NLM Photonics and LIGENTEC Demonstrate Silicon Nitride Organic Hybrid Modulators
Insider Brief NLM Photonics and LIGENTEC have produced proof-of-concept silicon nitride organic hybrid (NOH) modulators on LIGENTEC’s commercial photonics platform. The devices combine LIGENTEC’s silicon nitride platform with NLM’s organic electro-optic materials to support active photonics at wavelengths beyond traditional silicon photonics. NLM and its partners are optimizing the technology for potential use in quantum […]
IonQ and Synopsys Report Up to 14.6% Faster Engineering Simulations
Insider Brief IonQ and Synopsys reported quantum-enhanced simulation workflows that reduced runtime by up to 14.6% across several industrial engineering models. The research integrated a quantum algorithm into Synopsys’ Ansys LS-DYNA software and tested models with meshes of up to 35 million data points using simulations of up to 150 qubits. The work was physically […]
Quantum X Labs Launches QuantumQ Security Program for Quantum Cybersecurity
Insider Brief Quantum X Labs has launched a QuantumQ Security program built around three cybersecurity dimensions: Detect, Encrypt and Verify. The company says the programs use quantum properties for threat detection, information protection, and authentication, integrity and ownership verification. Quantum X Labs said the technologies remain at different stages of research, validation and intellectual-property development […]
NSF and UKRI Invest More Than $10 Million in Quantum Chemistry Research
Insider Brief NSF and UKRI are jointly investing more than $10 million across eight research projects exploring quantum information science in chemical systems. The projects will receive $5 million from NSF and £3.7 million from UKRI’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and will be co-led by scientists in the U.S. and UK. The […]
OQC And Trust Base Study Helps Map The Path to Quantum Advantage in Finance
Insider Brief Oxford Quantum Circuits and Trust Base found that progress toward quantum advantage in finance will depend on strong classical comparisons, hybrid workflows and evaluations covering complete pricing and risk processes. Classical physics-informed neural networks offered the best balance of accuracy, speed and flexibility among the tested approaches, while hybrid quantum models remained slower […]
Gold’s Quantum Moment
How two research teams and a London based quantum hardware company are betting nanoscale gold can crack the stability-scalability problem that has stalled every other qubit platform. Insider Brief Delta Gold Technologies is betting on nanoscale gold as a new qubit platform, running two parallel research programs — with Penn State and the University of […]
IonQ and ORNL Demonstrate Generative AI for Quantum Optimization
Insider Brief IonQ, ORNL, NVIDIA and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville demonstrated a generative AI method that directly generates quantum optimization circuits, replacing iterative parameter tuning. In benchmark experiments, the generative approach maintained circuit-generation time at about 28 seconds across tested problem sizes, while the prior method increased from about 34 seconds on four qubits […]
Quobly Demonstrates Key Quantum Operations on 300 mm Silicon Chip
Insider Brief Quobly has demonstrated qubit readout, single-qubit gates and two-qubit gates on a single QSOI® chip fabricated through STMicroelectronics’ commercial 300 mm FD-SOI manufacturing process. The results provide an initial validation of Quobly’s technology transfer into an industrial semiconductor manufacturing environment and its approach to repeatable quantum processor fabrication. Quobly is using the results […]
Matter Venture Partners Closes $450 Million Fund II
Insider Brief Matter Venture Partners has closed its second fund at $450 million to back early-stage HardTech startups across areas including semiconductors, robotics, AI infrastructure, quantum computing and advanced manufacturing. The fund follows Matter’s 2023 launch and will draw on a network of strategic limited partners including ASML, TSMC, Quanta Computer, Nitto Denko and the […]
Planckian Selected for Phase 1 of EuroHPC Quantum Grand Challenge
Insider Brief Planckian has been selected for Phase 1 of the EuroHPC Quantum Grand Challenge, alongside 12 other companies chosen from 27 eligible proposals across Europe. The Italian company’s SQALE project will develop a technical and financial roadmap for scaling its quantum computing architecture toward industrial-scale fault-tolerant systems. Phase 1 runs for four months, with […]