IBM Pushes Ahead in Quantum Computing Race
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Integrated quantum computing company Quantinuum Ltd. today unveiled new open-source software tools designed to accelerate software development for quantum computing with a more intuitive programming language. The company also announced a new open-source ...
The United States government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the 11 quantum computing companies selected to advance to Stage B of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI).
Its stock is up 3% on the news, but the bigger win runs a lot deeper, as DARPA’s backing positions IonQ in the driver’s seat. From a speculative tech bet, the win is a rare blend of credibility, funding, and future promise that investors will now be watching closely.
Classiq says that the latest extension of its Series C raise included contributions from AMD Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures and quantum computer maker IonQ Inc. They were joined by Mirae Asset Capital, LeumiTech77 and Quantum Eretz. The capital infusion boosts the round’s value to more than $200 million.
Quantum computing is finally heating up. There is a heady mix of high-profile and highly resourced big tech players like Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web
Described by the company as “the world’s most accurate” general-purpose quantum system, Helios allows developers to program quantum and heterogeneous classical computers in the same way, thus enabling hybrid quantum capabilities to be combined in a single program.
Teleportation may seem like the preserve of science fiction, but scientists have proven that it can work in reality - at least, for quantum computers.
Over the past decade, it has been interesting to watch companies push the rock that is quantum computing up the steep hill. As Yuval Boger, chief