The Week in Quantum Computing - August 22nd - Multiverse, IQM, Dell, ORNL, 2xN and India
Issue #101
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto).
Quick Recap
Dell goes into Quantum, Multiverse partners with IQM. India to become a key center for Quantum as they double down in education, training, cybersecurity and communications. A combined electron-photonic chip makes its way while we improve entangled memories for a quantum internet. ORNL bets for Majoranas, the elusive qubit device that Microsoft is also after but nobody has been able to build. 2xN launches in London a quantum dedicated £100M fund (yeah, more money!). While a quick report shows the investment in qubits and also new founder companies in the last quarters.
Questions raised about the capabilities of quantum annealing vs classical methods (remember boys, the goal is not to have quantum computers to do the SAME we do with classical, but BETTER. As such, a claim has appeared in the media this week: “Quantum Computing Will Be Bigger Than the Discovery of Fire”. You can check the tweetverse reaction from the ones who know. But basically these types of claims are what hurt the industry creating false expectations. Quantum Computing will be BIG? Most likely yes, HUGE. But today we can’t solve NP-Hard problems my friends.
Repeat with me: Quantum Computers CAN’T solve the Traveling Salesman Problem faster than classical ones. Every time someone says that, Schrödinger’s cat is definetely dead.
We are EXTREMELY good with our classical algorithms, and we keep improving them (just check how good we are crashing the post-quantum stuff, or Google’s quantum supremacy.
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Quantum.Tech Europe is your chance to meet the quantum community all under one roof at Twickenham Stadium, London on 19th – 21st September. The focus of the show will be GLOBAL with case studies coming from multinational enterprises from the key centres of quantum innovation including Tokyo, California, Munich, Madrid, Paris, Riyadh, and Natal.
By attending, you’ll hear from the quantum elite who have already confirmed their attendance at Quantum.Tech Europe this September including Bhushan Bonde, Head of Innovation for In-silico R&D, Drug discovery at Evotec, Sir Peter Knight, Emiretus professor at Imperial College and Jalal Mapar, Sr Advisor for Emerging Technologies Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate. You can view the full agenda here.
The Quantum Pirate will participate in a panel on Quantum Computing for Finance. It will be great to meet you in person if you are attending!
The Week in Quantum Computing
Paper: Space Sustainability Using Quantum Computing
This white paper discusses the problems associated with space debris and how Space Debris Removal Optimization can be formulated as a combination of two optimization problems (the Knapsack Problem and the Travelling Salesman Problem). This white paper also discusses how quantum computing can be applied to solve space debris problems through Space
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August 14, 2022 at 09:30AM
Indian military ready to put long-range quantum key distribution on the line
India's military has celebrated the nation's Independence Day by announcing it will adopt locally developed quantum key distribution (QKD)technology that can operate across distances of 150km.
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August 15, 2022 at 05:30PM
The milestones to quantum advantage in quantum-native multiphysics simulations
Recently, we achieved a significant milestone here at Quanscient in quantum-native multiphysics simulations. By quantum native, we mean that the algorithm encodes the physics of the original problem, in some sense, directly into the quantum system.
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August 15, 2022 at 10:30PM
Unravelling quantum matter more efficiently with a quantum computer
Quantum computers are expected to be naturally better than classical calculators at studying the quantum matter. However, when a quantum system is coupled to the environment at a finite temperature, things get complicated.
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August 15, 2022 at 11:30PM
Indian IT Seeks Solace in Quantum Tech
The investments and partnerships are going towards getting a better understanding of quantum physics, still at a very nascent stage across Indian academic institutions.
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August 16, 2022 at 10:30AM
NZ isn't ready for quantum hackers
Professor David Hutchinson is the director of the Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonics and Quantum Technologies, which is hosted by Otago University. OPINION: The future of computing is coming sooner than we think – and with that comes new concerns around cybersecurity.
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August 16, 2022 at 10:30AM
Quantum computing start-ups: Five companies bidding for quantum supremacy
Forty years later, money is pouring into that ‘wonderful problem’. In the past 12 months, around $1.1bn has been invested in quantum computing start-ups, according to business intelligence provider GlobalData, up 13.5% on the previous year.
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August 16, 2022 at 03:30PM
Quantum + classical = wonder beyond sci-fi
Quantum computing, once the stuff of science fiction, has made its debut into everyday conversation. The talk is somewhat fantastical to those who haven’t been deeply involved, but quantum is starting to gain its footing within the worlds of tech and business.
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August 16, 2022 at 03:30PM
2xN launches $120m fund to invest in ‘quantum opportunities’
London-based VC 2xN has launched a $120m fund to back companies across Europe and the US in quantum computing and related sectors. The firm is known for its collaborative investment approach which has attracted big generalist VCs like Kleiner and Sequoia to coinvest.
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August 17, 2022 at 09:30AM
Hybrid models connect the post-quantum with the classical security
Perttu Saarela, Xiphera’s Developer explains the meaning of hybrid models in the near future of Post-Quantum Cryptography. Modern day public key cryptography is largely covered by RSA and Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC).
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August 17, 2022 at 09:30AM
Quantum Entanglement for Nodes Successful in Testing—Future Quantum Internet Ventures?
Quantum Entanglement for a different set of nodes was successful in research made by scientists to have both interact, placing each other at 7.77 miles (12.5 kilometers) away from each other.
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August 17, 2022 at 09:30AM
Quantum annealing can beat classical computing in limited cases
"We proved that you can be sure you will reach a fast solution from the initial problem, but that's only true for a certain class of problems that can be set up so that the many histories of evolution of the quantum system interfere constructively.
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August 17, 2022 at 09:30PM
New quantum technology combines free electrons and photons
An optical chip with ring-shaped light storage, called a microring resonator, and a fiber-optic coupling. The chip is only three millimeters wide, and the ring resonator at its tip has a radius of 0.114 millimeters.
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August 18, 2022 at 10:30AM
Multiverse Computing and IQM Quantum Computers Announce Partnership to Develop Application-Specific Processor
SAN SEBASTIÁN, SPAIN, August 18, 2022 – Multiverse Computing, a global leader in delivering value-based quantum computing solutions, and IQM Quantum Computers, a European leader in the industry, today announced a partnership to develop integrated solutions for specific quantum-based applications
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August 18, 2022 at 10:30PM
Glimpse into ORNL Quantum Science Center Efforts to Find the Elusive Majorana and Much More
All of the centers have ambitious goals, but perhaps none is more ambitious than QSC’s – to help deliver topological quantum computing. This approach depends on an as-yet unproven particle, Marjorana, one of a class of mysterious non-abelian anyons that follow non-abelian statistics. We won’t dig deeply into that beyond saying such a quantum computer should be extremely resistant to error – a very good thing – and may also be able to directly map physical problems onto quantum computers. The answers would have quantum laws baked in and be extremely accurate. Remember digital twins. Think quantum twins instead, with formidable predictive power.
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August 19, 2022 at 04:30AM
Visualizing amplitude amplification beyond the traditional Grover algorithm
Grover’s algorithm is a foundational algorithm in quantum computing. Though mathematically involved, it has a very intuitive explanation and is therefore taught frequently in entry level courses.
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August 19, 2022 at 11:30PM
New Quantum Technology Combines Free Electrons And Photons
In the experiment, the beam of an electron microscope passes a built-in integrated photonic chip, consisting of a micro-ring resonator and optical fibre output ports.
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August 19, 2022 at 11:30PM
11 Top Experts: Quantum Top Trends 2023 And 2030
To gain perspective on where QIS / QC is going, I reached out to QIS / QC experts for their views. Thus, top quantum experts give their top 3 QIS / QC trends for 2023 and 2030. I tried to keep their phrasing as close to their submissions to me as possible thus you will see their insights on 2023 and 2030 with the phrasing differing in their descriptions.
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August 19, 2022 at 11:30PM
7 Quantum Companies to Watch Founded in 202
The Quantum Technology market is growing rapidly, with new companies forming or emerging from stealth seemingly every week. Keeping track of the progress in the industry behind the headlines is becoming increasingly challenging — the answer is robust and reliable data on the industry.
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August 20, 2022 at 09:30AM
High-quality superconducting qubits fabricated with CMOS-compatible technologies
Cross-sectional illustration of the overlap junction. The overlap between the bottom electrode (BE) and the top electrode (TE) defines the Josephson junction (and a parasitic stray junction). Sidewall residues can be present due to subtractive etching steps.
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August 20, 2022 at 09:30AM
Quantum Computing Will Be Bigger Than the Discovery of Fire! (Spoiler Alert: NO)
It’s commonly appreciated that the discovery of fire was the most profound revolution in human history. And yesterday, I read that a major director at Bank of America (BAC) thinks a technology that hardly anyone is talking about these days could be more critical for humankind than fire!
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August 20, 2022 at 08:30PM