Latest Quantum Research & Methods News

  • Aug- 2023 -
    7 August
    Research News Monte Carlo Hybrid Quantum

    New Hybrid Quantum Monte Carlo Algorithm

    Researchers Xiaosi Xu and Ying Li have developed a “quantum-assisted” Monte Carlo method that uses a small quantum processor to boost the accuracy of classical simulations. The breakthrough, published in Quantum in 2023, addresses the notorious sign problem in quantum Monte Carlo calculations – a key issue that causes explosive uncertainty in simulations of electrons and other fermions. By incorporating…

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  • Feb- 2023 -
    24 February
    Research News Google Quantum

    Google Claims Breakthrough in Quantum Error Correction

    Google has announced a significant advancement in correcting errors inherent in today’s quantum computers, a crucial step toward overcoming the most challenging technical barrier in developing this revolutionary technology. The findings were published in the journal Nature. Quantum computers face difficulties in producing useful results because qubits, the fundamental units of quantum information, maintain their quantum states for only a…

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  • Jan- 2023 -
    29 January
    Research News Two Light Sources Entanglement

    Scientists Achieve Entanglement Between Two Light Sources

    Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Ruhr University Bochum have made a significant breakthrough in quantum technology by achieving controlled interaction between two quantum light sources, or quantum emitters, embedded in a nanophotonic waveguide. This development, reported in Science, is a foundational step toward building scalable quantum computers and enhancing quantum communication systems. In simple terms, quantum emitters are…

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  • Nov- 2022 -
    30 November
    Industry & Ecosystem News IBM Osprey Quantum Chip

    IBM Osprey: A 433-Qubit Quantum Leap

    IBM has announced Osprey, a superconducting quantum processor with a record-breaking 433 qubits – by far the largest of its kind as of its 2022 debut. Revealed at the IBM Quantum Summit in November 2022, Osprey more than triples the qubit count of IBM’s previous 127-qubit Eagle chip​. IBM says this new processor “brings us a step closer to the…

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  • Apr- 2022 -
    29 April
    Industry & Ecosystem News Micius Quantum Communication

    Record-Breaking Quantum Transmission Via Micius

    A team of Chinese physicists has achieved a landmark advance in quantum communication, successfully teleporting quantum states between two ground stations 1,200 kilometers apart via Micius satellite​. The experiment, led by Pan Jianwei of the University of Science and Technology of China, marks the longest-distance quantum teleportation ever demonstrated, shattering previous records that were limited to tens or hundreds of kilometers.…

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  • Nov- 2021 -
    30 November
    Industry & Ecosystem News IBM Eagle Quantum Processor

    IBM Eagle: The First 100+ Qubit Quantum Processor

    IBM has announced Eagle, a 127-qubit superconducting quantum processor – the world’s first quantum chip to surpass 100 qubits​. Unveiled at the IBM Quantum Summit in late 2021, Eagle marks a major milestone in quantum computing, nearly doubling the qubit count of IBM’s previous 65-qubit “Hummingbird” processor and overtaking the scale of rival devices like Google’s 53-qubit Sycamore​​. IBM’s researchers…

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  • Jun- 2021 -
    30 June
    Industry & Ecosystem News Zuchongzhi 2.0

    Zuchongzhi 2.0: China’s Superconducting Quantum Leap

    A team of Chinese physicists has unveiled Zuchongzhi 2.0, a cutting-edge 66-qubit superconducting quantum computing prototype that pushes the frontiers of computational power. Announced by the CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information, this new quantum machine builds on its predecessor (Zuchongzhi 1.0) with more qubits and higher fidelity, achieving a milestone known as quantum computational advantage (or “quantum supremacy”)…

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  • May- 2021 -
    30 May
    Industry & Ecosystem News Zuchongzhi 2.0

    Zuchongzhi 1.0: China’s New Superconducting Processor

    In May 2021, scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) unveiled Zuchongzhi 1.0, a 62-qubit programmable superconducting quantum computer that set a new benchmark in the quantum computing race. Named after a 5th-century Chinese mathematician, Zuchongzhi 1.0 contains the largest number of superconducting qubits ever assembled in a single processor so far​.

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  • Dec- 2020 -
    8 December
    Industry & Ecosystem NewsJiuzhang Quantum Processor

    China’s Jiuzhang Achieves Photonic Quantum Advantage

    A team of Chinese scientists has announced a breakthrough in quantum computing with the development of Jiuzhang, a photonic quantum processor that achieved a major computational milestone. In experiments reported on December 3, 2020, Jiuzhang completed in 200 seconds a mathematical problem that researchers estimate would take a classical supercomputer on the order of 2.5 billion years to solve​.

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  • Dec- 2019 -
    7 December
    Research News Factoring RSA 2048 20M

    Breaking RSA-2048 With 20M Noisy Qubit

    An interesting paper was published on arXiv, the preprint server. Titled “How to factor 2048 bit RSA integers in 8 hours using 20 million noisy qubits,” the paper by Craig Gidney and Martin Ekerå combines previous techniques from Shor (1994), Griffiths-Niu (1996), Zalka (2006), Fowler (2012), Ekerå-Håstad (2017), Ekerå (2017, 2018), Gidney-Fowler (2019), and Gidney (2019) to significantly reduce the…

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  • Oct- 2019 -
    26 October
    Industry & Ecosystem News Google Sycamore

    Google’s Sycamore Achieves Quantum Supremacy

    Google announced that its 53-qubit quantum processor, Sycamore, has achieved a long-anticipated milestone known as “quantum supremacy.” In a paper published in Nature, the Google AI Quantum team reported that Sycamore performed a specific computation in approximately 200 seconds – a task they estimated would take the world’s fastest classical supercomputer at least 10,000 years to complete​.

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