The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto).
Quick Recap
ColdQuanta completes their funding round (last week with Breakthrouh Victoria and now up to $110M with LCP and Sumitomo among others. EleQtron raises €50M from Earlybird and Siegerlandfonds in Germany, while Universal Quantum wins a German project for €67M to build a multichip for the German Aerospace Center. Qiskit launched the first of their Quantum Information courses, so if you don’t want to read Mermin, Peres or the Mike&Ike, this is a good first approach. AWS makes strides on the quantum network and go ahead with a couple of explainer articles. Also adds QuEra into their quantum systems. Azure adds Rigetti in the same week their CEO announces stepping down as President and CEO of the company to focus on product and tech. Lastly, a video by Sabine Hossenfelder, always controversial, talking about the quantum winter and why the hype. My take on the video is that she is right on many things (we’ve talked about hype before in this newsletter), but there is no need to call names or bash people and companies who are helping improve the industry. In order to move science to industry you need just the right amount of expectations. But please, watch the video and let me know your thoughts.
Finally, Christian Weedbrook thread on twitter on the most influential papers in quantum. Those are must reads (and ideally understand!)
The Week in Quantum Computing
Azure Quantum Now Offers Rigetti’s QCS™ and Superconducting QPUs
An important way that Azure Quantum empowers the quantum ecosystem is by providing developers and researchers a choice from a diverse portfolio of innovative quantum hardware providers and quantum processing unit (QPU) types through our platform.
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October 31, 2022 at 08:30AM
Boston-based quantum computer QuEra joins Amazon's cloud for public access
OAKLAND, Calif., Nov 1 (Reuters) - Quantum computer startup QuEra, born from researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said on Tuesday its computer is now accessible to the public through Amazon.com (AMZN.O) cloud's quantum computer service Braket.
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November 01, 2022 at 11:30PM
Quantum Startup ColdQuanta Draws Investors With ‘Here-and-Now’ Applications
The Colorado firm plans to use $110 million in investor funding to build high-precision atomic clocks and other products
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November 01, 2022 at 11:30PM
Course: Understanding Quantum Information and Computation | Lesson 1
Lesson 1 of Unit 1 introduces the basics of quantum information. You'll find a breakdown of what's covered in the lesson (and when) here: 0:00 - Introduction 2:06 - Lesson overview 4:01 - Descriptions of quantum information 5:52 - Classical information 10:52 - Dirac notation (first part) 15:23
Quantum computer maker eleQtron raises +€50 million in funding
Siegen, Germany-based developer of quantum computers eleQtron has raised over €50 million in new funds, including venture capital from Earlybird and Siegerlandfonds.
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November 04, 2022 at 09:30AM
UK’s Universal Quantum wins €67m quantum computing contract with German government
British quantum computing start-up Universal Quantum has won the largest government contract for quantum computing to date. Worth €67m, the deal will see the company create one single chip and later a multi-chip scalable quantum computer for the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Hamburg.
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November 04, 2022 at 09:30AM
Quantum Error Correction Will Enable Quantum Telescopes
Researchers from Australia and Singapore are working on a new quantum technique that could enhance optical VLBI. It’s known as Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP), which allows quantum information to be transferred without losses.
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November 04, 2022 at 09:30AM
An Illustrated Introduction to Quantum Networks and Quantum Repeaters
Quantum networks are an emerging technology that distribute entangled quantum bits to geographically separated users. These networks can enable new communication tasks such as the generation of shared cryptographic keys whose security does not depend on algorithmic complexity.
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November 04, 2022 at 01:30PM
Podcast: Finding commercial success in the burgeoning quantum-technology sector – Physics World
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast looks at the challenges and opportunities facing companies in the quantum-technology sector. Our first guest is Rafal Janik, who is chief operating officer of Xanadu.
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November 05, 2022 at 05:30PM
Video / Controversy: Quantum Winter Is Coming
Quantum technology current attracts a lot of attention and money, which might explain why they’re missing on my end.
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November 05, 2022 at 07:30PM