Latest Quantum Research & Methods News

  • Dec- 2024 -
    11 December
    Industry & Ecosystem News Google Willow Quantum Computing Chip

    Google Announces Willow Quantum Chip

    Google has unveiled a new quantum processor named “Willow”, marking a major milestone in the race toward practical quantum computing. The 105-qubit Willow chip demonstrates two breakthroughs that have long eluded researchers: it dramatically reduces error rates as qubit count scales up, and it completed a computational task in minutes that would take a classical supercomputer longer than the age…

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  • Nov- 2024 -
    20 November
    Industry & Ecosystem News IBM Heron 2 Quantum Chip

    IBM Unveils 156-Qubit ‘Heron R2’ Quantum Processor

    IBM has announced a new 156-qubit quantum processor called Heron R2, marking a significant upgrade to its quantum computing hardware portfolio. The Heron R2 chip is the second-generation follow-up to IBM’s 133-qubit “Heron” processor introduced in late 2023. Building on its predecessor, the Heron R2 not only adds more qubits but also delivers major improvements in qubit coherence, gate fidelity,…

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  • Jun- 2024 -
    26 June
    Research News Quantum Threat RSA 1730 Qubits

    RSA-2048 Within Reach of 1730 Qubits. Or is it?

    The paper’s main claim is striking: by using approximate residue arithmetic and other optimizations, one can factor an RSA-2048 number with around 1730 logical qubits – dramatically down from the ~4000–6000 logical qubits required by earlier methods. (See one of my recent posts "4,099 Qubits: The Myth and Reality of Breaking RSA-2048 with Quantum Computers" for more info on how…

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  • May- 2024 -
    11 May
    Industry & Ecosystem News Xiaohong

    China Unveils Xiaohong: A 504-Qubit Processor

    Chinese researchers have announced “Xiaohong”, a new superconducting quantum processor boasting 504 qubits – the largest such chip ever built in China​. This record-breaking processor, developed by the CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics in collaboration with industry partner QuantumCTek, vaults China into the upper echelon of quantum hardware achievements. Xiaohong’s qubit count surpasses previous domestic…

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  • 7 May
    Research News Hole-Spin Qubits

    Hole-Spin Qubits Demonstrated in Silicon FinFETs

    In a significant quantum computing breakthrough, researchers from the University of Basel and IBM Research–Zurich have achieved a controlled interaction between two quantum bits inside a standard silicon transistor. The team’s new paper “Anisotropic exchange interaction of two hole-spin qubits” in Nature Physics reports that they realized high-speed, high-fidelity operations between hole-spin qubits implemented in a fin field-effect transistor (FinFET)…

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  • Apr- 2024 -
    20 April
    Research News Imperial Quantum Internet

    Major Leap for Quantum Internet: First Critical Connection

    London, April 2024 – In a groundbreaking advancement for the future of global communication, researchers from Imperial College London and their partners at the Universities of Southampton, Stuttgart, and Würzburg have established a core link necessary for the quantum internet, enabling, for the first time, the production, storage, and retrieval of quantum information in a single system. According to the…

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  • 4 April
    Industry & Ecosystem 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 qubits. In an achievement unveiled on April 3, 2024, the teams reported running over 14,000 quantum circuit trials without a single uncorrected error. This accomplishment was made possible by combining…

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  • Feb- 2024 -
    10 February
    Research News 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, for the first time, an increase of 14% in the coherence time of a single superconducting qubit by correcting its errors without adding any extra physical qubits. This hardware-efficient feat…

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  • Jan- 2024 -
    15 January
    Industry & Ecosystem News 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 is China’s first home-grown superconducting quantum computer and the most advanced of its kind in the country​​. The system – named after the Monkey King Sun Wukong (famed for “72…

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  • Dec- 2023 -
    28 December
    Industry & Ecosystem News 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 Summit 2023 as the company’s latest milestone in its quantum computing roadmap. IBM touts Heron as a next-generation processor that delivers significantly improved performance and reliability compared to its predecessors.…

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  • 11 December
    Industry & Ecosystem News 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 the first quantum chip to surpass 1,000 qubits, a milestone many in the field have eyed as a crucial step toward practical quantum computing. The new processor, built on IBM’s…

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  • Oct- 2023 -
    30 October
    Research News 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 step towards the practical application of quantum computing in commercial environments. The collaborative research signifies a major leap forward in the quest for reliable quantum information processing. Detailed findings from…

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  • 28 October
    Research News 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 contains more than 1,000 atomic qubits in one single plane. The researchers used a novel method of “quantum bit supercharging” that enabled researchers to overcome the limitations imposed by the…

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  • 14 October
    Industry & Ecosystem News Jiuzhang 3.0

    Jiuzhang 3.0: China’s Photonic Quantum Computer

    Chinese researchers have announced Jiuzhang 3.0, a new photonic quantum computing prototype that set a record by detecting 255 photons in a boson sampling experiment​. Unveiled in October 2023 by a team led by renowned physicist Pan Jianwei, Jiuzhang 3.0 pushes the boundaries of photonic quantum computing with a demonstration that is 10 quadrillion times faster at solving a Gaussian…

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  • 12 October
    Research News Inside QuEra's Aquila

    Quantum Computing Breakthrough Achieved with Neutral-Atoms

    Researchers from Harvard, MIT and QuEra have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum computing by successfully implementing high-fidelity parallel entangling gates on a neutral-atom quantum computer. This advancement, detailed in a recent study published in Nature, allows for the operation of two-qubit controlled phase gates with a remarkable 99.5% fidelity on up to 60 atoms simultaneously. This surpasses the threshold…

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