[2024-06-27] Notable Recent Quantum Links, Thursday Edition

Futuristic quantum computer

Empowering every scientist with AI-augmented scientific discovery – The Official Microsoft Blog

(Tuesday, June 18, 2024) “At Microsoft, our vision is to empower scientists with the latest breakthroughs in AI to unlock their full creative potential and tackle some of our most pressing challenges. This vision will require bringing the full power of generative AI together with quantum-classical hybrid computing to augment every stage of the scientific method. Whether expanding knowledge…”

Call for new DOD-led quantum hub builds momentum on the Hill

(Friday, June 21, 2024) “A House lawmaker is proposing a $20 million increase in Army RDT&E funding for a first-of-its-kind quantum center of excellence.”

How High-Performance Computing Is Shaping the Future of Quantum and AI | InTechnology | Intel

(Monday, June 24, 2024) “In this What That Means video, Camille talks with James Reinders, a high-performance computing engineer at Intel. They get into how supercomputers came to be…”

Infleqtion Marks Milestone with First UK Sale of Quantum Clock, Tiqker — Infleqtion

(Wednesday, June 26, 2024) “Infleqtion is delighted to announce the first UK commercial delivery of its groundbreaking optical atomic clock, Tiqker™, to the University of Strathclyde. This marks a historic milestone as the first sale and commercial delivery of any optical atomic clock within the UK.”

Forget AI – quantum computing is the disruptive tech that will really shape Ireland’s future

“It is vitally important that we prepare for the quantum era in order to reap the strategic and economic advantages”

IonQ Showcases Strong Partnerships at ‘Quantum Korea 2024’

“IonQ highlights collaboration with Hyundai Motors, Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, and others in South Korea”

The First Advanced Quantum Processing Unit Delivered by Pasqal to GENCI and CEA – Pasqal

“A pioneering 100+ qubit quantum processing unit (QPU), acquired by GENCI (Grand Équipement National de Calcul Intensif), was delivered at TGCC, the CEA computing centre.”

My Recent Futurum Group Publications

The Futurum Group logo
This is the first posting. It includes all my Research Notes and Analyst Insights to date. In the future, it will just be what was published during the week.

Quantinuum Announces Breakthroughs for Quantum Computing – The Futurum Group

“Quantinuum paves the way to larger ion trap quantum computing systems by simplifying & multiplexing the control infrastructure for its qubits”

Quantum in Context: Rigetti Q4 2023 Earnings and Other Numbers – The Futurum Group

“Rigetti’™s expenses continue to far outweigh its revenue, though the company has made progress closing contracts with UK and US”

Quantum in Context: D-Wave Q4 2023 Earnings & Other Numbers – The Futurum Group

“D-Wave’™s expenses still far outweigh its revenue; it will need to add customers while demonstrating its annealing approach.”

Quantum in Context: A Qubit Primer – The Futurum Group

“This article introduces the key ideas and concepts of Qubits, the physical instantiation of the units of information in quantum computers.”

Microsoft & Quantinuum Create Real Logical Qubits – The Futurum Group

“Microsoft and Quantinuum announced a significant breakthrough in achieving real logical qubits with error detection and correction.”

UXL to Be an Open-Source Alternative to NVIDIA’™s CUDA? – The Futurum Group

“The NVIDIA CUDA platform will soon have competition from the Unified Acceleration Foundation’™s (UXL’™s) open-source alternative.”

The Case for On-Premises Quantum Computers – The Futurum Group

“Having an IBM Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) raises the profile of installing quantum computing systems onsite.”

Quantum in Context: Quantinuum and the Quest for More 9s – The Futurum Group

“Quantinuum announced a dramatic improvement in error rates that should lead to faster adoption of quantum error-correcting codes.”

Quantum in Context: Government Money Pours into Private Firms – The Futurum Group

“Learn how the Japanese & Australian governments have awarded significant funding to the US-based PsiQuantum & QuEra quantum computer companies”

Quantum in Context: IonQ Announces Q1 2024 Earnings – The Futurum Group

“Get underneath the earnings numbers IonQ announced for the first quarter of 2024. Revenue beat guidance, but bookings are low.”

Quantum in Context: Infleqtion Key to UK Quantum PNT Tech Test – The Futurum Group

“Infleqtion, BAE Systems, and QinetiQ announces the first successful flight test of UK-developed quantum navigation systems.”

Quantum in Context: IBM Extends Qiskit 1.0 via AI Tools – The Futurum Group

“IBM recently announces new features for Qiskit 1.0 which uses AI and GenAI for faster circuit development and execution.”

Rigetti Computing’™s Q1 2024 Earnings and 9 Qubits – The Futurum Group

“Learn about Rigetti Computing’™s earnings in the first quarter of 2024 and fidelity improvements and partnerships around its 9-qubit QPU.”

Verified by MonsterInsights