March 2025

Insider Brief IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST) has announced its first hardware accelerator designed for post-quantum cryptography, leveraging Keccak-based technology to enhance data protection against quantum computing threats. The accelerator offloads computationally demanding cryptographic tasks from the main processor, improving speed and efficiency while ensuring compliance with post-quantum security standards set Read more…

Insider Brief Researchers achieved entanglement between a telecom-wavelength photon and a room-temperature quantum memory, demonstrating a practical approach for large-scale quantum networks. The system operates without cryogenic cooling or complex frequency conversion, making it compatible with existing fiber-optic infrastructure while maintaining high entanglement fidelity. While atomic diffusion currently limits storage Read more…

Insider Brief: NVIDIA is establishing the Accelerated Quantum Research Center (NVAQC) in Boston to integrate quantum hardware with AI supercomputers, advancing accelerated quantum supercomputing. The center will collaborate with industry leaders and top universities, including Quantinuum, Quantum Machines, QuEra, Harvard’s HQI, and MIT’s EQuS, to address quantum computing challenges such Read more…

Insider Brief HP has announced the world’s first business printers with quantum-resistant security to protect against future quantum computer attacks. The new 8000 Series printers feature ASIC chips with quantum-resistant cryptography to safeguard firmware integrity and align with Zero Trust security frameworks. The U.S. government plans to require quantum-resistant cryptographic Read more…

Insider Brief: European researchers now have remote access to a 12-qubit Quandela photonic quantum computer, months before the Lucy system’s on-premise deployment at TGCC in late 2025. Researchers can begin programming now using Perceval, Quandela’s programming environment, and receive expert support from a High-Level Support Team to port applications onto Read more…

Insider Brief: QET Sweden and SCALINQ launch QET Vidar Traveling-Wave Parametric Amplifiers at the APS March Meeting 2025, offering Model D (Double TWPA) and Model S (Single TWPA) for quantum computing applications. QET’s TWPAs provide a 4 GHz uninterrupted gain bandwidth, while integrating patented solutions for easier setup and protection Read more…

Insider Brief Bluefors has introduced the Cryomech PT205, a compact, high-performance, two-stage pulse tube cryocooler designed for quantum sensing and communication applications. The PT205 features low-vibration, energy-efficient operation with over 10 milliwatts of cooling power at 2.5 K while consuming only 1.3 kW at 60 Hz. Designed for integration into Read more…

Insider Brief Orange Quantum Systems unveils OrangeQS Juice, an open-source operating system for quantum R&D labs, at the APS Global Physics Summit 2025. The system enables full-stack quantum research by integrating hardware, software, and experimental workflows, with a closed beta starting mid-2025 at leading quantum labs. The full open-source release Read more…

Insider Brief TreQ has launched the Compass SG25B, a turnkey, open-architecture quantum computing system designed to eliminate infrastructure bottlenecks for researchers and developers. The system integrates technologies from Rigetti Computing, Qblox, QuantrolOx, and Bluefors, offering extensibility, upgradability, and low-level access for advanced quantum experimentation. Compass SG25B is now available for Read more…

Insider Brief Kipu Quantum’s Iskay Quantum Optimizer is now available through IBM’s Qiskit Functions Catalog, providing a new tool for solving complex optimization problems. The optimizer, based on the BF-DCQO algorithm, can utilize all 156 qubits of an IBM Heron processor to address higher-order unconstrained binary optimization (HUBO) problems. Kipu Read more…