Beyond Classical: D-Wave First to Demonstrate Quantum Supremacy on Useful, Real-World Problem
Beyond Classical: D-Wave First to Demonstrate Quantum Supremacy on Useful, Real-World Problem
D-Wave Quantum Inc.(“D-Wave” or the “Company”), a leader in quantum computing systems, software, and services and the world’s first commercial supplier of quantum computers, today announced a scientific breakthrough published in the esteemed journal Science, confirming that its annealing quantum computer outperformed one of the world’s most powerful classical supercomputers in solving complex magnetic materials simulation problems with relevance to materials discovery. The new landmark peer-reviewed paper, “Beyond-Classical Computation in Quantum Simulation,” validates this achievement as the world’s first and only demonstration of quantum computational supremacy on a useful problem.
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 Chip Carves New Path for Quantum Computing
Microsoft today introduced Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture that it expects will realize quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades.
Infleqtion Demonstrates Largest Neutral Atom Array in UK, Paving Way for Scalable Quantum Computing
Infleqtion Demonstrates Largest Neutral Atom Array in UK, Paving Way for Scalable Quantum Computing
Infleqtion, a global leader in quantum information technologies, today announced a key milestone in the Scalable Quantum Atomic Lattice computing tEstbed (SQALE) project—the successful demonstration of a 16x16 neutral atom array—the largest reported array of its kind in the UK. This achievement is a crucial step toward building scalable quantum processors capable of supporting fault-tolerant quantum computing.
IBM Launches Its Most Advanced Quantum Computers, Fueling New Scientific Value and Progress Towards Quantum Advantage
IBM Launches Its Most Advanced Quantum Computers, Fueling New Scientific Value and Progress Towards Quantum Advantage
Today at its inaugural IBM Quantum Developer Conference, IBM announced quantum hardware and software advancements to execute complex algorithms on IBM quantum computers with record levels of scale, speed, and accuracy.
New Classical Algorithm Enhances Understanding of Quantum Computing’s Future
New Classical Algorithm Enhances Understanding of Quantum Computing’s Future
In an exciting development for quantum computing, researchers from the University of Chicago’s Department of Computer Science, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and Argonne National Laboratory have introduced a groundbreaking classical algorithm that simulates Gaussian boson sampling (GBS) experiments. This achievement not only helps clarify the complexities of current quantum systems but also represents a significant step forward in our understanding of how quantum and classical computing can work together.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Has Launched New Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently announced that it has begun a new initiative to benchmark quantum computing algorithms and applications and assess the feasibility of building an industrial quantum computer. This Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) stemmed from two of the agency’s programs: Quantum Benchmarking and Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing.
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Illinois Will Collaborate With DARPA to Create a Quantum Proving Ground, With a Cost of $140 Million!
On Tuesday (July 16th) local time, JB Pritzker, the Governor of Illinois, announced that Illinois had signed a memorandum of agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create a Quantum Proving Ground within the state's quantum computing campus. DARPA will use the proving ground to test quantum computing prototypes as part of its new Quantum Benchmarking Initiative. Pritzker also said that Illinois and the federal government would contribute up to an additional $140 million in funding for the proving ground.
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IQM Achieves New Technology Milestones With 99.9% 2-Qubit Gate Fidelity and 1 Millisecond Coherence Time
IQM Achieves New Technology Milestones With 99.9% 2-Qubit Gate Fidelity and 1 Millisecond Coherence Time
IQM Quantum Computers, a global leader in building quantum computers, has reached significant milestones in superconducting quantum computing, demonstrating improvements in two key metrics characterising the quality of quantum computer.
IonQ Achieves Technical Milestone One Year Ahead of Schedule
IonQ Achieves Technical Milestone One Year Ahead of Schedule
Company achieves #AQ 35 one year ahead of schedule, enabling larger and more sophisticated circuits to be run on one of the world’s most powerful quantum systems.
Qolab Spearheads Hardware Development for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmark Initiative
Qolab Spearheads Hardware Development for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmark Initiative
Qolab, today announced its participation in the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI) as a co-leader, together with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), of a consortium that is building a quantum supercomputer. Qolab is spearheading the hardware development of the consortium, focusing on designing and fabrication of the quantum processors.
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