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Quantum hardware – into the quantum jungle
The quantum computing landscape has been transformed by a surge of commercial startups pursuing very different technical paths. Investors and pioneers must prepare themselves for a challenging journey ahead. A growing list of major, midsized and startup companies have joined the quantum computing quest. However today’s prototype devices must be... Read more -
Topological qubits
We don’t worry about errors in conventional computing chips because the digital transistor has hardware error correction built in. That’s why transistors replaced valves, unlocking the digital revolution. The idea behind topological qubits is to repeat this trick. Topological qubit proponents often use the analogy of tying a knot in... Read more -
Control and measurement plane
As one of the first quantum platforms to start to significantly scale-up, superconducting qubit platforms have been first to face a series of control plane challenges. These are complicated by the need to work down to extreme cryogenic temperatures. Pioneers face challenges across cryogenics, control electronics and control software. Cryogenics... Read more
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Toshiba joins Azure Quantum, providing Ising machine to solve large combinatorial optimization problems
Complex optimization problems exist across every industry, such as vehicle routing, supply chain management, risk assessment, portfolio optimization, power grid operations, and many others. While a number of sophisticated algorithms have been developed that can solve certain optimization problems very... Read more
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Microsoft and Copenhagen University researchers create a new kind of quantum device
In a paper published this week in Nature Physics, a team of researchers from Microsoft and Copenhagen University demonstrated a novel heterostructure with remarkable properties. A heterostructure is, roughly, a device formed out of a sandwich between different solid materials.... Read more
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New research collaboration between U.S. National Laboratories, Microsoft, and universities will accelerate the path to a commercial-scale quantum computer
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today the creation of several multidisciplinary Quantum Information Science Research Centers in support of the National Quantum Initiative. Today marks one of the U.S. government's largest investments in this field. It is also... Read more
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Jij and Toyota Tsusho: reducing carbon emissions with Azure Quantum
Even with the recent decrease in cars on the road, we’ve all had the experience of being stopped at a traffic signal, waiting for the light to turn green, only to be stopped by another red light one block later.... Read more
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Do you want to become a quantum developer and help solve the unsolvable?
To many developers, quantum computing may still feel like a futuristic technology shrouded in mystery and surrounded by hype. It's some mystic dance of 1s and 0s that will enable some calculations in mere hours that today would take the... Read more
