The memelords and bullshit-sniffers fighting hype in quantum computing
The quantum computing community has done an excellent job of pitching the potential of its work.
The quantum computing community has done an excellent job of pitching the potential of its work.
UNSW researchers have measured the accuracy of two qubit operations in silicon for the first time, giving fidelity results that "confirm the promise" of silicon as a viable and scalable platform for future quantum computers.
Sydney start-up Q-CTRL is releasing an open source library of error suppression controls for quantum computers.
The collaborative spirit within the quantum computing research community is bearing fruit with joint research by scientists at UNSW and the University of Sydney which has “overcome a fundamental hurdle” in the field.
In a paper published in journal, Physical Review Letters today, University of Sydney scientists have demonstrated the use of codes designed to detect and discard errors in the logic gates of quantum machines.
Ford Motor Company is seeking a quantum algorithms researcher as it ramps up its internal quantum computing research effort.
Amazon Web Services has, for the first time, hinted at its interest in offering quantum computing to customers.
“We can now propose a pathway to build robust entangled states for logic gates using protected pairs of photons,” says Dr Andrea Blanco-Redondo from Sydney Nano Institute.
The University of Melbourne has launched an online quantum computer simulator and programming environment aimed at making students and industry 'quantum ready'.
Quantum circuit maker Rigetti has launched Quantum Cloud Services (QCS), which it claims to be the only “quantum-first cloud computing platform”.
What is the smallest computational task a quantum computer might be able to complete, that the most powerful supercomputers available today would find prohibitively hard?
The new chip, Krzanich said, is “a major breakthrough for quantum computing” and comes just two months after Intel announced it had fabricated a 17-qubit test-chip.
IBM today revealed the names of the 12 clients to be given early access to its 20 qubit quantum computer.
When it went on sale in North America in the early '80s, Volkwagen’s hugely successful Passat model was rebranded as the 'VW Quantum'.
An Australian start-up launched this week is working to address the issue with a suite of controls that can stabilise fragile quantum systems, and “effectively turn back the clock” on decoherence.