quantum computers Archive

nanoscale Solving the issues around connecting nanowires to single atom qubits

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April 10, 2018 | brian wang |

NIST researchers have pioneered a process that drastically simplifies fabrication of the kind of nanoscale microchip features that may soon form the basis of a quantum computer, among other applications. Instead of conventional 1-or-0 computer bits stored in the form …

ibm IBM Collaborating With Top Startups to Accelerate Quantum Computing

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April 5, 2018 | brian wang |

IBM has joined nearly 100 startup founders, venture capitalists and industry thought leaders at the first IBM Q Summit Silicon Valley event in Palo Alto, CA. The goal of the day: cut through the hype and focus on the present …

economic impact Quantum Computer spending should rapidly scale towards the $300 billion per year semiconductor level

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March 30, 2018 | brian wang |

The market for quantum computing is projected to be around $5 billion to $10 billion a year by Morgan Stanley in the next 10 years. A report by Homeland Security Research estimates that the global market for quantum computing and …

cryptography IBM predicts Lattice Cryptography will be big within 5 years to stop hackers

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March 19, 2018 | brian wang |

IBM’s mission is to help their clients change the way the world works. There’s no better example of that than IBM Research’s annual “5 in 5” technology predictions. Each year, they showcase some of the biggest breakthroughs coming out of …

future In five years quantum computing will be mainstream

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March 19, 2018 | brian wang |

IBM’s mission is to help their clients change the way the world works. There’s no better example of that than IBM Research’s annual “5 in 5” technology predictions. Each year, we showcase some of the biggest breakthroughs coming out of …

intel Intel has 49 qubit superconducting quantum chip and a neuromorphic chip

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January 9, 2018 | brian wang |

At CES 2018, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich announced the successful design, fabrication and delivery of a 49-qubit superconducting quantum test chip. The keynote also noted the promise of neuromorphic computing. Above – Intel Corporation is making fast progress scaling superconducting …

quantum computers High 99.9+% fidelity quantum dot qubit is promising for large scale systems

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December 22, 2017 | brian wang |

Nature Nanotechnology – A quantum-dot spin qubit with coherence limited by charge noise and fidelity higher than 99.9% Jun Yoneda, Kenta Takeda, Tomohiro Otsuka, Takashi Nakajima, Matthieu R. Delbecq, Giles Allison, Takumu Honda, Tetsuo Kodera, Shunri Oda, Yusuke Hoshi, Noritaka …

electronics Key component for quantum computers miniaturized by 1000 times

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November 30, 2017 | brian wang |

The Microwave circulator is a key part of many quantum computer implementations and researchers has been miniaturized by 1000 times. Making parts like these smaller will help enable quantum computers with millions of qubits. Above – Lead author of the …

artificial intelligence Head of Google talks AI, China, Robotics and Quantum computers

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November 24, 2017 | brian wang |

Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, answered questions about the future of Artificial Intelligence and quantum computers and robots. Highlights from Schmidt – * The rise of China will be the big news for the rest of our lives… …

materials Fermions in superconducting bismuth palladium could make future quantum computers

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October 27, 2017 | brian wang |

When it comes to entirely new, faster, more powerful computers, Majorana fermions may be the answer. These hypothetical particles can do a better job than conventional quantum bits (qubits) of light or matter. Why? Because of the spooky way Majorana …