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Berkeley Lab Building Own Open Architecture Quantum Chips
The refrigerators are on order and the lists of scientific applications are formed for another new quantum architecture to enter the quantum hardware space. …
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QISKit Developments Key to IBM Quantum Engagement
This year at the International Supercomputing Conference we detailed some of the major quantum computing development efforts, including updates from the Microsoft team on the Q# language, and the academic Project Q environment. …
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Toward Open, Extensible Quantum Programming
As the rubber begins to meet the road for quantum computing, the conversation is shifting from one about the practicality of hardware to how future users will interface with quantum systems. …
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D-Wave CEO on Future of Quantum Simulations
Quantum systems will not replace traditional supercomputers anytime soon but for certain types of simulations, they will be far more efficient and scalable than classical machines, at least according to CEO of quantum computer maker D-Wave, Vern Brownell. …
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Quantum Has Its Role, But In-Memory Is the Way To Go
A lot of money and time is being thrown at quantum computing by vendors, including IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Intel, and there is the normal competitiveness between the United States and China and Europe as well as work in Japan. …
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At the Cutting Edge of Quantum Computing Research
On today’s podcast episode of “The Interview” with The Next Platform, we focus on some of the recent quantum computing developments out of Oak Ridge National Lab’s Quantum Computing Institute with the center’s director, Dr. …
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What It Takes to Build a Quantum Computing Startup
If you thought the up-front costs and risks were high for a silicon startup, consider the economics of building a full-stack quantum computing company from the ground-up—and at a time when the applications are described in terms of their potential and the algorithms still in primitive stages. …
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Quantum Computing Enters 2018 Like It Is 1968
The quantum computing competitive landscape continues to heat up in early 2018. …
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Oak Ridge Lab’s Quantum Simulator Pulls HPC Future Closer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been investing heavily in quantum computing across the board. …
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D-Wave Makes Quantum Leap with Reverse Annealing
The art and science of quantum annealing to arrive at a best of all worlds answer to difficult questions has been well understood for years (even if implementing it as a computational device took time). …