The CMA CGM Group of French announced yesterday that it has established a strategic partnership with Pasqal, a French neutral atom quantum computing developer. According to the cooperation agreement, CMA-CGM will introduce Pasqal's quantum computing technologies into its shipping and logistics operations and has made an investment in Pasqal. Additionally, both parties will establish a Quantum Computing Center of Excellence at the TANGRAM innovation center in Marseille, France, equipped with Pasqal's quantum processors.

Pasqal, a developer of neutral-atom quantum computers, announced yesterday that the company has successfully trapped more than 1,110 atoms in its quantum computing device with 2,080 trapping sites. This breakthrough marks a crucial step in Pasqal’s progress towards quantum advantage and scalable quantum processors. In Pasqal’s quantum computing architecture, the atoms are confined and manipulated using electromagnetic fields. The internal energy states of these atoms serve as the quantum states of the qubits.

The neutral atom quantum computer manufacturer Pasqal announced yesterday that it has delivered a quantum processing unit (QPU) with over 100 qubits to GENCI (Grand Équipement National de Calcul Intensif) and CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission). It is the first QPU delivered by Pasqal to a third party, and the QPU will be integrated with GENCI’s supercomputer, Joliot-Curie, which is hosted and operated by CEA at TGCC.