The Week in Quantum Computing - Feb 7th
Issue #77
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
In Quantum, SPAM is not about the unwanted stuff you want on your email but state preparation and measurement operations. Quantinuum has achieved a huge milestone on SPAM fidelity. Two news from Oxford, QuantrolOX raises 1,4M pounds and Oxford Quantum Circuits puts Lucy to work on Amazon Braket. Qiskit releases “prototypes” a nice way to testing new circuits and go from paper to code. TuringQ completes (pun intended) their PreA+ financing and of course: And of course, big congratulations to Rigetti this week for going public.
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The Week in Quantum Computing
QuantrolOx secures £1.4 million Seed investment led by Nielsen Ventures
Oxford, UK. QuantrolOx is announcing that it has raised £1.4m in seed funding to scale quantum computing, led by Nielsen Ventures and Hoxton Ventures. Voima Ventures, Remus Capital, Dr. Hermann Hauser, and Laurent Caraffa also invested in the round.
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February 28, 2022 at 09:30AM
Amazon Braket launches Lucy, a new quantum processor from Oxford Quantum Circuits and expands to the Europe (London) Region
Since launch, Amazon Braket has been committed to providing customers with a single access point to different quantum hardware choices, allowing them to experiment and innovate with multiple quantum processing units (QPUs) through the same interface.
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February 28, 2022 at 10:30AM
Quantum computing will change the cyber landscape, here's why we need proper governance
It is hard to underestimate the power of quantum computers. Compared to a classical computer, a quantum computer is like a plane is to a car. They operate fundamentally differently and no matter how fast a car is, it cannot fly over a river.
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March 01, 2022 at 07:30AM
Try Out the Latest Advances in Quantum Computing With IBM Quantum prototypes
By Jen Glick, Aggie Branczyk, Bryce Fuller, Iskandar Sitdikov, Caleb Johnson, Jim Garrison, and Pedro Rivero Have you ever read a research paper about a new quantum algorithm or technique and wished you could use it without having to re-implement the whole thing from scratch? You’re not alone.
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March 01, 2022 at 06:30PM
The Engine to Run the Post-Quantum Future is Here
Quantum Resistant Ledger, in partnership with Geometry Labs, releases a new cryptographic library to drive efficient, elegant and high performance post-quantum secure blockchain systems. Zug, Switzerland February 23, 2022 --(PR.
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March 01, 2022 at 06:30PM
Top Government’s Budget for Quantum Computing in 2022
Quantum computing tends to be one of the major disruptive technologies in the nearby future with a promise to simulate complex interactions of atomic structures through smart quantum computers.
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March 02, 2022 at 09:30AM
Rigetti Computing Announces Closing of Business Combination with Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd.; Begins Trading on Nasdaq Capital Market Today
BERKELEY, Calif., March 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in hybrid quantum-classical computing, and Supernova Partners Acquisition Company II, Ltd.
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March 02, 2022 at 01:30PM
Quantum Computing Firm TuringQ Completes Pre-A+ Round of Financing
TuringQ, a photonic quantum computing company, announced on Monday the completion of its third round of Pre-A+ financing. The lead investor in this round was Oriza Holdings while co-investors were well-known Chinese institutions such as Wuxi Binhu State-owned Capital Investment Co., as well as other existing shareholders Legend Capital and Ambrum Capital.
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March 02, 2022 at 04:30PM
QuiX Quantum launches new quantum photonic processor
QuiX Quantum, the market leader in photonic quantum computing hardware, today announced the commercial launch of the world’s largest photonic quantum processor.
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March 03, 2022 at 06:30PM
NATO cybersecurity center finishes tests of quantum-proof network
The NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has completed its test run of secure communication flows that could withstand attackers using quantum computing.
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March 03, 2022 at 06:30PM
Paper: Realization of a discrete time crystal on 57 qubits of a quantum computer
Unconventional dynamical phases that violate ergodicity have been a subject of extensive research in recent years. A periodically driven system is naively expected to lose all memory of its initial state due to thermalization, yet this can be avoided in the presence of many-body localization. A discrete time crystal represents a driven system whose local observables spontaneously break time translation symmetry and retain memory of the initial state indefinitely. Here, we report the observation of a discrete time crystal on a chain consisting of 57 superconducting qubits on a state-of-the-art quantum computer. We probe random initial states and compare the cases of vanishing and finite disorder to distinguish many-body localization from prethermal dynamics. We further report results on the dynamical phase transition between the discrete time crystal and a thermal regime, which is observed via critical fluctuations in the system’s subharmonic frequency response and a substantial speedup of spin depolarization.
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March 03, 2022 at 07:30PM
CaixaBank Group, D-Wave Collaborate on Innovative New Quantum Applications for Finance Industry
VALENCIA, Spain & BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CaixaBank, the leading financial group in Spain, and D-Wave Systems Inc.
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March 04, 2022 at 09:30AM
Quantinuum announces a world record in fidelity for quantum computing qubits
99.9904% SPAM Fidelity with barium-137 sets the standard and creates a further step towards solving some of the world’s most intractable problems.
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March 04, 2022 at 03:30PM
Giant leap toward quantum internet realized with Bell state analyzer
Scientists' increasing mastery of quantum mechanics is heralding a new age of innovation. Technologies that harness the power of nature's most minute scale show enormous potential across the scientific spectrum, from computers exponentially more powerful than today's leading systems, sensors capable of detecting elusive dark matter, and a virtually unhackable quantum internet.
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March 04, 2022 at 11:30PM