Quantum News

18 Aug 2024: Rigetti Computing has introduced a new chip fabrication process called Alternating-Bias Assisted Annealing (ABAA), which enhances qubit frequency targeting, reduces defects, and improves scalability for their quantum computing systems, with the 84-qubit Ankaa-3 system expected by the end of 2024.

09 Aug 2024: NIST is set to release finalized post-quantum cryptography guidance the week of Aug. 12 to protect against future quantum computers’ ability to break modern encryption methods.

22 Jul 2024: The rapid advancement of quantum computing poses a significant threat to digital security, necessitating the urgent development and implementation of quantum-proof cryptographic algorithms to protect critical digital infrastructure.

16 Jul 2024: Oxford Ionics has unveiled a mass-producible chip that experts believe could significantly advance quantum computing, potentially enabling the creation of the first useful quantum computer within three years.

06 Jul 2024: Several countries, including France, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, and Canada, have imposed identical export restrictions on quantum computers with more than 34 qubits due to national security concerns, despite current low capabilities of the technology, likely influenced by their participation in the Wassenaar Agreement.

18 Jun 2024: Japan’s AIST will collaborate with IBM to develop a 10,000-qubit quantum computer, significantly advancing current technology, and has also signed a deal for a Fujitsu quantum computer installation.

07 Jun 2024: The United Nations has declared 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology to promote global collaboration, capacity building, and the role of quantum research in achieving Sustainable Development Goals.

03 Jun 2024: MIT researchers developed a scalable quantum system-on-chip (QSoC) that integrates thousands of diamond color center qubits onto a semiconductor chip, potentially advancing large-scale quantum computing and communication networks.

22 May 2024: Meta is proactively migrating to PQC, prioritizing internal communication traffic susceptible to SNDL attacks. Looking forward, Meta plans to extend its PQC solutions to external traffic.

21 May 2024: Zoom has globally introduced post-quantum end-to-end encryption for its Meetings service, enhancing security against future quantum computer threats, with plans to extend this to Zoom Phone and Zoom Rooms.