IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) today announced it has signed a $54.5 million contract with the United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL). The focus of the AFRL partnership is to enable the scaling, networking and deployability of quantum ….
@HPCpodcast: Aurora Exascale Update and Other HPC-AI Topics with Argonne’s Rick Stevens and Mike Papka
September 20, 2024 by
Last year at about this time, we discussed the state of HPC and the Aurora ….
Quantum Computing for HPC Centers – A Concise Buyer’s Guide
September 19, 2024 by
As high-performance computing centers (HPCs) look to integrate quantum computing technologies into their existing infrastructure, understanding the distinct features and requirements of various quantum modalities is essential.
HSBC and Quantinuum Pilot Quantum Security for Tokenized Gold
September 19, 2024 by
Sept. 19, 2023, London – HSBC, a British bank and financial services group, announced today that it has successfully trialled quantum-secure technology for buying and selling tokenised physical gold. The company said this marks the latest step by HSBC in the protection of critical applications from potential future quantum computing attacks. Last year, HSBC said it […]
Q-CTRL Delivering New Services to IBM Quantum Network
September 16, 2024 by
Montréal, Sept. 16, 2024 – Quantum sofware company Q-CTRL today announced that it offers two services via IBM’s new Qiskit Functions Catalog to simplify application development and performance management services. Q-CTRL’s performance-management software, Fire Opal, improves the usability and capability of quantum computing by reducing errors and abstracting the details of how to operate hardware […]
BQP Reports on Aircraft CFD Simulations with Quantum Computing
September 12, 2024 by
New York, September 12, 2024 – BQP, a startup developing quantum-based engineering simulations, today announced what it said is a research milestone for simulating computational fluid dynamics. The milestone was achieved using a hybrid quantum-classical solver which is part of BQP’s next-gen simulation platform, BQPhy, according to BQP. After conducting ~100000 experiments, BQP researchers published […]
EPB Quantum Network to Host Oak Ridge Lab’s Run on a Quantum Network
September 11, 2024 by
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 11, 2024 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory will run equipment developed at its research facilities on a commercially available quantum network at EPB Quantum Network powered by Qubitekk. Starting this month, ORNL is testing its Automatic Polarization Compensation (APC), a technology needed to convey quantum data across a network while maintaining all its […]
IonQ and the University of Maryland in $9M Quantum Partnership
September 11, 2024 by
COLLEGE PARK, MD – Sept. 11, 2024 – Quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) and the University of Maryland today announced an agreement to expand their partnership to provide quantum computing access at the National Quantum Lab at Maryland (QLab), which provides UMD-affiliated students, faculty, researchers, staff and partners with an unprecedented opportunity to work […]
NSF Issues $39M in Quantum Science and Engineering Grants
August 29, 2024 by
Aug. 29, 2024 — The U.S. National Science Foundation is investing $39 million to help grow quantum research activities at U.S. institutions through the NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) program. This investment will fund 23 research projects aiming to break new ground in fields such as quantum computing, sensors and […]
Sandia and Arizona State to Integrate Photonics and Light-Wave Frequency for Quantum Processing
August 22, 2024 by
Aug. 22, 2024 — SandiaNational Laboratories and Arizona State University are collaborating to combine quantum technology and large-scale optical systems into integrated microsystems. Nils Otterstrom, a Sandia physicist specializing in integrated photonics, is working on scaling down optical systems to the size of a chip, which is intended to offer performance advantages and scalability for […]
