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IBM Achieves Higher Quantum Volume with the IBM Q System One Design
When we reported on IBM's development of the IBM Q System One we mentioned that a key design goal was to improve system performance...
Mar 5, 20192 min read
DARPA Schedules Proposers Day for New ONISQ Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office (DSO) is sponsoring a Proposers Day to provide information...
Mar 5, 20191 min read
D-Wave Previews Their Next Generation Quantum Annealing Machine
In a press release, D-Wave provided a preview of their next generation quantum annealing machine codenamed Pegasus. In the press release,...
Mar 2, 20192 min read
Sydney Quantum Academy Being Established with a $15.4 Million AUD ($10.9M USD) Grant
The Australian state of New South Wales has provided a $15.4 million AUD grant to the University of Sydney, University of New South...
Mar 2, 20191 min read


Intel, Bluefors, and Afore Develop First Cryogenic Wafer Prober
Cryogenic Wafer Prober (Credit Intel Corporation) Intel has teamed up with dilution refrigerator manufacturer Bluefors and MEMS...
Feb 28, 20192 min read
IBM/Princeton Summer Quantum Undergraduate Research Program
IBM and Princeton are sponsoring a 10 week quantum undergraduate research program to provide students with the unique opportunity to do...
Feb 22, 20191 min read
NIST Requesting Comments on Two Quantum Resistant Digital Signature Algorithms
We had previously reported on NISTs selection program to standardize cryptography algorithms that are resistant to breaking by a quantum...
Feb 9, 20191 min read
Clarifying Quantum Supremacy: better terms for milestones in quantum computation
The terms Quantum Supremacy and Quantum Advantage are widely used, but the definitions of these terms have not been precise and not...
Feb 2, 20191 min read
2019 Quantum Matters Science Communication Competition
The Museum of Science, Boston has announced the launch of the national Quantum MattersTM Science Communication Competition, inviting...
Feb 2, 20191 min read
Rigetti Opens Their Quantum Cloud Service (QCS) for Public Beta
Rigetti Computing is opening their Quantum Cloud Service (QCS), which we reported on last September, for public beta testing. QCS will...
Feb 1, 20192 min read
Rigetti Discloses Improved Qubit Quality Metrics with their New Architecture
Qubit quality as measured by coherence times and gate fidelities is a very important factor in determining the overall performance of a...
Jan 26, 20192 min read
U.S. Department of Energy Will Provide $45 Million for Quantum Related Chemical and Materials Res...
The U.S. Department of Energy will provide funding of $45 million over three years for research into two areas. The first area involves...
Jan 19, 20191 min read
Sandia National Laboratories Receives $42 Million Funding for Four New Quantum Research Projects
The $42 million in funding is being provided by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science's Advanced Scientific Computing...
Jan 15, 20191 min read


IBM Unveils New Packaging Design, New Quantum Computation Center and New Name for their Quantum C...
IBM has unveiled a new packaging design for their IBM Q quantum computer, now called the IBM Q System One. The design leverages IBM’s...
Jan 8, 20194 min read
Review of the Cirq Quantum Software Framework
Practical Quantum Computing with Cirq Ryan LaRose Department of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering, Michigan State...
Jan 2, 201929 min read
IBM Releases Version 0.7 of Qiskit Terra and Version 0.4 of Qiskit Aqua
IBM has released their next version of Qiskit Terra with improvements in visualization, transpiler improvements, backends and shot...
Jan 2, 20192 min read


Fujitsu Introduces a 2nd Generation, Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealer
In a press release right before Christmas, Fujitsu has introduced a second generation digital annealer with some impressive...
Dec 24, 20182 min read
Notes on Q2B Conference, December 10-12, 2018
I attended the Q2B (Quantum for Business) Conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California organized QCWare last...
Dec 20, 20184 min read
Taiwan and Israeli Governments Set Up Quantum Research Funding
The Taiwan government will be funding multiple quantum research efforts with an annual amount of 60 million Taiwan dollars (about $1.9...
Dec 18, 20181 min read
IonQ To Initiate Quantum Cloud Service in 2019
At the recent Q2B conference, IonQ announced that they will initiate a quantum cloud computing service to select beta users in 2019....
Dec 15, 20181 min read
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