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    June 19, 2025

    Q-Day Revisited – RSA-2048 Broken by 2030: Detailed Analysis

    It’s time to mark a controversial date on the calendar: 2030 is the year RSA-2048 will be broken by a…
    January 1, 2024

    Marin’s Statement on AI Risks

    The rapid development of AI brings both extraordinary potential and unprecedented risks. AI systems are increasingly demonstrating emergent behaviors, and…
    June 30, 2018

    The Path to CRQC – A Capability‑Driven Method for Predicting Q‑Day

    This guide is the most detailed, end‑to‑end map I know of for understanding what it will actually take to reach…
    November 1, 2021

    Ready for Quantum: Practical Steps for Cybersecurity Teams

    The journey towards quantum resistance is not merely about staying ahead of a theoretical threat but about evolving our cybersecurity…
    August 23, 2024

    Full Stack of AI Concerns: Responsible, Safe, Secure AI

    As AI continues to evolve and integrate deeper into societal frameworks, the strategies for its governance, alignment, and security must…
    April 7, 2024

    The Dual Risks of AI Autonomous Robots: Uncontrollable AI Meets Cyber-Kinetic Risks

    The automotive industry has revolutionized manufacturing twice. The first time was in 1913 when Henry Ford introduced a moving assembly…
    November 1, 2023

    Taxonomy of Quantum Computing: Modalities & Architectures

    Over the past few decades, researchers have devised multiple quantum computing paradigms – different models and physical implementations of quantum…
    April 1, 2025

    Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Standardization – 2025 Update

    Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) is here - not in theory, but in practice. We have concrete algorithms, with standards guiding their…

    Latest Quantum Industry News

    Quantinuum - Trap inside a chamber

    Microsoft Announces Record Breaking Logical Qubit Results

    Microsoft and Quantinuum have announced a major quantum computing breakthrough: the creation of the most reliable logical qubits on record, with error rates 800 times lower than those of physical ...
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    MAS TCRS 2024 01 Advisory on Addressing the Cybersecurity Risks Associated with Quantum

    Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Quantum Risk Advisory

    On February 20, 2024, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued Circular No. MAS/TCRS/2024/01, titled "Advisory on Addressing the Cybersecurity Risks Associated with Quantum". Targeted at CEOs of all financial ...
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    Nord Quantique

    Breakthrough in Quantum Error Correction by Nord Quantique

    Sherbrooke, Canada (February 8, 2024) – Nord Quantique, a Canadian quantum computing startup, has announced a breakthrough in quantum error correction using the Gottesman–Kitaev–Preskill (GKP) bosonic code. The company demonstrated, ...
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    Origin Quantum Wukong

    Origin Quantum’s Wukong: China’s 72-Qubit Processor

    In a major milestone for China’s quantum tech ambitions, Hefei-based startup Origin Quantum has unveiled “Wukong,” a 72-qubit superconducting quantum processor. Launched on January 6, 2024, this third-generation quantum computer ...
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    IBM Heron Quantum Computing Chip

    IBM Unveils Next-Gen 133-Qubit ‘Heron’ Quantum Processor

    IBM has announced a new superconducting quantum processor, code-named “Heron,” featuring 133 qubits and a host of architectural advances. The IBM Quantum Heron chip was unveiled at the IBM Quantum ...
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    NIST SP 1800-38

    NIST Releases SP 1800-38: A Roadmap for Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled Special Publication (SP) 1800-38, “Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography,” a comprehensive practice guide to help organizations prepare for the quantum era. This ...
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    Quantum Threat Timeline Report

    2023 Quantum Threat Timeline Report Published

    Dr. Michele Mosca, a prominent figure in the field of quantum computing and cryptography, and one of the most prominent voices advocating for active preparation of industries and governments for ...
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    Neutral Atoms Cross a Fault-Tolerance Milestone - This Time With Logical Control

    Neutral Atoms Cross a Fault-Tolerance Milestone – This Time With Logical Control

    The Harvard-MIT-QuEra team led by Mikhail Lukin published what I consider one of the most consequential neutral‑atom results to date: a programmable logical quantum processor that uses reconfigurable arrays of ...
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    IBM Condor Quantum Chip

    IBM Unveils Condor: 1,121‑Qubit Quantum Processor

    IBM has announced “Condor,” a superconducting quantum processor with a record-breaking 1,121 qubits – the largest of its kind to date. Unveiled at the IBM Quantum Summit 2023, Condor marks ...
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    UK NCSC Post-Quantum

    UK NCS Issues Guidance on Preparing for PQC

    The UK National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) has released a whitepaper titled "Next Steps in Preparing for Post-Quantum Cryptography," which provides comprehensive guidance to help organisations and providers of Critical National ...
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    QuEra

    99.5% Fidelity in Neutral-Atom Qubits Achieved

    A team of researchers from Harvard University, MIT, and QuEra have achieved two-qubit entangling gates with 99.5% fidelity on 60 neutral atom qubits operating simultaneously. This milestone represents a crucial ...
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    TU Darmstadt Atomic Qubits

    Over 1,000 Controllable Atomic Qubits Achieved

    In a research article just published on the arXiv preprint server the research team from TU Darmstadt in Germany reports on the world’s first successful experiment to realise a quantum-processing architecture that ...
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    Marin Ivezic My name is Marin Ivezic. This is my personal blog. I am the Founder of Applied Quantum; former Fortune Global 500 CISO/CTO, Big 4 partner, and APAC & global leader at Accenture and IBM. I served on multiple boards as a NED, and I invest in cutting-edge quantum startups.

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    Atom Computing
    Quantum Computing Companies

    Atom Computing

    Atom Computing is a fast-rising startup developing gate-based quantum computers using optically trapped neutral atoms as qubits. The company made headlines in late 2023 by announcing a 1,225-site optical atom array populated with 1,180 qubits - the first universal quantum ...
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    Amazon AWS Quantum
    Quantum Computing Companies

    Amazon AWS

    Amazon has taken a dual approach to quantum computing, combining cutting-edge hardware research with commercial cloud services. On the R&D side, Amazon Web Services (AWS) established the AWS Center for Quantum Computing at Caltech in 2019, explicitly aiming to build ...
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    Alice & Bob
    Quantum Computing Companies

    Alice & Bob

    Alice & Bob is a Paris-based quantum computing startup (founded in Feb 2020 by Dr. Théau Peronnin and Dr. Raphaël Lescanne) focused on building a universal, fault-tolerant quantum computer using a novel “cat qubit” architecture. The company’s approach leverages superconducting ...
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    Superconducting Cat Qubit
    Quantum Computing Modalities

    Quantum Computing Modalities: Superconducting Cat Qubits

    Superconducting cat qubits are an emerging approach to quantum computing that still uses superconducting circuits but encodes each qubit in a bosonic mode - typically a microwave resonator - as a Schrödinger “cat” state (a superposition of two coherent states) ...
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    Quantum Computer RSA Energy
    Post-QuantumQ-Day

    The Enormous Energy Cost of Breaking RSA‑2048 with Quantum Computers

    The energy requirements for breaking RSA-2048 with a quantum computer underscore how different the post-quantum threat is from conventional hacking. It’s not just about qubits and math; it’s about megawatts, cooling systems, and power grids. Today, that reality means only ...
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    Quantum Workforce Talent
    LeadershipQuantum Commercialization

    Building the Quantum Workforce: Talent Challenges and Opportunities

    Amid quantum revolution, a bottleneck has emerged: a lack of skilled people. In fact, the quantum talent shortage is now seen as one of the primary hurdles to translating lab discoveries into real-world innovations. One industry expert even warned that ...
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    Quantum Decoherence
    Quantum Computing

    The Many Faces of Decoherence

    Quantum computers hold enormous promise, but they face a stubborn adversary: decoherence. This is the process by which a qubit’s fragile quantum state (its superposition or entanglement) leaks into the environment and effectively "forgets" the information it was carrying. For ...
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    Quantum Computers Classical
    Quantum Computing

    What Quantum Computers Can Do Better Than Classical Computers

    Quantum computers already outperform classical computers on a few specialized tasks, and over the coming years that list of tasks will grow. They excel at problems where superposition and entanglement let them explore a vast landscape of possibilities in parallel ...
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    Logical Qubits Quantum
    Quantum Computing

    The Rise of Logical Qubits: How Quantum Computers Fight Errors

    Logical qubits are the linchpin for delivering on the promise of quantum computing. They are the qubits as we wish we had them – long-lived and trustworthy – brought to life by the ingenuity of quantum error correction. By encoding ...
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    Marin’s Q-Day Prediction Countdown:

    Here is my personal Q-Day prediction. For my approach, my CRQC Readiness Benchmark
    tool, and the timeline of key Q-Day related news, see Marin’s Q-Day Prediction page.

    PostQuantum.com AI Explainer

    An AI tool that answers questions using a curated corpus of information from PostQuantum.com, NIST, NSA, and ENISA and other reliable sources. Ask anything related to quantum computing or quantum security.