Articles about quantum computer

Microsoft and Atom Computing leap ahead on the quantum frontier with logical qubits

Microsoft and Atom Computing say they’ve reached a new milestone in their effort to build fault-tolerant quantum computers that can… Read More

Microsoft and Quantinuum report a way to turn down the noise in quantum computing

Microsoft and Quantinuum say they’ve demonstrated a quantum computing system that can reduce the error rate for data processing by… Read More

IonQ shows off its new quantum computer factory — and already has plans to expand

BOTHELL, Wash. — IonQ’s quantum computer factory is still ramping up to full operation, but the company is already expanding… Read More

Illustration: IonQ Forte Enterprise quantum servers

IonQ opens up Forte quantum computing platform for use on Amazon Braket Direct

IonQ has opened up its most advanced quantum computing platform for public availability through Amazon’s cloud-based Braket Direct Program, even… Read More

Illustration with 17th-century view of solar system blending into quantum hardware

How quantum computing could transform everything everywhere, but not all at once

What does quantum computing have in common with the Oscar-winning movie “Everything Everywhere All at Once”? One is a mind-blowing… Read More

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Quantum bits: AWS releases hardware design tool; Google reduces error rates

Today’s news from the frontier of quantum computing includes Amazon Web Services’ release of cloud-based simulation software for modeling the… Read More

Are quantum computers for real? So far, the uncertainty principle rules the day

Do full-fledged quantum computers already exist, or will it be a decade before they come into being? Will they have… Read More

Tech report lays out a fuzzy roadmap for Washington state’s quantum industry

A newly issued report says Washington state provides one of America’s best settings for expanding the frontiers of quantum information… Read More

UW's Xinxin Tang and IonQ's Peter Chapman at Northwest Quantum Nexus Summit

Northwest Quantum Nexus adds Amazon and Boeing to its team for a summit sequel

It’s been almost four years since Pacific Northwest leaders in the field of quantum computing gathered in Seattle for the… Read More

IonQ will open quantum computer factory in the Seattle area and plans to invest $1B

Maryland-based IonQ says it’s opening a 65,000-square-foot research and manufacturing facility in Bothell, Wash., to build quantum computers. The opening… Read More

Microsoft gives developers a new method for estimating quantum computing needs

What’ll it take to solve the quantum computing challenges of the future? Microsoft has an app for that — and… Read More

Microsoft adds Pasqal’s neutral-atom processors to its Azure Quantum cloud computing lineup

Microsoft’s Azure Quantum cloud computing service will be adding a brand-new tool to its toolbox: Pasqal’s neutral-atom quantum processing system.… Read More

Researcher checking quantum computing hardware

Microsoft reports a Majorana development in its quest to build quantum computers

Microsoft says its researchers have found evidence of an exotic phenomenon that’s key to its plans to build general-purpose quantum… Read More

IonQ teams up with Pacific Northwest National Lab on a new supply chain for quantum computing

Dare we say it? Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has teamed up with IonQ to come up with a method for… Read More

Quantum computing venture backed by Jeff Bezos will leap into public trading with $1.2B valuation

Burnaby, B.C.-based D-Wave Systems, the quantum computing company that counts Jeff Bezos among its investors and NASA among its customers,… Read More

The box is open: AWS Center for Quantum Computing is definitely alive at Caltech

It’s been nearly two years since Amazon Web Services announced a quantum computing initiative that included the establishment of an… Read More

Microsoft, PNNL and UW leap into White House’s $1B initiative for AI and quantum research

Microsoft, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington are playing supporting roles in the White House’s $1… Read More

AWS opens up its Amazon Braket platform as ‘launch pad’ for quantum computing

Eight months after unveiling its Amazon Braket quantum computing platform, Amazon Web Services says the cloud-based service is officially open… Read More

D-Wave Systems opens free access to hybrid quantum computing for coronavirus researchers

Burnaby, B.C.-based D-Wave Systems says it’s providing free access to its Leap hybrid quantum cloud service to anyone who’s working… Read More

D-Wave Systems launches Leap 2 cloud service for hybrid quantum applications

What comes after a quantum leap? For Burnaby, B.C.-based D-Wave Systems, it’s Leap 2, the latest iteration of its cloud-based… Read More

AWS launches Amazon Braket service as part of broad quantum computing initiative

Amazon Web Services is leaping into quantum computing with both feet — or maybe more than both feet, in keeping… Read More

How an exec at Amazon Prime became a quantum computing pioneer at IonQ

How does a guy go from being the engineering director for Amazon Prime to serving as the CEO of a… Read More

Google’s ‘quantum supremacy’ computing feat earns respect — even from Microsoft

Word that a Google-led team of researchers had achieved “quantum supremacy” with a new type of computer chip leaked out… Read More

Help wanted: U.S. government is seeking advice from quantum computing experts

The U.S. Department of Energy is looking for experts to guide the White House and federal agencies through the weird… Read More

Microsoft will open-source parts of Q#, the programming language behind its quantum computing strategy

Much has been made of Microsoft’s reinvention as an open-source company, and it will continue to live up to that… Read More