The Week in Quantum Computing - November 29th
Issue #64
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
Geopolitics take a new height this week. A report claims China is hacking now to decrypt later, while the US bans their companies to provide quantum services there. In the meantime we advance on error correction and algorithms. Quanderla raises €15M and Zurich launches officially the “first” integrated full qubit control system (although QBlox already had something like that ;) Ah, remember Google’s quantum advantage claim? It may not be that advantageous in the end.
Read On!
The Quote of the Week
"To understand the mind, we must understand the brain."
Patricia Churchland - analytic philosopher. Professor Emerita at UC San Diego . Adjunct Professor at Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
The Week in Quantum Computing
What Europe can learn from France when it comes to quantum computing
The French ambition to become a world leader in deeptech is one of Europe’s worst-kept secrets.
Not only does the country have one of the biggest deeptech funds in Europe, Bpifrance, but more importantly it has the people and the pipeline of talent through a best-in-breed university system, which is helping the country become a hotbed for innovation.
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November 21, 2021 at 06:30PM
Quside receives financing from the Catalan department of business and labor
The funds complement additional funding from other private investors and will be used to accelerate growth.
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November 22, 2021 at 08:30AM
How Quantum Computers Will Correct Their Errors
Quantum bits are fussy and fragile. Useful quantum computers will need to use an error-correction technique like the one that was recently demonstrated on a real machine.
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November 22, 2021 at 10:30AM
QuTech launches Quantum Network Explorer for public quantum network experiments – IT Pro – News
QuTech has launched a website to conduct experiments on quantum networks. Quantum Network Explorer allows users to simulate quantum key generation, among other things. Quantum Network Explorer It offers a simple graphical interface to learn about quantum networks even without specialized knowledge.
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November 22, 2021 at 05:30PM
IonQ shares plunge 14% as Goldman takes cautious view of quantum computing
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November 22, 2021 at 07:30PM
The next giant leap: why Boris Johnson wants to ‘go big’ on quantum computing
The technology behind everyday computers such as smartphones and laptops has revolutionised modern life, to the extent that our our day-to-day lives are unimaginable without it. But an alternative method of computing is advancing rapidly, and Boris Johnson is among the people who have noticed.
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November 23, 2021 at 10:30AM
Report: China May Steal Encrypted Government Data Now to Decrypt with Quantum Computers Later
In the recently released 32-page document, experts warn that China, specifically, has become a major player in quantum computing and will likely soon collect encrypted American data in hopes to eventually decrypt it when the advanced quantum systems go into operation.
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November 23, 2021 at 11:30AM
Quantum Use Cases Are Here
We previously shared initial findings from a study conducted by Hyperion Research. Their final research this week expanded insight to the quantum use cases identified by commercial organizations, along with the potential roadblocks end users see on their path to quantum.
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November 24, 2021 at 07:30AM
Quantum algorithm nightmare
It is the year 2026, I’m sure. I don’t know what date, but surely it is still the year 2026, and I’m still in this small, dark, cold cell. I got a new cellmate in the next cell. He was much older than me. Once, he started talking to me that I seemed to be very sad and full of fear.
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November 24, 2021 at 09:30AM
IBM Quantum System Two: Design Sneak Preview
As we continue scaling our quantum chips, we expect them to mature beyond the infrastructure of Quantum System One. Here we unveil a design concept for IBM Quantum System Two, our vision for the future of quantum computing systems and quantum data centers. Read more about our vision here:
Math may have caught up with Google’s quantum-supremacy claims
In 2019, word filtered out that a quantum computer built by Google had performed calculations that the company claimed would be effectively impossible to replicate on supercomputing hardware.
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November 24, 2021 at 11:30AM
US blocks export of quantum computing tech to Chinese organizations
The Commerce Department on Friday barred US firms from exporting quantum computing technology to eight Chinese companies and labs to try to keep the country from decrypting sensitive US communications and developing new military technology.
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November 24, 2021 at 10:30PM
Zurich Instruments launches the first Qubit Controller offering a full qubit control system in a single instrument
The Zurich Instruments SHFQC Qubit Controller offers a full room-temperature qubit control system for up to 6 superconducting qubits in a single instrument.
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November 25, 2021 at 11:30AM
The world’s top five quantum computing hubs
The global quantum computing sector is still in its infancy. Despite this, its investment potential is hard to ignore. The quantum computing market was valued at $472m earlier in 2021 and is expected to reach $1.7bn by 2026, according to a Markets and Markets projection.
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November 25, 2021 at 11:30AM
Quandela lève 15 millions d’euros pour proposer un premier ordinateur quantique photonique en 2022
Accueil/Actualité/Quandela lève 15 millions d’euros pour proposer un premier ordinateur quantique photonique en 2022ActualitéBusinessTech Fondée en 2017 par Pascale Senellart (directrice de recherche au Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies du CNRS et de l’Université Paris-Saclay et
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November 26, 2021 at 09:30AM
Roll Over Quanthoven: Can Quantum Computers Be Programmed to Become Quantum Composers?
From the music of the spheres to the jazz of physics, and from Albert Einstein’s hairstyle to Ludwig Van Beethoven coiffure, there has always been — to me, at least — an inexplicable connection between physics and music. Now a team of Cambridge Quantum and the University of Plymouth scientists are reporting that this link may not be a coincidence at all and they are exploring the nexus between music, language, quantum information science and artificial intelligence to see if quantum computers can become quantum composers.
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November 26, 2021 at 11:31AM
The Importance of On-Premises Hybrid Classical-Quantum Computing
Quantum computation has the potential to accelerate simulation, optimization and machine learning algorithm use cases. Increasingly, customers tell us they want to consume data and execute classical workloads in private, on-premises environments due to compliance, policy and privacy issues.
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November 26, 2021 at 01:30PM
QTUM: Less Concentrated Than SOXX, With Quantum Computing Too
The Defiance Quantum ETF or QTUM provides exposure to innovative technologies mainly in the semiconductor ecosystem just like SOXX.
In this respect, the quantum computing sector, currently in the development phase, has seen a lot of money pouring in.
This is where QTUM becomes attractive, as it provides an indirect way to gain exposure to the quantum world instead of investing directly in startups.
I also realistically examine the prospects in view of the hype surrounding quantum science.
By offering less concentration risks while at the same time providing investors with quantum prospects, QTUM looks better than its iShares peer, but beware of the current inflationary pressures on growth stocks
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November 26, 2021 at 01:30PM
Students rescue quantum computer from late-night disaster, but China’s extreme work culture raises questions
Water leaking through the ceiling of a Chinese national research facility might have destroyed a new-generation quantum computer under construction if not for the quick action of students working late.
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November 27, 2021 at 08:30AM
Newly improved quantum algorithm performs full configuration interaction calculations without controlled time evolutions
In a continuing effort to improve upon previous work, a research team at the Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, has applied its recently developed Bayesian phase difference estimation quantum algorithm to perform full configuration interaction (full-CI) calculations of atoms and molecules without simulating the time evolution of the wave function conditional on an ancillary qubit. Superior to conventional methods in terms of parallel execution of quantum gates during quantum computing, this new algorithm is expected to be much easier to implement in actual quantum computers.
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November 27, 2021 at 08:30AM