Nearly 20 quantum computing companies have been chosen to enter the initial stage of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), in which they will characterize their unique concepts for creating a useful, fault-tolerant quantum computer within a decade.

The procurement contract for EuroQCS-Italy, the EuroHPC quantum computer to be located in Italy, has been signed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and quantum computing company Pasqal, the selected vendor.

Nu Quantum has launched the Quantum Data Centre Alliance (QDA) to bring together leading companies representing different layers of the quantum computing stack and create a forum on data centre-scale quantum computers. By collecting complimentary perspectives from across the ecosystem, the QDA presents an open community to discuss the opportunities and challenges on the road to building large, scalable, and robust quantum computing services.

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.

a team of Harvard scientists has succeeded for the first time in trapping molecules to perform quantum operations. This feat was accomplished by using ultra-cold polar molecules as qubits, or the fundamental units of information that power the technology. The findings, recently published in the journal Nature, open new realms of possibility for harnessing the complexity of molecular structures for future applications.

Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, and the Grand Équipment National de Calcul Intensif (GENCI) have announced the experimental realization of a smart charging use case to successfully run energy demand forecasting on more than 100 qubits. In partnership with EDF – a major leader in energy transition – this project has demonstrated the potential of Pasqal’s technology in tackling forecasting and optimization challenges posed by the growing complexity of energy supply and demand as electric vehicle (EV) purchases increase.

Infleqtion, the world’s leading quantum information company, today announced the world’s first demonstration of a materials science application powered by logical qubits. Leveraging the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform, the demonstration, conducted in collaboration with the University of Chicago and the University of Wisconsin, achieved a 6x boost in application-level computational accuracy. This marks a transformative step forward in quantum computing and showcasing the technology’s potential to tackle otherwise intractable computational challenges, such as the design of next-generation materials.

The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) at Forschungszentrum Jülich received a 100-qubit quantum computer from Pasqal in mid-November. Pasqal is a world leader in neutral atoms quantum computing technology. The new quantum computer is part of the EuroHPC JU project HPCQS and will be coupled with the JURECA DC supercomputer at JSC. This will enable European researchers to use hybrid classical-quantum resources to solve complex challenges.

IBM and Pasqal today announced an update to their intended collaboration to build new, integrated frameworks for quantum-centric supercomputing with Qiskit, the world’s most performant quantum software.

In September Microsoft announced their collaboration with Atom Computing to build the world’s most powerful quantum machine, and create a unique commercial offering which is available for order today. Just two months after this announcement they are excited to share the news that together they have now entangled 24 logical qubits, setting a new world record. They also jointly demonstrated error detection, correction, and computation with 28 logical qubits on Atom’s flagship systems.