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Cambridge Quantum Computing Announces Update to t|ket⟩™ Quantum Software Development Kit (Q-SDK)

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Thursday, October 15, 2020

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High-performance Q-SDK t|ket nowenables researchers toexecute circuits on Amazon Braket and IonQ, develop quantum applications on Windows

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High-performance Q-SDK t|ket nowenables researchers toexecute circuits on Amazon Braket and IonQ, develop quantum applications on Windows
CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IEEE QCE20 Quantum Week Cambridge Quantum Computing ( CQC ) today announced the latest version of t|ket(pronounced "ticket"), its high-performance quantum software development kit (Q-SDK), which now enables quantum circuit execution on Amazon Braket, a fully managed quantum computing service from Amazon Web Services (AWS), and IonQ quantum computers as well as application development on the Windows operating system.
The t|ketQ-SDK is designed to maximize the performance of quantum algorithms when executing on quantum computing hardware, and to accelerate the development of quantum computing applications across multiple industry sectors.
Originally developed and continuously updated by CQC's distinguished team of quantum computing scientists, t|ketenables researchers, algorithm designers and software developers to build and execute quantum circuits that attain the best results on the most advanced quantum devices available.
Founded in 2014 and backed by some of the world's leading quantum computing companies, CQC is a global leader in quantum software and quantum algorithms that help clients get the best out of rapidly evolving quantum computing hardware.

The Coding School, IBM Quantum Provide Free Quantum Education to 5,000 Students Around the World

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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coding School is collaborating with IBM Quantum to offer a first-of-its-kind quantum computing course for 5,000 high school students and above, designed to make quantum education globally accessible and to provide high-quality virtual STEM education.

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coding School is collaborating with IBM Quantum to offer a first-of-its-kind quantum computing course for 5,000 high school students and above, designed to make quantum education globally accessible and to provide high-quality virtual STEM education.
Taught live by MIT and Oxford University quantum scientists, the course has been developed for students with no prior quantum computing experience and introduces students to the foundational concepts of quantum computing, including quantum mechanics, quantum information and computation, and quantum algorithms.
Students will work with Qiskit , an open-source quantum software development kit, and the IBM Quantum Experience platform to run quantum circuits on real quantum computers.
Beyond increasing accessibility to quantum education, TCS and IBM Quantum are dedicated to ensuring the future quantum workforce is diverse and inclusive.

A Look at the FUJITSU Quantum Inspired Computing performance

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Monday, October 5, 2020

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To achieve this, CFX Quantum relies on quantum-inspired computing achieved through Fujitsu's Digital Annealer chip.

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To achieve this, CFX Quantum relies on quantum-inspired computing achieved through Fujitsu's Digital Annealer chip.
ZEROONE was created out of a collaborative effort among CFX Quantum, University of Milan, Khalifa University Research Center and Smartxchange.
By combining arbitrage trading with quantum-inspired computing, it may possibly achieve risks of close to zero in a sequence of trades.
Fujitsu has developed a digital Annealer chip that can provide quantum-inspired computing performance.

IonQ Unveils World's Most Powerful Quantum Computer

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Thursday, October 1, 2020

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COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct.1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IonQ, the leader in quantum computing, today unveiled its next generation quantum computer system.

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COLLEGE PARK, Md., Oct.1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IonQ, the leader in quantum computing, today unveiled its next generation quantum computer system.
The company's trapped-ion quantum computers have a proven track record of outperforming all other available quantum hardware.
With this new iteration, IonQ continues to lead the quantum computing field into the future.
IonQ is already working on its next two generations of quantum computers, with each new system expected to be both exponentially more powerful and smaller in size than the last.

Zapata Announces Commercial Release of Orquestra, the Workflow-Based, Modular Toolset for Applied Quantum Computing

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

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BOSTON, Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zapata Computing , a leading enterprise software company for quantum computing, today announced the commercial release of Orquestra , a workflow-based, unified toolset for applied quantum computing that allows users to compose and run quantum workflows across a range of devices, both quantum and classical, on a unified quantum operating environment.

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BOSTON, Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zapata Computing , a leading enterprise software company for quantum computing, today announced the commercial release of Orquestra , a workflow-based, unified toolset for applied quantum computing that allows users to compose and run quantum workflows across a range of devices, both quantum and classical, on a unified quantum operating environment.
Orquestra allows users to create modular workflows from Python-based code and libraries, and deploy them on a hybrid quantum-classical stack.
Tony Uttley, President, Honeywell Quantum Solutions, said, Through our value-added partnership with Zapata, users now have the unique opportunity to run quantum workflows directly on the Honeywell system.
Zapata Computing, Inc. is the quantum software company empowering enterprise teams to accelerate quantum solutions and capabilities.With its introduction of Orquestra, the first and only end-to-end, workflow-based toolset for quantum computing, Zapata is spearheading a new quantum development paradigm.

USRA, D-Wave, and Standard Chartered Bank Announce Quantum Research Competition

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Monday, September 14, 2020

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.andBURNABY, Canada, and LONDON, Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A quantum research competition inviting universities and nonprofits to compete for free time on a quantum computer was just announced by three collaborating organizations.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.andBURNABY, Canada, and LONDON, Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --A quantum research competition inviting universities and nonprofits to compete for free time on a quantum computer was just announced by three collaborating organizations.
The objective of the program is to advance the state-of-the-art in quantum computing and its application to artificial intelligence.
Standard Chartered Bank, a leading international banking group that is present in 60 markets, announced last month a partnership with USRA to investigate the applications of quantum computing to machine learning and optimization.
Competitions like the Research Opportunity Program are important to bring together research institutions, non-profits and academic organizations to further quantum advancements, and move the entire ecosystem forward."

Q-CTRL and Quantum Machines Announce Partnership to Accelerate Quantum Computing Development

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Q-CTRL , a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to accelerate the development of quantum technology, and Quantum Machines , creator of the first complete hardware and software solution for the control and operation of quantum computers, today announced a global commercial partnership to integrate Q-CTRLs firmware into Quantum Machines quantum hardware platform.

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Q-CTRL , a startup that applies the principles of control engineering to accelerate the development of quantum technology, and Quantum Machines , creator of the first complete hardware and software solution for the control and operation of quantum computers, today announced a global commercial partnership to integrate Q-CTRLs firmware into Quantum Machines quantum hardware platform.
Combining Q-CTRLs quantum firmware and algorithms with Quantum Machines powerful hardware and intuitive QUA language, creates a solution that will drive the entire quantum computing field forward at a much faster pace.
Our partnership with Q-CTRL, a world-leading company in control engineering, will enable researchers to realize the potential of their quantum hardware and help scale quantum computing development faster than ever before.
By partnering with Quantum Machines, were able to directly deploy these capabilities with the Quantum Machines advanced processor needed to run such quantum logic.

Cambridge Quantum Computing Welcomes Mehdi Bozzo-Rey

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) is pleased to announce the addition of an experienced quantum computing executive to its Business Development team.

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CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) is pleased to announce the addition of an experienced quantum computing executive to its Business Development team.
A physicist by training and driven by passion for disruptive technologies, Mehdi leveraged his background in quantum mechanics to explore quantum computing.
Mehdi said "CQC is at the forefront of innovation and advances in quantum computing software which enable the power of quantum computing to be realised.
Founded in 2014 and backed by some of the world's leading quantum computing companies, CQC is a global leader in quantum software and quantum algorithms that help clients get the best out of rapidly evolving quantum computing hardware.

Cambridge Quantum Computing Welcomes Mehdi Bozzo-Rey

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) is pleased to announce the addition of an experienced quantum computing executive to its Business Development team.

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CAMBRIDGE, England, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) is pleased to announce the addition of an experienced quantum computing executive to its Business Development team.
A physicist by training and driven by passion for disruptive technologies, Mehdi leveraged his background in quantum mechanics to explore quantum computing.
Mehdi said "CQC is at the forefront of innovation and advances in quantum computing software which enable the power of quantum computing to be realised.
Founded in 2014 and backed by some of the world's leading quantum computing companies, CQC is a global leader in quantum software and quantum algorithms that help clients get the best out of rapidly evolving quantum computing hardware.

Xanadu Releases World's First Photonic Quantum Computer in the Cloud

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Wednesday, September 2, 2020

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Xanadu Quantum Cloud offers access to 8 and 12 qubit processors using photonics, the most viable path to large scale fault tolerance

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Xanadu Quantum Cloud offers access to 8 and 12 qubit processors using photonics, the most viable path to large scale fault tolerance
TORONTO, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Xanadu, the leader in photonic quantum computing, announced today the release of the world's first publicly available photonic quantum cloud platform.
In addition to Xanadu Quantum Cloud, developers will use Xanadu's open-source tools widely available on Github.
These include Strawberry Fields, its cross-platform Python library for simulating and executing programs on quantum photonic hardware and PennyLane, its software library for quantum machine learning, quantum computing, and quantum chemistry.
"We are laying the groundwork for our vision of the future: a global array of photonic quantum computers, networked over a quantum internet."