June 12, 2025: IonQ earlier this week it has agreed to acquire Oxford Ionics for US$1.075 billion, the largest deal in the quantum computing industry to date, according to IonQ. The transaction will consist mostly of US$1.065 billion in IonQ shares (representing around 10 percent of IonQ’s market cap of ~US$10 billion at the time […]
IBM Says on Course to Fault-Tolerant Quantum by 2029
June 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y., June 10, 2025 — IBM (NYSE: IBM) unveiled what the company said is its path to build the first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer, “setting the stage for practical and scalable quantum computing.” Scheduled for delivery by 2029, IBM Quantum Starling will be built in a new IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New […]
Room Temp Quantum Brilliance System Installed at Fraunhofer IAF
June 5, 2025 by
Freiburg, Germany – 5 June 2025 – The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF announced a system from Quantum Brilliance (QB) is operational at the institute. The Quantum Development Kit (QB-QDK2.0) is integrated into the high-performance computing infrastructure at Fraunhofer IAF, the institute said. The system requires no cryogenics, fits into a standard […]
QuEra Installs Quantum System in Japan
May 28, 2025 by
Tsukuba, Japan – May 28, 2025 – QuEra Computing, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, announced it has installed its first quantum computer outside of its own labs – at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba. QuEra said the gate-based neutral-atom computer is a key step in Japan’s national quantum […]
HPC News Bytes 20250526: Biggest AI Training Center?, NVIDIA’s Quantum Moves, D-Wave Stock Pops, RISC-V Turns 15, ISC 2025 Is Near
May 26, 2025 by
A solemn Memorial Day (US) salute to our lost loved ones. The world of HPC-AI continues its global expansion with much news ….
Quantum for Chemistry: Lockheed Martin and IBM Combine Quantum with Classical HPC
May 22, 2025 by
In a new paper published in The Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, researchers from IBM Quantum and Lockheed Martin demonstrate how a quantum computer can help accurately model the ….
D-Wave Shares Soar on News of Quantum System GA
May 20, 2025 by
In the volatile realm of quantum computing, D-Wave is on a volatile, upward-pointing run of its own, one that points up the high hopes for the potential of quantum computing. As recently as six months ago, the quantum startup’s share price remained ….
Netherlands’ HQ/2 Collaboration Releases Open-Architecture Quantum System
May 16, 2025 by
May 15, 2025 — The Netherlands’ HectoQubit/2 project has released the Tuna-5 system via the Quantum Inspire public cloud platform. Developed within the HectoQubit/2 project — a collaboration between QuTech, TNO, and four Dutch quantum startups (QuantWare, Qblox, Orange Quantum Systems, and Delft Circuits) — Tuna-5 is an integrated quantum system built using an open-architecture approach and leveraging […]
ParTec AG and ORCA Computing in Quantum-Accelerated AI Factories Partnership
May 14, 2025 by
MUNICH and LONDON — ParTec AG, a European developer of AI supercomputers, quantum computing and high-performance computing, and quantum company ORCA Computing today announced their partnership to provide quantum-accelerated HPC and AI solution architectures. ParTec will integrate ORCA’s capabilities into its AI Factory infrastructure, marking a step in expanding the practical use of quantum computing […]
Quantinuum and Al Rabban Capital Launch Joint Venture for Quantum in Qatar and Region
May 14, 2025 by
Doha, Qatar, May 14th, 2025 — Quantinuum is establishing a Qatari-incorporated joint venture with Al Rabban Capital, a division of Qatar-based Al Rabban Holding Company. The venture is intended to accelerate quantum computing adoption in Qatar and the region, strategically positioning the U.S. and Qatar as global leaders in the quantum revolution. This first of […]
