Just a few years ago, the consensus on a timeline to large-scale, reliable quantum computers was 20 years to never. This was in spite of the success that DWave systems had with adiabatic quantum computing systems. “Nobody is saying never anymore,” says Scott Totzke, the chief executive of Isara Corp., a Canadian firm developing encryption …
Information and communication technology (ICT) has been the largest and strongest R and D industry sector. Artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, machine learning, and deep learning have been hot for a few years but the past few months there has been a a ramp up in AI and Quantum computing research funding and funding announcements. …
Intel announced the delivery of a 17-qubit superconducting test chip for quantum computing to QuTech, Intel’s quantum research partner in the Netherlands. The new chip was fabricated by Intel and features a unique design to achieve improved yield and performance. The delivery of this chip demonstrates the fast progress Intel and QuTech are making in …
On 37 hectares (nearly 4 million square feet) in Hefei, Anhui Province, China is building a $10 billion research center for quantum applications. This news comes on the heels of the world’s first video call made via quantum-encrypted communications and the completion of a quantum-encrypted fiber optic trunk cable. The National Laboratory for Quantum Information …
Researchers have created an absolute intelligence score to compare humans of different age and artificial intelligences. Human IQ tests try to create a stable score for a person irregardless of their age. It is mainly looking at learning ability. However, in the new absolute score it gives younger children lower scores than adults. This reflects …
Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that super-powerful quantum computers, which scientists and engineers across the world are racing to build, need to be even more powerful than previously thought before they can beat today’s classical computers. Research groups at leading universities and companies, including Google, Microsoft and IBM, are part of a …
A programmable quantum system consisting of merely 50 to 100 qubits could revolutionize scientific research. While such a platform is naturally suited to address problems in quantum chemistry and materials science, applications range to fields as far as classical dynamics and computer science. A key milestone on the path towards realizing these applications will be …
We could soon have the quantum computing hardware that would has the potential to provide a large speedup in computer performance. There needs to be more quantum algorithms that can provide a speedup and work needs to be done to make it easier to convert real world problems into a form that can be solved …
Japanese scientists have invented an approach to quantum computing that renders a far larger number of calculations more efficiently than existing quantum computers. They believe the technological building blocks exist and that the quantum loops can be experimentally realized with current technology. Their theoretical works suggests this can scale to millions of qubits for a …
Nature Communications – Silicon quantum processor with robust long-distance qubit couplings Practical quantum computers require a large network of highly coherent qubits, interconnected in a design robust against errors. Donor spins in silicon provide state-of-the-art coherence and quantum gate fidelities, in a platform adapted from industrial semiconductor processing. Here we present a scalable design for …
In 2016, IBM made a five-qubit quantum processor available to developers, researchers and programmers for experimentation via its cloud portal. In May, 2017 IBM announced a 16 qubit processor for its cloud-based quantum computer and a more tightly engineered 17-qubit processor could be the basis for commercial systems. IBM is using wire-loop superconducting circuits. Google’s …