The Week in Quantum Computing - June 26th
Issue #142
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto).
Quick Recap
ChatGPT and Quantum! Microsoft disclosed their ambitious roadmap for building a topological qubit-based quantum supercomputer within the next decade, and announced the Azure Quantum Elements Copilot (Yes, now you can use GPT to build Grover circutis!). This tool leverages High Performance Computing (HPC) and AI to boost the speed of certain chemistry simulations, potentially hastening the pace of discoveries in computational chemistry and material science. Concurrently, Chinese scientists simulated a black hole using qubits, which opens up exciting new prospects in understanding quantum effects in these celestial phenomena.
Significant advancements in hardware and technology were also observed. QuantumBasel, in collaboration with IonQ, is set to house Switzerland's first commercially viable quantum computer by 2024. IonQ is also expanding the commercial availability of its next-generation Forte quantum computer. Further, Quantinuum talks about their System Model H2, which claims to offer unparalleled performance (claims to be the best in market today). Pasqal opens a lab in Canada. On the other hand, researchers introduced a novel method of translating electrical quantum states into sound and vice versa, potentially enabling efficient storage of quantum information. SandboxAQ goes towards chemical simulation.
In the meantime, what happens with the markets?
Michio Kaku and the share price
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The Week in Quantum Computing
Is a ChaptGPT Moment Coming for Quantum Computing?
Back in May, Jensen Huang, the CEO at Nvidia, said he sees ChatGPT as an "iPhone moment" for AI.Will all the buzz surrounding new artificial intelligence applications like ChatGPT soon be spreading to other tech areas like quantum computing?
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June 19, 2023 at 04:30PM
The Quantum Computing Boom: How It Will Impact the Job Market
The quantum computing boom is poised to revolutionize the way we process and analyze data, solve complex problems, and make breakthroughs in various fields such as cryptography, medicine, and artificial intelligence.
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June 19, 2023 at 04:30PM
PASQAL will Open Quantum Computer Factory in Canada
- PASQAL, the world leader in quantum computing based on neutral atoms, announces the creation of a factory to produce state-of-the-art quantum processing devices at Espace Quantique 1 of DistriQ – Quantum Innovation Zone in Sherbrooke, Canada.
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June 21, 2023 at 03:30PM
Researchers develop open-source software to speed up quantum research
Within a few decades, quantum technology is expected to become a key technology in areas such as health, communication, defense and energy. The power and potential of the technology lie in the odd and very special properties of quantum particles.
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June 21, 2023 at 06:30PM
Microsoft expects to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years
Microsoft today announced its roadmap for building its own quantum supercomputer, using the topological qubits the company’s researchers have been working on for quite a few years now.
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June 22, 2023 at 07:30PM
Microsoft Announces Azure Quantum Elements Copilot in Azure Quantum and a Conceptual Roadmap for a Quantum Supercomputer
Microsoft announced a trio of announcements particularly aimed at advancing computational chemistry and material science discovery using their Azure service, HPC, AI, and quantum technologies. The first announcement is for a product Microsoft calls Azure Quantum Elements which uses HPC and AI to speed up certain chemistry simulations by factors as high as 500,000. A key component of this software is that it uses a GPT-4 model which has been enhanced by feeding it additional data in the areas of quantum computing and chemistry
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June 22, 2023 at 07:30PM
Chinese scientists use quantum computing to simulate black hole
The researchers said the experiments on Hawking radiation opened up a new path for simulating the quantum effects of black holes with superconducting quantum chips and marked “a step in the direction of creating quantum systems with properties analogous to those of black holes”.
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June 22, 2023 at 07:30PM
Feynmans Three Papers Related to Quantum Computing
Mention Feynman’s paper on quantum computing, and most people will immediately presume that you mean his 1982 paper on Simulating physics with computers, but he had two other foundational papers that at least loosely related to or associated with quantum computing.
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June 22, 2023 at 10:30PM
Norwegian Position Paper
Inspired by the presentations and discussions at the QCNorway workshop, the organisers of the event have authored a position paper with recommendations for an emerging Norwegian quantum strategy, in which quantum computing should be a principal part.
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June 23, 2023 at 07:30AM
Denmark Invests One Billion Kroner ($146m) in Quantum Tech for Cybersecurity and Innovation
Denmark is launching its first quantum technology strategy with a billion-kroner investment in research and innovation. The government aims to invest one billion kroner in research and innovation as part of the first phase of a National Strategy for Quantum Technology.
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June 23, 2023 at 07:30AM
QuantumBasel brings the first commercially viable physical quantum computer to Switzerland
QuantumBasel, a company of the uptownBasel group, is propelling the advancement of quantum computing through a strategic partnership with IonQ, a prominent U.S. quantum computer manufacturer
This collaboration cements QuantumBasel's position as a neutral quantum hub and international innovation ecosystem by providing access through world-class quantum computers. Customers and partners of QuantumBasel will benefit from cutting-edge quantum computing technology. Furthermore, QuantumBasel is set to house Switzerland's first commercially viable quantum computer at the uptownBasel site, starting in 2024. As part of this partnership, IonQ will establish an innovation center for the EMEA region on the campus, enhancing QuantumBasel's existing partnerships with IBM and D-Wave Systems.
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June 23, 2023 at 07:30AM
New device opens door to storing quantum information as sound waves
In a paper published in the journal Nature Physics, Mohammad Mirhosseini, assistant professor of electrical engineering and applied physics, shows a new method his lab has developed for efficiently translating electrical quantum states into sound and vice versa. This type of translation may allow for storing quantum information prepared by future quantum computers, which are likely to made from electrical circuits.
This method makes use of what are known as phonons, the sound equivalent of a light particle called a photon. (Remember that in quantum mechanics, all waves are particles and vice versa). The experiment investigates phonons for storing quantum information because it's relatively easy to build small devices that can store these mechanical waves.
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June 23, 2023 at 10:30AM
Quantinuum Claims It Has The Highest-Performing Quantum Computer Ever Built And It Used A Racetrack To Prove It
Quantinuum recently released its second-generation quantum computer, the System Model H2 with an advanced ion trap in the shape of an oval racetrack. Like Quantinuum’s earlier quantum computer models—the H0, H1 and H1-2—the new H2 system uses an isotope of ytterbium to create qubits for computation and barium ions for cooling. Like the previous models, it also uses a trapped-ion architecture in what is called a quantum charged coupled device (QCCD).
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June 23, 2023 at 09:30PM
Quantum computing: The tech revolution that wasnt
From ChatGPT to Apple Vision Pro, the latest tech products garner a lot of hype. But while AI chatbots have the potential to change our relationship with the internet, and spatial computing could do the same to the world around us, these tech developments might also fizzle out. Four years on that future hasn’t materialized, and Amit Joshi thinks it will be another 10 to 15 years until it does. In conversation with Mike Wade, he discusses why quantum computing now faces an engineering problem, and what the future holds for lightspeed processing power.
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June 23, 2023 at 09:30PM
SandboxAQ Creates an AQBioSim Division for AI and Quantum Based Drug Discovery
SandboxAQ has been quietly working for some time on developing drug discovery solutions that can leverage hybrid CPU/TPU (Tensor Processing Units) configurations and AI technology to provide meaningful results for drug discovery.
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June 23, 2023 at 09:30PM
The quantum internet just got one step closer to reality thanks to new resonator breakthrough
Unlike classical networks though, this resonator does not require mirrors like other optical resonators, instead using a special crystalline silicon with regular holes in the material only nanometers across. using erbium atoms implanted into silicon which, when excited by light using a fiberoptic cable, will emit single photons encoded with this quantum information.
"However, in order to make technical use of these fundamental properties of erbium, one has to stimulate the atoms to emit individual light particles in a controlled manner," Andreas Gritsch, a doctoral researcher in Reiserer's team at the MPQ, said. "In this way, an interface for sending or receiving quantum information can be created."
Specifically, the nanophotonic resonator that the erbium atoms create has ideal properties for communicating information, since they emit light at the wavelength of 1,536 nanometers, which is identical to the wavelength used in classical communications over a fiberoptic network.
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June 23, 2023 at 11:30PM
IonQ moves ahead with Forte quantum computers and its facility in Seattle area
Maryland-based IonQ is expanding the commercial availability of its next-generation Forte quantum computer — and ramping up its research and production facility in the Seattle area to work on the next, next generation.
Forte is expected to bring the quantum frontier closer to the point that customers can start running real-world applications rather than merely experimenting with quantum capabilities, said Chris Monroe, co-founder and chief scientist at IonQ.
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June 24, 2023 at 02:30PM