The Week in Quantum Computing - August 30th
Issue #51
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by The Quantum World Association and Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
Can a quantum processing unit fit in your phone? Will we have “desktop” quantum computers or the future will be in the cloud accessing extremely cold superconductors? While we keep trying to answer those questions IonQ reveals their new glass chip architecture. Quantum Speed up has been theoretically demostrated for classification problems and Quantum Brilliance in Australia gets $13,4M in investment.
The Quote of the Week
"Again and again the imaginary plan on which one attempts to build up that order breaks down and then we must try another. This imaginative vision and faith in the ultimate success are indispensable."
Max Planck - theoretical physicist. Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.
The Summary of the Week
quantum-viz.js: a quantum circuits visualization library
We recently released our JavaScript library for quantum circuits visualization as a new open-source project: quantum-viz.js. You might recall it was originally developed last year as an intern project by Raphael Koh, who wrote a great blog post about it for our 2020 Advent Calendar.
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August 22, 2021 at 10:30AM
Trending Quantum Computing Technologies
Quantum computing utilizes quantum mechanical phenomenon such as entanglement and superposition to manipulate qubits to perform computation on a quantum computer. ProjectQ is an open-source software framework for quantum computing started at ETH Zurich.
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August 23, 2021 at 09:30AM
Researchers open a path toward quantum computing in real-world conditions
The quantum computing market is projected to reach $65 billion by 2030, a hot topic for investors and scientists alike because of its potential to solve incomprehensibly complex problems. Drug discovery is one example.
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August 23, 2021 at 09:30AM
The next quantum race: Who can harness it first?
TOKYO -- With Japan's first commercial quantum computer going into operation last month, more global competitors are entering the race to gain an advantage by harnessing the next-generation technology, with Germany emerging as a strong contender.
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August 23, 2021 at 10:30PM
52 Wonder Women Working In Industry As Quantum Scientists & Engineers
That men disproportionally represent the scientists, engineers and people in technical positions in the commercial quantum technology sector is already a widely known fact. The good news is that this is changing, slowly.
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August 25, 2021 at 09:30AM
Breakthrough: Quantum computers will soon fit in your phone
A quantum computer small enough to sit on your desk — or be embedded in a satellite, car or even a mobile phone — is no longer a pipe dream. The first such machines are actually starting to be delivered to early customers, thanks to advances in qubits created using synthetic diamonds.
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August 25, 2021 at 02:30PM
Glass Chip Is Key to New Quantum Architecture
Reconfigurable, multicore quantum computers are goal of new IonQ chip built on "evaporated glass" and chains of ions. Maryland-based IonQ has unveiled a new kind of chip in its quest to scale up its type of quantum computer technology. Its computers calculate using the quantum states of ions electromagnetically trapped in the space near a chip. Previous traps were made using silicon chipmaking processes, but the company has now switched to an evaporated glass trap technology
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August 25, 2021 at 10:30PM
Deep Dive: Reconfigurable Multicore Quantum Architecture
As the number of available qubits in a quantum computer increases, the power of the quantum computer increases exponentially thanks to the rapidly increasing size of the computational space: adding one additional qubit doubles the size of the computational space the quantum computer can access.
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August 26, 2021 at 07:30AM
Quantum Brilliance bags $13.4 million as investors jump on an emerging opportunity in Aussie tech
Quantum Brilliance co-founders Andrew Horsley, Marcus Doherty and Mark Luo. Source: supplied. Startup Quantum Brilliance has secured a huge US$9.7 million ($13.4 million) seed funding round, as its founders set their sights on becoming Australia’s first quantum unicorn.
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August 26, 2021 at 12:30PM
Why it might be impossible to build a practical quantum computer
After “quantum supremacy”, the next step is scaling up and mastering the errors that dog qubits. But some researchers reckon the noise might always to be too high for useful quantum computers
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August 27, 2021 at 09:32AM
Study demonstrates the quantum speed up of supervised machine learning on a new classification task
In recent years, several computer scientists and physicists have been exploring the potential of quantum-enhanced machine learning algorithms. As their name suggests, quantum machine learning approaches combine quantum algorithms with machine learning techniques.
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August 27, 2021 at 12:34PM
