topological!
By Andre Saraiva, UNSW Noise is a qubit killer. This is the main challenge faced by quantum hardware makers and the reason why Microsoft...
Feb 17, 20215 min read
Strangeworks Introduces a Quantum Ecosystem to Demystify QC Technology
Strangeworks has announced three initiatives with the goals of helping to develop a global quantum workforce, humanize access to quantum...
Feb 16, 20212 min read


Microsoft Faces a Setback in their Hunt for a Topological Qubit
In March 2018, we reported on a paper from Microsoft and its partners in Nature magazine that they had found evidence of the existence of...
Feb 13, 20213 min read


IQM Led Consortium Receives €12.4 Million ($15.0M USD) to Develop Application Specific Quantum Pr...
The funding was provided by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, abbreviated BMBF. Besides IQM additional participants...
Feb 12, 20211 min read


Quantum Threat Timeline Report 2020
A fascinating study has been published by the Global Risk Institute. It was created by Dr. Michele Mosca and Dr. Marco Piani of...
Feb 11, 20212 min read


NEC to Use ParityQC Architecture for a New Quantum Annealer
NEC is planning to develop a practical quantum annealer by 2023 and has reached an agreement with ParityQC in Austria to use their...
Feb 10, 20211 min read


Q-CTRL Announces Automated Hardware Optimization Feature
We've discussed many times how important it is to achieve the best possible qubit quality levels, as measured with such parameters as...
Feb 10, 20212 min read


Chinese Company Origin Quantum Announces Its Own Quantum Operating System
The operating system, named Origin Pilot, is the first homegrown quantum operating system in China. The company indicates that the system...
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Multiverse and AQT Enter into a Strategic Partnership
Multiverse Computing, a quantum software company specializing in financial applications and Alpine Quantum Technology (AQT) will work...
Feb 10, 20211 min read
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