TQI QuickBits: Top Story on Topological Qubits. India's Quantum Ecosystem... And More News in Quantum
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This week, there was exciting news: Quantinuum and their collaborators achieved the first-ever topological qubit.
This is significant both scientifically and -- likely -- commercially.
As we have seen over the years, quantum researchers are making faster progress in overcoming the challenges facing the field, particularly error correction. I can't stress this enough: there is still a lot of work to do and many ways that progress could be stymied. But keep your eyes on 2025. There's a good chance that quantum's next steps will become clearer.
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Quantum Events
Dec. 10-12 -- Q2B Silicon Valley, The Road to Quantum Value at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
Dec. 11 -- The Future of Computing Conference 2024. Join 250+ Startup Founders, Deep Tech Investors, and Computing Experts for this conference held at the Munich Urban Colab.
Dec. 12-13 -- Quantum Rising: National Quantum Literacy Network 3.0 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia. Quantum AI shaping the next generation quantum literate workforce.
Dec. 13 -- Submissions are open for Uplink “Quantum for Society”-- with winners announced on World Quantum Day 2025 on April 14, 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jan. 13-15, 2025 -- Quantum.Tech Qatar taking place 14 & 15 January 2025 (with a Cryptography and AI focus day on January 13).
Feb. 25-27, 2025 -- The Quantum Innovation Summit returns for its second edition from February 25-27 at The H Hotel, with additional virtual participation via the QIS Event APP.
April 2-4 -- NQCC’s Scalability in Quantum Computing Conference that we are running rom 2nd-4th April 2025 in Oxford, UK. Early bird registration closes on 30th November 2024.
May 20-22, 2025 – Join us for the 3rd annual IQT Nordics, May 20-22, 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden, and contribute to scaling quantum computers towards real world applications.
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Quantum Quotes
The Department of Energy Quantum Leadership Act of 2024 cleared a Senate committee this week. The bipartisan bill aims to keep the U.S. competitive in a field with implications ranging from cybersecurity to economic growth.
“This is timely. It’s important. It’s before this Committee. I urge you to enact it as quickly as possible. Let’s get it passed.” -- Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Entropica Labs , a quantum computing software company specializing in fault-tolerant quantum error correction, has appointed Dr. Chad Rigetti, founder and former CEO of Rigetti Computing, to its Board of Directors.
“I’m excited to join the Board of Directors at Entropica. Quantum error correction is one of the most crucial technologies in unlocking the potential of quantum computing. Entropica is pioneering this domain with expertise and capabilities to deliver category-defining products. I’m excited to support and contribute to this transformative work.” -- Chad Rigetti
QuickBits Spotlight:
Rigetti Computing , a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, today announced that it has successfully completed sales of $100 million gross proceeds of its common stock pursuant to its previously disclosed “at-the-market” equity offering program (the “ATM Program”) since the commencement of the ATM Program in March 2024. The Company intends to use the funds generated by the ATM Program for working capital, capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes, including continuing to focus on its strategy as a leader in superconducting quantum computing and continuing to work to improve its 2-qubit gate fidelity and scale towards higher qubit count systems.
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The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) under the National Applied Research Laboratories today announces the procurement of its first full-stack quantum computer from IQM Quantum Computers (IQM), a global leader in designing, building, and selling superconducting quantum computers. The delivery and installation of the system at TSRI’s premises will take place in the second quarter of 2025.
France is moving to secure control of Atos SE’s advanced computing assets with an offer of up to €625 million ($653 million), according to reports in multiple financial outlets. The move reflects the nation’s interest in safeguarding its technological independence, the financial experts suggest. The Advanced Computing business that the French state would take control of is now defined as its High-Performance Computing (HPC) & Quantum operations, as well as the Business Computing & Artificial intelligence divisions, the A Register is reporting.
索尼 Ventures is leveraging its semiconductor expertise to invest in scalable, deep tech sectors like quantum computing and renewable energy, aiming to bridge technological gaps and drive advancements in critical infrastructure areas worldwide.
The Quantum Insider has released a report detailing the growing quantum security market, emphasizing four core segments—Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), Quantum Internet, and Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs)—as vital responses to potential cybersecurity risks posed by future quantum computing advances.
India is actively building a quantum ecosystem powered by government support, academic research, and private-sector collaboration. This ecosystem encourages strategic alliances between government, industry, and academia, supporting advancements in fields ranging from quantum communication and cryptography to sensing and materials science.
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QuickBits Research -- This Week's Top Five Quantum Research Stories
Topological quantum computing is widely regarded as one of the most promising approaches to overcoming the fragility and error-prone nature of quantum systems. By encoding information into the spatial and braiding properties of exotic quasiparticles, this method offers intrinsic protection against certain types of errors, potentially reducing the overhead for error correction.
Quantum systems are inherently delicate, with qubits susceptible to errors caused by environmental noise, imperfect control operations, and less-than-ideal hardware conditions. To add insult to injury, these errors can accumulate over time and effectively threaten the reliability of quantum computations. Quantum error correction is often presented as one prominent key to unlocking the full potential of quantum computing. Yet, its implementation on current quantum processors is hindered by substantial overhead requirements, with estimates reaching up to 1000 physical qubits per logical qubit.
Congress is poised to deepen its investment in quantum computing as the Department of Energy Quantum Leadership Act of 2024 clears a Senate committee, according to?NextGov. The bipartisan bill aims to keep the U.S. competitive in a field with implications ranging from cybersecurity to economic growth.
Off the coast of Durban, South Africa, invisible forces shape the quality of water. Chemical compounds, sediment flows, and human activity all influence the water’s suitability for recreation, tourism, and daily life. Yet these complex, interwoven variables are not always easily discernible, making water quality prediction a challenge. In a recent publication on arXiv on applied quantum machine learning, researchers from Zayed University and others shed light on this vital issue through a demonstration of quantum for predictive environmental science.
When quantum computers aren’t actively calculating, they’re still at risk of losing information, a challenge that scientists at Trinity College Dublin have quantified in a four-month study on IBM’s Falcon quantum processors. Their findings, published in npj Quantum Information, shed light on a fundamental dilemma in quantum engineering: balancing the need to protect qubits during idle periods while enabling them to interact efficiently during calculations.
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