The Week in Quantum Computing - November 22nd
Issue #63
The Week in Quantum Computing. Brought to you by Sergio Gago (@piratecto). Sponsored by Qapitan Quantum.
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Quick Recap
Really packed week! Xanadu releases their textbook, and Q-Ctrl their Black Opal course (Just $50 for 1y subscription!). IBM breaks the mold announcing their 127 bird, but also their “serverless” architecture (don’t think Lambda serverless here though). QuEra goes live with a $17M investment (but lots of discussion on whether what they are doing is “really” QC. Australia pours $70M into the industry, and Germany gets IQM machine. In the meantime IonQ announces their Q3 results, yielding over 180% returns to the early IPO-SPAC investors.
The Quote of the Week
"Yo me coloco en un territorio donde todo es desconocido, cosas de los hombres que no entendemos y que yo trato de entender."
Translation: "I place myself in a territory where everything is unknown, things about men that we do not understand and that I try to understand"
Eduardo Chillida - sculptor.
The Week in Quantum Computing
IBM launches 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor, previews IBM Quantum System Two
IBM announced a new 127-qubit processor called Eagle and previewed designs for IBM Quantum System Two, Big Blue's next-generation quantum system. The news, announced at IBM Quantum Summit, highlights IBM's hardware progress. Last year, IBM outlined its hardware and software roadmaps.
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November 15, 2021 at 11:31AM
IonQ Announces Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results
COLLEGE PARK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IonQ, Inc. (“IonQ” or the “Company”) (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in quantum computing, today announced financial results and a business update for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021.
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November 16, 2021 at 12:30PM
IQM's Q-Exa Consortium Selected to Integrate German Quantum Computer Into HPC Supercomputer for the First Time
MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IQM Quantum Computers has been selected to provide a quantum computing system that will be integrated into an HPC supercomputer to create an accelerator for future scientific research. The delivery is part of a €45.3 million consortium project.
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November 16, 2021 at 12:30PM
Australia to invest $70 million in developing quantum technology
The Morrison Government will today announce $70 million over the next 10 years for a Quantum Commercialisation Hub.
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November 17, 2021 at 04:30AM
Introducing Quantum Serverless, a new programming model for leveraging quantum and classical resources
IBM Quantum launched Eagle, a 127-qubit quantum processor that pushed us beyond the 100-qubit barrier. We anticipate that, with Eagle, our users will be able to explore uncharted computational territory, and experience a key milestone on the path towards practical quantum computation. Read more.
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November 17, 2021 at 05:30PM
Why your quantum tech startup needs to be like IBM.
André M. König André M. König Author & Investor in Quantum Tech | Frankfurt/Main & Miami Beach | andrekonig.com
If you are an entrepreneur in #quantumcomputing what did you learn from the IBM #quantum summit today? Share your answers in the comments, here are some of mine.
(1) Vision - if you are a fan of big blue or not, they have laid out a clear vision for IBM Quantum and stuck through it over the years. They repeat their vision consistently and do not waver.
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November 17, 2021 at 05:30PM
Quantum computing investments up 80 percent since 2018, and there's new motivation in the space
CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on the U.S. drive to lead the race for quantum computing. Javers speaks with IonQ president and CEO, Peter Chapman, and University of Maryland president, Darryll Pines, about the effort. CNBC's Kate Rooney reports on the investments made in this space.
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November 17, 2021 at 05:30PM
Will you be ready when quantum breaks encryption? Steps to take now to prepare…
While the potential opportunities quantum brings are impressive, the seismic risk it poses to current encryption methods cannot be ignored. Do you know the steps your organisation should be taking now to reduce your quantum cyber risk?
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November 19, 2021 at 02:30AM
QuEra Computing emerges from stealth with $17M to launch quantum device
QuEra Computing, a Boston-based quantum computer developer, is coming out of stealth mode today with $17 million in funding from Rakuten, Day One Ventures and Frontiers Capital. Angel investors Serguei Beloussov and Paul Maritz also joined in the round.
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November 19, 2021 at 04:30AM
Atom Computing: A Quantum Computing Startup That Believes It Can Ultimately Win The Qubit Race
Atom Computing describes itself as “a company obsessed with building the world’s most scalable quantum computers out of optically trapped neutral atoms.
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November 19, 2021 at 04:30AM
Physicists achieve fault-tolerant control of an error-corrected qubit – Physics World
The quantum nature of qubits is a double-edged sword. While it could help quantum computers solve problems that are intractable on classical machines, it is also easily destroyed by noise arising from unintended interactions between qubits and their environment.
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November 19, 2021 at 07:30PM
Xanadu Quantum Codebook
Xanadu Quantum Codebook - learn quantum computing interactively online with PennyLane
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November 19, 2021 at 11:30PM
Implementing a Recommendation Engine with Amazon Braket
In this blog post, we detail an approach to solving a feature selection problem that implements a recommendation engine using Amazon Braket – the quantum computing service by Amazon Web Services.
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November 19, 2021 at 11:30PM
SAP : and Quantum Technologies
Minus 273°Celsius: That's how cold it needs to be for a quantum computer to operate. These highly sensitive devices also need protection from external influences, such as temperature changes and radiation; otherwise, they may simply stop working.
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November 20, 2021 at 12:31AM
Qunnect Announces Sale of First Commercial Quantum Memory
Qunnect's Quantum Memory stores and releases single photons, on-demand, while preserving their quantum state at a fidelity above 95%.
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November 20, 2021 at 10:30PM