Today's Quantum Pulse
JPMorgan, OQC, and AMD team up on London quantum‑AI data center
Oxford Quantum Computing, JPMorgan Chase, and AMD announced a joint research effort to build a colocated quantum‑AI data center in London. The facility will combine OQC’s Genesis quantum processor with AMD’s AI and high‑performance computing hardware to tackle finance‑focused workloads such as portfolio optimization and quantum machine learning.
D-Wave Announces 2026 Advancements in Annealing & Gate-Model Quantum Computing
D‑Wave Quantum Inc. reported a 314 % surge in usage of its Advantage2 annealing systems and unveiled new hybrid‑solver capabilities that embed machine‑learning models into quantum‑optimization workflows. The company also highlighted progress on its gate‑model roadmap, accelerated by the acquisition of Quantum Circuits, Inc., with an initial error‑corrected system slated for 2026. Innovations such as multicolor annealing, fast‑reverse anneal, and dual‑rail qubits aim to improve qubit control and scalability. Together, these moves reinforce D‑Wave’s dual‑platform strategy to capture both near‑term and long‑term quantum markets.
D-Wave Secures $10M QCaaS Deal with Fortune 100 Company
D‑Wave Quantum Inc. announced a two‑year, $10 million Quantum Computing as a Service agreement with a Fortune 100 company. The contract will focus on building quantum‑powered applications using D‑Wave’s dual‑platform annealing and gate‑model systems. D‑Wave highlighted its Leap™ cloud service’s 99.9 % availability...
IonQ Shines, but Quantum Thrives on Collaboration over Dominance
this is a brilliant play for ionq. the rest of the ecosystem, well... not so much. which is of course the point, but a thriving quantum ecosystem will rely on mutual collaboration and not dominance by a single firm. luckily...
Efficient Quantum Operations Reshape Entanglement Theory
A wonderful and highly compressed medley on the consequences for quantum information theory when one is limited to computationally efficient steps at #QIP2026, impressively delivered by Lorenzo Leone and Thomas Hahn. If somebody had told me years ago that quantum...
Stabilizer States at Infinite Temperature: No-Go Theorem for Two-Body Hamiltonians
Akihiro Hokkyo and colleagues present a stabilizer‑based method to construct analytically solvable zero‑energy eigenstates of nonintegrable Hamiltonians at infinite temperature. They prove a no‑go theorem showing that stabilizer eigenstates of any two‑body Hamiltonian cannot satisfy microscopic thermal equilibrium for observables...
New Approach to Circuit Design Introduces Next-Level Quantum Computing
Researchers at the University of Osaka have unveiled a nanophotonic circuit that routes six distinct laser wavelengths through integrated waveguides to control trapped‑ion qubits. The design uses innovative bubble‑sort and blockwise‑duplication patterns to split, rearrange, and independently switch beams while...
Reliance Global Group Acquires Stake in Post-Quantum Cybersecurity Firm Enquantum
Reliance Global Group announced a non‑binding term sheet to acquire a controlling interest in post‑quantum cryptography firm Enquantum Ltd. through its new EZRA International subsidiary. Enquantum’s hardware‑accelerated, FPGA‑based solutions promise terabit‑level, quantum‑resistant encryption, addressing performance concerns of software‑only PQC. The...
Holes in Silicon Are Heavier than Expected - Solving a Mystery in Quantum Electronics
Physicists at UNSW Sydney, together with imec and Diraq, proved that holes in silicon travel slower because they have an intrinsically higher effective mass, not because of defects. Record‑high mobilities were measured, reaching 40,000 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ for electrons and 2,000 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ for holes....
EmergeGen Announces Scaled Quantum Initiative Advancing Enterprise AI Systems
AI startup EmergeGen announced an expanded quantum initiative that moves quantum computing from research to production within enterprise AI systems. The company has built a scaled quantum team across New York, the United Kingdom and Malta, leveraging partner infrastructure to...
China Reports Mass Production of Dilution Refrigerators; Is a Global He-3 Shortfall Coming?
China’s Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center announced that its EZ‑Q dilution refrigerator entered mass production, with deliveries beginning in the second quarter of 2023 and performance claims of temperatures at or below 10 mK. Vendor specifications from QuantumCTek and Origin...
Bootstrap Approximation Achieves High Accuracy for Hermitian One-Matrix Eigenvalue Distributions
Researchers at Hiroshima University introduced a bootstrap approximation for Hermitian one‑matrix models that eliminates the need for positivity constraints. By employing a least‑squares scheme that simultaneously determines the eigenvalue distribution ρ(λ) and its moments wₙ, the approach reproduces exact Euclidean...
Quantum Algorithm Achieves ≤ Ε Decision Error with Circuit Depth
Researchers at North Carolina State University introduced a robust quantum algorithm for binary decision‑making on continuous‑variable displacement signals. By recasting parameter identification as a polynomial approximation, the method achieves error probabilities that shrink with modest circuit depth. The protocol demonstrates...
Sbo-QAOA Achieves Fair Sampling of Degenerate States with Four Variational Parameters
Researchers at Keio University introduced SBO‑QAOA, a temperature‑targeted variant of the Quantum Approximate Optimisation Algorithm that delivers fair sampling of degenerate ground states. By replacing the cost Hamiltonian with an SBO Hamiltonian and linearizing the parameter schedule, the method reduces...
QAOA Achieves 0.9443 Approximation Ratio with Efficient Parameter Transfer Optimisation
Researchers at the University of Delhi introduced a hybrid technique that combines parameter‑transfer initialization with targeted single‑layer regularised optimisation for QAOA. Applied to MaxCut on 3‑regular, Erdős‑Rényi and Barabási‑Albert graphs, the method attains a mean approximation ratio of 0.9443, only...
Researchers Factor 551 Using Novel Feedback Quantum Control with 9 Qubits
Researchers at IISER Pune introduced FALQON, a measurement‑based feedback quantum control algorithm that factors integers without pre‑computed drive parameters. They experimentally factored the biprime 551 using a three‑qubit NMR register and demonstrated via simulation that the approach scales to nine...
Film Decoders Achieve 11.1x Faster Quantum Error Correction on IBM Systems
Researchers introduced a calibration‑conditioned FiLM decoder that dramatically speeds quantum error correction on IBM superconducting processors. By separating slow‑changing hardware statistics from fast syndrome decoding, the model achieved up to an 11.1× reduction in logical error rate compared with a...
Quantinuum H2-2 Demonstrates Energy-Resolved Transport and 8×7 Lattice Localization
Researchers introduced a wavepacket‑based quantum algorithm that prepares states with tunable energy and dramatically reduced variance, enabling precise energy‑resolved transport studies on NISQ devices. Using Quantinuum’s H2‑2 processor they identified a finite‑size mobility edge in an 8 × 7 Anderson lattice, showing...
Quantum Dimer Model Achieves Continuous Phase Transition at Critical Value 0
Researchers have presented an exactly solvable topological phase transition in a quantum dimer model on the triangular lattice using a generalized Rokhsar‑Kivelson Hamiltonian. By tuning a single edge weight (α) they locate a continuous transition at α = 3, where the ground...
Ramsey Interferometry Quantifies Spectator-Crosstalk in Silicon Carbide S=3/2 Qudits
Researchers at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology used broadband Ramsey interferometry to quantify spectator‑crosstalk in silicon‑vacancy (SiV) qudits in 4H‑SiC. The technique mapped off‑resonant microwave‑driven transitions, revealing a deterministic six‑branch structure that matches analytic predictions without any frequency fitting....
Collaboration of Elementary Particles: How Teamwork Among Photon Pairs Overcomes Quantum Errors
Researchers at the University of Rostock have demonstrated that encoding information in pairs of photons—rather than single photons—dramatically reduces quantum‑error rates. Using a high‑power laser‑written waveguide chip, they showed that photon‑pair holonomies remain stable even when device parameters shift by...
Quantum Walks Achieve Universal Splitting Probability Below Critical Sampling Time of 1
Researchers Singh, Kessler, and Barkai demonstrate that continuous‑time quantum walks observed at intervals shorter than a critical sampling time exhibit a universal splitting probability of 0.5, regardless of initial position. When the sampling interval exceeds this threshold, the splitting probability...
Ultrafast Diamond Sensor Achieves 10-Fs Electric Field Detection
A team from the University of Tsukuba has created an ultrafast diamond nonlinear photonic sensor that uses shallow‑depth nitrogen‑vacancy (NV) centres to image surface electric fields with nanometer‑femtosecond precision. By exploiting the NV‑induced second‑order nonlinear susceptibility, the probe generates a...
Snspds Achieve Intrinsic Limits with 40% Performance Boost up to 0.1mm
Scientists at NIST and Caltech have demonstrated in‑situ tuning of superconducting nanowire single‑photon detectors from an edge‑limited to a bulk‑limited regime using current‑biased rails. The rail architecture suppresses edge current crowding, cutting dark‑count rates by nine orders of magnitude and...
AI Makes Quantum Field Theories Computable
Researchers at TU Wien, together with U.S. and Swiss teams, have used a custom neural network to optimize lattice formulations of quantum field theories. The AI‑driven approach parameterizes the action on coarse lattices while preserving fixed‑point properties, yielding errors far...
Qunova Launches HI-VQE Chemistry Algorithm on AWS Marketplace for Braket Integration
Qunova Computing has released its HI‑VQE chemistry algorithm on the AWS Marketplace, integrating it with Amazon Braket. The hardware‑agnostic solution runs on trapped‑ion, superconducting and neutral‑atom processors from providers such as IonQ, IQM, QuEra, AQT and Rigetti. HI‑VQE’s “handover” iteration...
Quantum Projective Learning Achieves Parity with 60 Qubit Experiments for Antibiotics
Researchers evaluated Quantum Projective Learning (QPL) on 60‑qubit IBM processors to predict urinary‑tract infection antibiotic resistance. While QPL did not uniformly beat classical baselines, it matched or exceeded them for nitrofurantoin and specific data splits. A multivariate data‑complexity signature—combining Shannon...
CISA Releases List of Post-Quantum Cryptography Product Categories
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its first list of hardware and software product categories that support or are transitioning to post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) standards. The list, compiled with the NSA, follows Executive Order 14306 and targets cloud...
QuantWare’s 2026 Outlook: KiloQubit Era Demands Scalable Manufacturing & Supply Chains
QuantWare announced its industrial‑scale KiloFab fab will open in Q1 2026 to mass‑produce VIO‑40K kiloqubit processors. The move reflects a broader industry shift from single‑chip demonstrations to repeatable, high‑throughput quantum hardware manufacturing. Competitors Fujitsu, IBM and Google also aim to deliver...
01 Quantum Reports Q4 2025 Revenue Growth & PQC Deployments
01 Quantum Inc., rebranded from 01 Communique Laboratory, reported FY 2025 revenue of $767,993—up 86% from the prior year—driven by commercial deployments of post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) solutions such as DoMobile Ver.5. The company raised $3.78 million in equity financing and continues to...
IQM Surpasses Competitors in On-Premises Quantum Computer Sales
IQM Quantum Computers announced Jan Goetz as sole CEO, ending its co‑CEO structure, and promoted Søren Hein to COO and Deputy CEO. The Finnish firm reported that it sold and shipped more on‑premises quantum computers than any rival last year, cementing its...
Advances Quantum Measurement of Time with High-Dimensional Superpositions
Researchers at Heriot‑Watt University have demonstrated a programmable quantum measurement of time using a single 40‑m multi‑mode fibre. By shaping spatial modes with a digital micromirror device, they created a common‑path interferometer capable of measuring time‑bin superpositions up to 11...
Nb Cl Demonstrates F > 1 Frustration and Potential Quantum Spin Liquid Behaviour
Researchers at the University of Washington have shown that the two‑dimensional material NbCl exhibits short‑range antiferromagnetic correlations and strong magnetic frustration, hallmarks of a quantum spin‑liquid candidate. Using ab initio density‑functional calculations with Hubbard‑U and spin‑orbit coupling, they mapped anisotropic exchange...
Researchers Achieve STVP Angular Momentum Quantification Using a 1-Loop Particle Model
Researchers introduced a one‑loop particle model that quantifies the orbital angular momentum of spatiotemporal vortex pulses (STVPs). The model bridges ray‑optics intuition with wave‑optics rigor, showing that the choice of coordinate origin critically affects transverse OAM calculations. Numerical and analytical...
High-Resolution EPR Achieves 210 Ppb Resonance Width with 396GHz Excitation
Scientists at the University of Warwick have unveiled a high‑field electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer operating at 14 tesla with 396 GHz excitation that delivers a record‑low resonance linewidth of 210 parts‑per‑billion. By integrating in‑situ liquid‑state NMR calibration, the instrument achieves g‑factor precision...
Light Propagation Breakdown at High Density Limits Transfer-Matrix Method Accuracy
Researchers led by Igor M. Sokolov and William Guerin compared the transfer‑matrix method to a precise coupled‑dipole model for light propagation in stratified atomic media. They found the transfer‑matrix approach remains accurate at low atomic densities but breaks down once densities exceed roughly...
FeNNix-Bio1 Delivers Quantum‑Accurate MD, Open for Academia
#compchem #compbio 🚀 𝐅𝐞𝐍𝐍𝐢𝐱-𝐁𝐢𝐨1 enables to perform extremely fast molecular dynamics simulations at hashtag#quantum accuracy under various #GPU-accelerated frameworks. 🚀 As some people asked me, the 𝐅𝐞𝐍𝐍𝐢𝐱-𝐁𝐢𝐨1 #machinelearning foundation model is fully available for academic groups (ASL licence) at various places: - 👉...
Researchers Achieve Polarity-Tunable Josephson Diode Effect with 3DTI Vortex Control
Researchers demonstrated a vortex‑parity‑controlled Josephson diode effect in a Corbino‑geometry junction built from the bulk‑insulating 3D topological insulator Bi₁.₁Sb₀.₉Te₂S. The diode polarity flips each time the number of trapped vortices changes between even and odd, a behavior absent in non‑topological...
Quantum Computing Firm IonQ Acquires US Semiconductor Firm SkyWater for $1.8 Billion
IonQ announced a definitive agreement to acquire SkyWater Technology for $35 per share, valuing the semiconductor foundry at roughly $1.8 billion in a cash‑and‑stock transaction. The deal creates a vertically integrated quantum platform that combines IonQ’s fault‑tolerant quantum processors with SkyWater’s...
First-Order PB1 Approximation Accurately Models Floquet Sidebands in Quantum Materials
A new arXiv study compares first‑order perturbative Born (PB1) and time‑dependent nonequilibrium Green’s function (tdNEGF) methods for modelling Floquet sidebands in periodically driven quantum materials, using a Dirac‑system model of graphene. The authors derive an analytical PB1 expression that reproduces...
Quantum Combs Extended to Continuous‑time Field Limit
Formalising an operational continuum limit of quantum combs Quantum combs or quantum process tensors naturally capture multitime processes in quantum mechanics. We bring such combs to the continuum limit, capturing quantum fields. https://t.co/Kof534d3He Concretely, quantum #combs are powerful conceptual tools for capturing multi-time...
IonQ's SkyWater Access Claim Faces Feasibility Questions
Will IonQ really allow other QC companies to use SkyWater, as the press release claims? What if someone asks to tape out a device superior to what they have at a given time?
Superconducting Nanowire Memory Array Achieves Significantly Lower Error Rate
MIT researchers have demonstrated a 4 × 4 superconducting nanowire memory array that operates at 1.3 K and delivers a bit‑error rate of roughly 10⁻⁵, a ten‑fold improvement over earlier designs. The cell architecture combines temperature‑dependent switches with a kinetic inductor, enabling precise...
Lorenzo Leone Clarifies Clifford Commutant Research at QIP2026
At #QIP2026, Lorenzo Leone gives a wonderfully clear talk about out work on the Clifford commutant. https://t.co/GAmLOJFMsQ https://t.co/WaBmbW2G63
Evaluating Quantum Advantage Claims in Random Circuit Sampling
In part 2 or a 3-part series, Dominik Hangleiter continues his thoughtful assessment of the evidence for quantum advantage in random-circuit-sampling experiments. https://t.co/xzSyv2MOV2
Quantum Tech in Banking and Fintech: The Next Big Thing
Quantum technology is transitioning from theory to proof‑of‑concept within finance, with banks and fintech firms launching pilots in portfolio optimisation, fraud detection, and quantum‑secure communications. Quantum computing's ability to solve large‑scale optimisation and accelerate Monte Carlo simulations promises faster risk...
Coinbase Establishes Quantum Computing Advisory Board with Stanford & UT Austin Experts
Coinbase announced the creation of an Independent Advisory Board on Quantum Computing and Blockchain, staffed by leading researchers from Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin, including Scott Aaronson and Dan Boneh. The board will develop position papers...
Carahsoft Expands Quantum-Resilient Cybersecurity Offerings with Cyber Intell
Carahsoft Technology Corp. has signed a Master Government Aggregator partnership with Cyber Intell Solution to distribute the patented CISEN‑SDN‑PQC quantum‑resistant platform to U.S. federal, state and local agencies. The collaboration leverages the ITES‑SW2 contract (W52P1J‑20‑D‑0042) and additional procurement vehicles to...
Technology Innovation Institute Launches Abu Dhabi Centre for Frontier Technologies with WEF
The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) announced a partnership with the World Economic Forum (WEF) to launch the Abu Dhabi Centre for Frontier Technologies, unveiled at Davos 2026. The Centre will join WEF’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) Global...
Pawsey & AIST Launch 4-Year Quantum-Supercomputing Collaboration
Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre and Japan’s AIST have launched a four‑year collaboration, formalised through AIST’s Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum‑AI technology (G‑QuAT), to integrate quantum computers with high‑performance supercomputers. The partnership, running until March 4 2027, aligns...
Resolvent Operator Approach Achieves Long-Lived Bound States in 2D Quantum Baths
Researchers applied a resolvent‑operator framework to giant quantum emitters embedded in a two‑dimensional photonic lattice, deriving fully analytical expressions for their collective dynamics. By arranging emitters in square‑ or diamond‑like configurations, they demonstrated the emergence of long‑lived bound states and...