Rigetti Computing Selected to Participate in DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

Rigetti Computing Selected to Participate in DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

April 5, 2025
Rigetti Computing, Inc. (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, announced today that it was selected to participate in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI). The primary goal of QBI is to determine if any approach to quantum computing can achieve utility-scale operation by 2033. QBI will use a multi-stage approach, Stages A, B, and C, to assess the proposed concepts, with each stage representing an increased level of scrutiny. Rigetti will advance to Stage A, a 6-month performance period focused on the Company’s utility-scale quantum computer concept worth up to $1 million upon completion of program milestones.

Xanadu Selected for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI)

Xanadu Selected for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI)

April 5, 2025
Xanadu, a leading quantum computing company pioneering photonic-based hardware and the quantum programming software, PennyLane, has been selected to participate in Stage A of the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI), a groundbreaking program launched by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the United States.

UMD Launches Search for Top Quantum Talent

UMD Launches Search for Top Quantum Talent

April 5, 2025
The University of Maryland (UMD) is set to expand its world-renowned faculty in quantum science and engineering following the successful launch of the Capital of Quantum Initiative — a groundbreaking public-private partnership aimed at driving $1 billion in investments. This strategic move underscores the university’s commitment to advancing innovation and leadership in the field of quantum research.

Quantinuum Selected by DARPA to Advance to First Stage of Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

Quantinuum Selected by DARPA to Advance to First Stage of Quantum Benchmarking Initiative

April 5, 2025
Quantinuum, the industry leader in quantum computing with the world’s most powerful quantum computer, has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense, to participate in the first stage of the agency’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI).

State of NRW Sponsors New Group for Quantum Photonics and Optoelectronics at Paderborn University

State of NRW Sponsors New Group for Quantum Photonics and Optoelectronics at Paderborn University

April 5, 2025
With the NRW Return Programme, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia supports young researchers who have ventured abroad from Germany and now wish to return to NRW. A maximum of six grants of up to 1.25 million euros each are awarded annually for five years to establish a junior research group. Paderborn University, together with physicist Jun. Prof. Dr Nicholas A. Güsken, was successful and received one of the grants.

Brazilian Companies Begin to Explore Quantum Computing Applications

Brazilian Companies Begin to Explore Quantum Computing Applications

April 3, 2025
The Albert Einstein Jewish Brazilian Hospital, in the city of São Paulo (Brazil), has launched a project to evaluate the application of quantum computing to develop new drugs, advance the understanding of genomics and improve the diagnosis of some diseases.

IonQ Announces Global Availability of Forte Enterprise Through Amazon Braket and IonQ Quantum Cloud

IonQ Announces Global Availability of Forte Enterprise Through Amazon Braket and IonQ Quantum Cloud

April 2, 2025
IonQ, a leader in the quantum computing and networking industries, today announced that IonQ Forte Enterprise, IonQ’s recently commissioned quantum computer is now officially available to customers globally through Amazon Braket, a managed quantum computing service from Amazon Web Services (AWS), as well as the IonQ Quantum Cloud. IonQ Forte Enterprise joins IonQ Aria and IonQ Forte as yet another IonQ quantum computer capable of meeting Amazon's high bar for commercial availability.

Showing How Quantum Simulators Can Explore Otherwise Inaccessible Phenomena

Showing How Quantum Simulators Can Explore Otherwise Inaccessible Phenomena

April 1, 2025
Recently, a team of researchers led by Tobias Grass from Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastián, with the participation of ICFO and ICREA Prof. Maciej Lewenstein, as well as researchers from ETH Zurich, Université de Lyon and TU Dortmund University, has published a Colloquium in Reviews of Modern Physics where they provide a comprehensive overview of these exotic quantum simulators. They cover various platforms, namely those based on atoms, electrons and photons, highlighting both their strengths and limitations. The paper also discusses how these platforms can enable scientists investigate phenomena across a wide range of fields, from condensed matter physics to cosmology.

New Cryostatic Systems Elevate Current Research on Qubits

New Cryostatic Systems Elevate Current Research on Qubits

March 31, 2025
The Center Nanoelectronic Technologies (CNT) at Fraunhofer IPMS has recently acquired new cryostats for the research on qubits and the qualification of superconducting systems. The cryogenic measuring devices, which are particularly useful for analyzing quantum systems, are now in full operation. The provision of the equipment was funded by the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism (SMWK).

USC Researchers Develop First-Ever Quantum Filter to Isolate Entangled States With High Precision

USC Researchers Develop First-Ever Quantum Filter to Isolate Entangled States With High Precision

March 30, 2025
In a groundbreaking advance that could accelerate the development of quantum technologies, researchers at the USC Viterbi Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Advanced Computing have demonstrated the first optical filter capable of isolating and preserving quantum entanglement—a mysterious but powerful phenomenon at the heart of quantum computing, communication, and sensing. This work, published in Science, opens the door to compact, high-performance entanglement systems that can be integrated into quantum photonic circuits, enabling more reliable quantum computing architectures and communication networks.
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