TQI QuickBits: Globe Trotting Across Quantum, Aliro Fund Raise and More Quantum News
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Our congratulations to the Aliro Quantum team, which announced the completion of its funding round -- and, note, the raise included some heavyweights in the venture world: Accenture Ventures and the Leaders Fund. Aliro said they will use this infusion for more research and development as well as expand its go-to-market programs and professional services offerings.
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It was a real quantum world tour this week...
First. Interesting news has been filtering out of Asia over the last week or so. Japan announced that that Fujitsu installed a second quantum computer in the nation. Then, we see that two American companies -- IBM Quantum and Quantinuum -- are potentially finalizing deals to provide the country with two more devices -- a superconducting QC and trapped ion QC.
China also announced that it broke (yet another) record with its photonic quantum computer. Interestingly, the machine broke a record on a very familiar problem -- boson sampling.
In Europe, Finland announced completion of a 20-qubit quantum computer.
It could be we're seeing the first wave of quantum technologies generated by some of these national quantum strategies. Critics wonder whether there will be another wave. Advocates wonder whether the next one will be a tsunami.
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Quantum Quotes
Japan is playing the long game in quantum. The country announced the installation of yet another quantum computer -- and they seem poised to add more quantum capacity. According to leaders there, this is just another step along a journey into -- what will hopefully be -- practical quantum computing.
“It’s kind of a first or second step, we still have a long way to go,” Shintaro Sato, Fujitsu’s quantum laboratory head.
Researchers in Finland announced the completion of a 20-qubit quantum computer. But, they're just getting warmed up. Even for Nordic standards. Steps are being taken now to scale up of the now completed 20-qubit quantum computer to 50-qubits.
“In Finland, we have always challenged ourselves and pushed our boundaries to innovate, claiming our spot in the international arena with science, technology, and other industries. We have set ourselves very ambitious goals to build three quantum computers in four years, relying on our domestic industry. Our first goal was to complete a 5-qubit quantum computer, and now we have reached our second goal of a 20-qubit quantum computer. Furthermore, development of a 50-qubit one is already underway." -- Antti Vasara , VTT’s President and CEO.
Quantum Research
China revealed the latest results from the JiuZhang photonic quantum computer series, which reportedly solved a complex mathematical problem in a mere millionth of a second. Reportedly, the computer was able to perform a calculation over 20 billion years quicker than today's fastest supercomputer.
You can read the study "Gaussian Boson Sampling with Pseudo-Photon-Number-Resolving Detectors and Quantum Computational Advantage" in the Physical Review Letters.
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QuickBits
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Fujitsu and research institute Riken have unveiled Japan’s second quantum computer, boasting 64 qubits, as part of the global effort to make quantum computing practical, according to Reuters.
Japan, which recently announced the installation of a second quantum computer, seems to be making way for two more in the rapidly expanding quantum ecosystem there. The latest round of quantum installations may include a trapped ion quantum computer, which will be the first device of that modality in that nation.
The fast-moving realm of quantum computing just got faster as scientists in China unveil the latest results from the JiuZhang photonic quantum computer series, which reportedly solved a complex mathematical problem in a mere millionth of a second. According to a recent story in the South China Morning Post, the feat outpaces the world’s fastest supercomputer by a staggering margin, performing the calculation over 20 billion years quicker than its supercomputer colleague.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and the European leader in building quantum computers, IQM Quantum Computers, have completed Finland’s second quantum computer. The new 20-qubit quantum computer further strengthens Finland’s position among the countries investing into quantum computing. Finland completed its first quantum computer, a 5-qubit one, in 2021.
Aliro Quantum tannounced it has secured new funding from top-tier venture capital firms including Accenture Ventures and lead investor Leaders Fund. The funding will allow Aliro Quantum to boost its ability to help utility companies, telecommunications providers, public sector organizations, enterprises, and researchers, among others, to design and deploy multipurpose entanglement-based secure networks. With this investment, Aliro Quantum will increase funding in research and development as well as expand its go-to-market programs and professional services offerings.
Researchers at the IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) at Ewha Womans University have accomplished a groundbreaking step forward in quantum information science. In partnership with teams from Japan, Spain, and the US, they created a novel electron-spin qubit platform, assembled atom-by-atom on a surface. The paper on the advance was published in the journal Science.
Researchers leaned on quantum computing to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of college students. This study, which focused on a diverse group of college students, delved into the intricate web of factors affecting mental well-being in the post-pandemic landscape.
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