IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] Orange marshals French industry to fortify EuroQCI against quantum creeps. Orange is to lead an army of computing startups, academia and business institutions to fortify the European comms infrastructure (EuroQCI) against the worst aspects of the quantum computing era. Luminaries including Airbus, CNRS, Cryptonext Security, Orange, Telecom Paris, Thales, Thales Alenia Space, Veriqloud and Welinq will help to develop new quantum computing security...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] Cybersecurity of Quantum Computing: A New Frontier. Research and development of quantum computers continues to grow at a rapid pace. The U.S. government alone spent more than $800 million on quantum information science (QIS) research in 2022. The promise of quantum computers is substantial – they will be able to solve certain problems that are classically intractable, meaning a conventional computer cannot complete the calculations within...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] When will quantum computers finally break into the market? What the Gartner hype cycle tells us is that there will be plenty of winners in quantum computing but lots of losers too. Right now, though, there is plenty of money going into quantum computing, withestimates from Quantum Insider putting the figure at £3.2bn in 2022. Some firms are even getting product orders. They includeUniversal Quantum, which has baggeda €67m contract with the German...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] KPMG, Microsoft, and Quantinuum Team Up to Offer High-level Quantum Algorithm Development via Cloud Computing. The QIR Alliance, an international effort to enhance platform interoperability and enhance the work of quantum computing developers, has announced a milestone in the industry-wide effort to accelerate adoption. KPMG, Microsoft, and Quantinuum have joined forces to enhance the quantum developer ecosystem by creating a new tutorial for quantum...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] NVIDIA and Quantum Machines Debut DGX Quantum — First System to Couple GPUs and Quantum Computing. NVIDIA has made a revolutionary announcement about building a new system developed with Quantum Machines that offer a groundbreaking new architecture for researchers who are functioning in high-performance and low-latency quantum-classical computing. NVIDIA will be developing the world’s first GPU-accelerated quantum computing system, the NVIDIA DGX...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] UK Expected to Reveal £2.5 Billion, 10-Year Quantum Computing Program. The UK government is anticipated to announce a 10-year £2.5 billion funding program which will support quantum computing in the country. The funding will be double then the present £1 billion National Quantum Technologies Programme. In 2022, it was announced by Innovate UK that they will invest £500,000 towards quantum startups. This investment will further boost the UK quantum...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech and GMV Will collaborate to Install a Quantum Computer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre. Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech and GMV will be collaborating to install two quantum processors at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS). It will be further coupled with upcoming MareNostrum 5 supercomputer, which is already termed as one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. The...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] SoftBank Corp. and SandboxAQ Jointly Verify Hybrid Mode Quantum-safe Technology. SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”) has announced on February 27th, 2023, that it has finalized a demo of combined classical encryption algorithms presented by elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), with Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms incorporating a hybrid method. The proof of concept was efficaciously finalized by collaborating with SandboxAQ(Open in a new window). The...
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IN THE NEWS THIS WEEK [Quantum Technology] Quantum Startup BTQ Technologies Corp. gets public on NEO Exchange. It has been announced by NEO Exchange that BTQ Technologies Corp. (BTQ) which is a technology startup company has gone public on its platform. BTQ Technologies has been offering research, development and building post-quantum infrastructure for preserving the mission critical networks. BTQ will now be registered on the NEO Exchange. Consumers can use the BTQ symbol on NEO Exchange...
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