By Catherine Bolgar Microsoft today introduced Majorana 1, the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture that it expects will realize quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades. It leverages the world’s first topoconductor, a breakthrough type of material that can Read more…
Insider Brief: Researchers at QuTech successfully controlled a four-qubit system using eight germanium quantum dots, advancing semiconductor-based quantum computing. Their study, published in Nature Nanotechnology, highlights improvements in qubit initialization, readout, and control. The team implemented universal single-qubit and two-qubit gates, achieving single-qubit fidelities above 99.49%. Their results demonstrate that Read more…
Insider Brief American Binary has launched Ambit Client, the first enterprise VPN fully compliant with the NSA’s CNSA 2.0 standard, addressing the immediate risk of quantum-enabled cyber threats. Unlike traditional VPNs that leave gaps in encryption, Ambit Client secures all four critical cryptographic components—Digital Signature, Key Exchange, Bulk Encryption, and Read more…
Insider Brief: The Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT) has selected six companies and research institutions to develop quantum solutions for technical and operational challenges, with final presentations at Purple NECtar/Innovation in Defence in November 2025. The selected participants focus on areas including quantum emulation (Fermioniq), photonic quantum computing (QuiX Quantum), Read more…
Insider Brief: Sorbonne University selected five companies, including Qubit Pharmaceuticals and Welinq, to join its upcoming Innovation Centre, a research and business hub opening in early 2026. Qubit Pharmaceuticals integrates quantum computing and AI to accelerate drug discovery, with its Atlas platform and Gaia supercomputer improving molecular simulations. Welinq focuses Read more…
Insider Brief The Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) announced the results of an R&D program funded by NIST and industry partners, which advanced cryogenic technologies critical to quantum computing, sensing, and communications. Four QED-C member companies—FormFactor, Northrop Grumman, Quantum Opus, and Triton Systems—received a combined $877,000 in 2022, leading to Read more…
Insider Brief Quantum computing remains a research endeavor, and classical computers will continue to outperform them for the foreseeable future, according to Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek. Google’s Willow chip demonstrates quantum advantage in select mathematical problems and achieves limited error correction improvements but does not signal a practical breakthrough. Despite Read more…
Insider Brief Dr. Shuqiu Wang of the University of Bristol has received a £942,830 UKRI New Investigator Award to study the interplay of electron correlations, topology, and magnetism in quantum materials using advanced low-temperature microscopy. The research will focus on kagome materials, leveraging their unique lattice structure to investigate quantum Read more…
Insider Brief CEA-Leti, in collaboration with Quobly, CEA-List, and CEA-Irig, has developed a low-power, scalable readout solution for silicon qubits using FD-SOI CMOS technology, achieving a tenfold reduction in power consumption and halving the footprint per qubit. Presented at ISSCC 2025, the system employs a capacitive-feedback transimpedance amplifier (CTIA) with Read more…
Insider Brief The PROMISE project, launched on February 5, 2025, aims to advance NV-based quantum imaging sensors to a pre-industrial readiness level, enhancing real-world applications. The project focuses on developing widefield magnetometers capable of dynamic, high-speed sensing without the need for vacuum systems, cryogenics, or magnetic shielding. Collaborative efforts from Read more…