Trinity College Dublin: Trinity and Microsoft join forces to accelerate next-generation quantum technologiesKieran McCorry, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Ireland, said: Quantum computers can solve, in seconds, problems that would take today’s fastest computers thousands of years to solve. Professor Stefano Sanvito, Trinity, added: Technologies are being miniaturised at such a…
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Trinity College teams up with Microsoft on quantum computing programmeAt Microsoft, we’re committed to responsibly turning these possibilities into reality for the betterment of humanity and the planet,” Cathriona Hallahan, Managing Director, Microsoft Ireland said. Microsoft recently announced a full-stack, open-cloud quantum computing ecosystem, named Azure Quantum. Quantum computing technology…
Ten leading German companies form consortium on quantum technology – XinhuaThe ten founding members of QUTAC are BASF, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bosch, Infineon, Merck, Munich Re, SAP, Siemens as well as carmakers Volkswagen and BMW Group. Welcoming the initiative, German Minister of Education and Research Anja Karliczek said Germany and Europe…
WitsQ launched as a forum for quantum scientists to connectOur focus on Quantum technology gives us the opportunity to leapfrog into the Quantum world and be a major player in the field,” he says. The launch of the new website will also serve as the first step in creating a…
Big picture policy needed for Australia’s future industriesHowever, sovereign funding in quantum technologies is falling fast, according to recent analysis by ASPI, which warns Australia is quickly losing its edge and needs better policy settings. Adrian Turner, who previously led CSIRO’s Data61, called for a bipartisan, multi-decade plan that could…
Bristol startup scores £3.1M to control next-gen quantum hacks threatening the future of internetIt develops protection against quantum security threats, starting with chip-based, quantum-safe encryption development kits. £3.1M investment round Bristol-based KETS Quantum Security is a quantum tech company passionate about solving real-world security issues by leveraging the advantages of…
The quantum computing race: How and when will quantum technology impact businesses?There is a boom of start-ups in the area attracting venture capital, and large-scale players such as IBM, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Alibaba and NTT are intensifying their early work. Government investments, such the UK, US, China, Japan and the…
The ‘second quantum revolution’ is almost here. We need to make sure it benefits the many, not the fewQuantum technologies are expected to impact many aspects of our society, including health care, financial services, defence, weather modelling, and cyber security. The WEF is convening experts from industry, policy-making, and research…
Saudi researchers eye quantum progress from tie-up with US software startup“KAUST is involved in biotechnology and many other fields, like pharmaceutical development, that will benefit from quantum computing in the future,” Savoie said. Quantum computers, by contrast, allow for speedups, various algorithms and differential equations. “We’re talking about cutting weeks…
Getting through the quantum computing noiseThe possibilities of quantum computing to solve intractable problems and advance material science, biology, exploration, medicine, and many others is exciting to contemplate. The buzz around quantum has also created buzz in adjacent fields such as quantum networking (sometimes called quantum internet) and quantum storage/memory….
