The Week in Quantum Computing - July 12th
Issue #44
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto) and The Quantum World Association.
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The Quote of the Week
"Science is in the process of redefining life as we know it. And that is going to change our worldview in a profound way." Dimitar Sasselov - astronomer. Phillips Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University . Founding director of the Harvard University Origins of Life Initiative.
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The Summary of the Week
The Quantum Decade
For decades, quantum computing has been viewed as a futuristic technology: it would change everything, if it ever moved from the fantastical to the practical.
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July 06, 2021 at 05:33PM
Untappable quantum cryptography becomes practical with MDI-QKD
Engineers from QuTech can provide untappable communication that is cost-scaling to many users by using measurement-device independent (MDI) quantum key distribution (QKD).
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July 06, 2021 at 07:33PM
Quantum computing wars: IBM, Honeywell make major moves as competition intensifies
June quantum computing market activities illustrate the growing public sector interest in quantum as both a source of high-paying jobs and a technology vital to a company’s strategic sovereign interests.
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July 07, 2021 at 09:33AM
The European Commission appoints the new Strategic Advisory Board for the Quantum Flagship
As a result of the call, they have selected nine individual experts, appointed according to their personal capacities, and industry representative experts, appointed on behalf of their companies.
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July 07, 2021 at 12:33PM
OQC delivers the UK’s first Quantum Computing as-a-Service
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), which unveiled the UK’s most advanced superconducting quantum computer in 2018, is now launching the UK’s first Quantum Computing-as-a-Service (QCaaS) platform.
OQC’s QCaaS will give customers a competitive edge in what is set to be the next frontier of technology and enterprise. OQC has opened a beta list to sector-leading enterprise customers looking to take advantage of the technical and commercial benefits of quantum computing.
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July 07, 2021 at 07:33PM
Physicists create 256-qubit programmable quantum simulator
Ateam of physicists from the Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms and other universities has developed a special type of quantum computer known as a programmable quantum simulator capable of operating with 256 quantum bits, or “qubits.
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July 08, 2021 at 09:33AM
ADVA launches world’s first optical transport solution with post-quantum cryptography
MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ADVA (FSE: ADV) today launched the industry’s first optical transport solution secured by post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
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July 08, 2021 at 09:33AM
Terra Quantum announces 40,000km quantum cryptography breakthrough
Terra Quantum, the Swiss quantum technology company, is today announcing a breakthrough in quantum cryptography with a technology that allows quantum cryptography keys to be transmitted over a distance of more than 40,000km — the circumference of the Earth.
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July 08, 2021 at 04:33PM
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July 09, 2021 at 07:33PM
Quantum phases of matter on a 256-atom programmable quantum simulator
Motivated by far-reaching applications ranging from quantum simulations of complex processes in physics and chemistry to quantum information processing1, a broad effort is currently underway to build large-scale programmable quantum systems.
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July 09, 2021 at 07:33PM
Q-CTRL awarded $3.5 million grant from Australian government for space-based quantum sensors
SYDNEY and LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2021 -- Q-CTRL, a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to power quantum technology, has been awarded a $3.
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July 09, 2021 at 08:33PM
China claims to have taken the lead in the quantum race with 66-qubits processor
Forward-looking: Chinese researchers of the University of Science and Technology of China have created the world's fastest quantum processor, the Zuchongzhi. According to researchers, the Zuchongzhi is 2 to 3 times faster than Google's Sycamore processor, solving a problem in 1.
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July 10, 2021 at 12:33PM