IBM has opened four new cloud data centers in U.S. to address the demand for cloud infrastructure that can support access to services such as internet of things, blockchain, quantum computing and cognitive technology. The company said Wednesday it established two new facilities each in Dallas, Texas and Washington, D.C. as part of efforts …
Read More »D-Wave Unveils Open-Source Software for Quantum Computing
Canada-based D-Wave Systems has released an open-source software tool designed to help developers program quantum computers, Wired reported Wednesday. Klint Finley writes users can modify and share the Qbsolv open-source software for free as well as create applications for D-Wave’s hardware. Scott Pakin of Los Alamos National Laboratory also unveiled …
Read More »D-Wave Systems to Demo Quantum Computing System at Inaugural Conference in New Mexico
D-Wave Systems will unveil additional details of its latest quantum computing platform that features a new 2000-qubit processor at an inaugural users group conference Wednesday and Thursday in Santa Fe, New Mexico. D-Wave said Tuesday the processor has doubled the amount of qubits from the previous D-Wave 2X system and introduces control features that work to …
Read More »AFRL Seeks Partners for R&D Funding Opportunity on Quantum Computing Sciences
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s information directorate seeks white papers on ideas that support the research, design, development, concept testing, evaluation and experimentation of quantum computing sciences under a potential $40 million funding opportunity. According to a broad agency announcement posted Friday on FedBizOpps, the funding opportunity aims to assess algorithm designs and technologies that …
Read More »Gulu Gambhir Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award
GULU GAMBHIR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER LEIDOS Gulu Gambhir, D.Sc., is executive vice president and chief technology officer of Leidos. He provides strategic direction for the corporation’s technology offerings, guides its research and development program, and promotes business growth through technology innovation. He leads the corporate Office of …
Read More »IARPA Taps IBM for Logical Quantum Bit Research Grant; Arvind Krishna Comments
IBM has received a multi-year grant from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to further study superconducting qubits the company believes could eventually facilitate development of a universal quantum computer. The company said Tuesday it aims to help IARPA design a logical qubit from multiple imperfect physical qubits and tackle computational limitations …
Read More »NASA-Google-USRA Partnership to Use D-Wave Quantum Computing Systems
D-Wave Systems will install new quantum computing systems at NASA‘s Ames Research Center in California in support of the space agency’s research partnership with Google and the Universities Space Research Association. D-Wave said Monday its D-Wave 2X technology works to support the NASA-Google-USRA team’s efforts to study the impact of quantum computing on artificial intelligence …
Read More »IBM Reports Quantum Computing Project Developments; Arvind Krishna Comments
IBM has reported two new developments in its ongoing work to build what the company calls a “practical” quantum computer as part of efforts to advance quantum computing to solve scientific problems in the fields of physics and chemistry. “Quantum computing could be potentially transformative, enabling us to solve problems that are impossible …
Read More »Lockheed Making Quantum Computing Push; Ray Johnson Comments
Lockheed Martin is developing a new type of quantum computer nearly two years after acquiring an early version of the computer from a Canada-based company, the New York Times reports. D-Wave Systems developed the computer’s processor from a set of superconducting wires that run at absolute zero degree temperatures, then …
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