Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Quantum computing developments over the past 12 months, including progress towards fault-tolerant hardware, and the Quantum Internet.
The 2023 Update is here: youtube.com/watch?v=dOBe5pES30k
And all previous updates are in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2m2YvnrOYxIZ5ThTsTov6h2YSGzFHYul
See also ExplainingComputers “Quantum Computing” page: explainingcomputers.com/quantum.html
REFERENCES (in order of occurrence)
Amazon Bracket: aws.amazon.com/braket
AWS chip: thequantuminsider.com/2023/11/29/aws-reveals-quantum-chip-that-suppresses-bit-flip-errors-by-100x
NVIDIA CUDA-Q: developer.nvidia.com/cuda-q
NVIDIA supercomputing:. nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-accelerates-quantum-computing-centers-worldwide-with-cuda-q-platform
Classiq NVIDA life sciences: classiq.io/insights/classiq-announces-quantum-center-for-life-sciences-in-collaboration-with-nvidia
Quantum in Mathematica: classiq.io/insights/wolfram-and-classiq-integrate-advanced-quantum-software-tools-into-mathematica
Hire Quantum: hirequantum.com
Alibaba shuts lab: thequantuminsider.com/2023/11/25/reports-chinas-alibaba-shuts-down-quantum-lab
QUANTUM INVESTMENTS
McKinsey April 2024: mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/steady-progress-in-approaching-the-quantum-advantage
Pitchbook record deals: pitchbook.com/news/articles/quantum-computing-vc-record-deals-2023
IDC August 2023: idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS51160823
Markets & Markets April 2024: marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/quantum-computing-market-144888301.html
QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
IBM: ibm.com/quantum/technology
IBM Heron QPU & System Two: newsroom.ibm.com/2023-12-04-IBM-Debuts-Next-Generation-Quantum-Processor-IBM-Quantum-System-Two,-Extends-Roadmap-to-Advance-Era-of-Quantum-Utility
Atom Computing exceeds 1,000 qubits: atom-computing.com/quantum-startup-atom-computing-first-to-exceed-1000-qubits
Quantinnium Model H2: quantinuum.com/hardware/h2
Quantinnium solve wiring problem: quantinuum.com/news/quantinuum-researchers-make-a-huge-leap-forward-demonstrating-the-scalability-of-the-qccd-architecture-solving-the-wiring-problem
Quantinnium 999 fidelity: quantinuum.com/news/quantinuum-extends-its-significant-lead-in-quantum-computing-achieving-historic-milestones-for-hardware-fidelity-and-quantum-volume
Quantinuum & Microsoft fidelity breakthrough: quantinuum.com/news/a-new-breakthrough-in-logical-quantum-computing-reveals-the-scale-of-our-industry-leadership
Microsoft beyond NISQ: blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/04/03/advancing-science-microsoft-and-quantinuum-demonstrate-the-most-reliable-logical-qubits-on-record-with-an-error-rate-800x-better-than-physical-qubits
AWS error-correction: aws.amazon.com/blogs/quantum-computing/a-new-building-block-for-error-corrected-quantum-computers
Alice & Bob: alice-bob.com/quantum-computing/science
Riverlane: riverlane.com
Riverlane roadmap: riverlane.com/blog/introducing-riverlane-s-quantum-error-correction-roadmap
QUANTUM INTERNET
Brad Lackey quantum networking: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/quantum/2023/11/01/quantum-networking-a-roadmap-to-a-quantum-internet
Quantum network testbeds: quantumcomputingreport.com/where-are-the-worldwide-quantum-networking-testbeds
Quantum Internet Alliance: quantuminternetalliance.org
IonQ entanglement”: ionq.com/posts/enabling-networked-quantum-computing-with-ion-photon-entanglement
AWS & Harvard network: aws.amazon.com/blogs/quantum-computing/delivering-quantum-information-a-field-deployed-quantum-network
Photonic distributed entanglement: photonic.com/news/photonic-demonstrates-distributed-entanglement-between-modules
QUANTUM APPLICATIONS
Azure Quantum Elements: news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/azure-quantum-elements-chemistry-materials-science
Classiq quantum healthcare”: classiq.io/industries/industries-healthcare
Rolls-Royce et al jet engine: quantumcomputingreport.com/rolls-royce-riverlane-and-xanadu-team-up-on-grants-from-the-uk-and-canadian-governments-to-develop-quantum-jet-engine-design
Quantum X Prize: xprize.org/prizes/qc-apps
UN Year of Quantum Science & Tech: quantum2025.org/en
“Riverlane & MIT Fusion Energy: thequantuminsider.com/2024/01/31/riverlane-mit-researchers-work-on-quantum-algorithms-for-fusion-energy
More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:53 Quantum Investment
04:48 Quantum Technology
10:26 The Quantum Internet
13:04 Quantum Applications
#Quantum #NISQ #Quantiniuum #IBM #AWS #Riverlane #ExplainingComputers
Quantum computing developments over the past 12 months, including progress towards fault-tolerant hardware, and the Quantum Internet.
The 2023 Update is here: youtube.com/watch?v=dOBe5pES30k
And all previous updates are in this playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2m2YvnrOYxIZ5ThTsTov6h2YSGzFHYul
See also ExplainingComputers “Quantum Computing” page: explainingcomputers.com/quantum.html
REFERENCES (in order of occurrence)
Amazon Bracket: aws.amazon.com/braket
AWS chip: thequantuminsider.com/2023/11/29/aws-reveals-quantum-chip-that-suppresses-bit-flip-errors-by-100x
NVIDIA CUDA-Q: developer.nvidia.com/cuda-q
NVIDIA supercomputing:. nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-accelerates-quantum-computing-centers-worldwide-with-cuda-q-platform
Classiq NVIDA life sciences: classiq.io/insights/classiq-announces-quantum-center-for-life-sciences-in-collaboration-with-nvidia
Quantum in Mathematica: classiq.io/insights/wolfram-and-classiq-integrate-advanced-quantum-software-tools-into-mathematica
Hire Quantum: hirequantum.com
Alibaba shuts lab: thequantuminsider.com/2023/11/25/reports-chinas-alibaba-shuts-down-quantum-lab
QUANTUM INVESTMENTS
McKinsey April 2024: mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/steady-progress-in-approaching-the-quantum-advantage
Pitchbook record deals: pitchbook.com/news/articles/quantum-computing-vc-record-deals-2023
IDC August 2023: idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS51160823
Markets & Markets April 2024: marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/quantum-computing-market-144888301.html
QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
IBM: ibm.com/quantum/technology
IBM Heron QPU & System Two: newsroom.ibm.com/2023-12-04-IBM-Debuts-Next-Generation-Quantum-Processor-IBM-Quantum-System-Two,-Extends-Roadmap-to-Advance-Era-of-Quantum-Utility
Atom Computing exceeds 1,000 qubits: atom-computing.com/quantum-startup-atom-computing-first-to-exceed-1000-qubits
Quantinnium Model H2: quantinuum.com/hardware/h2
Quantinnium solve wiring problem: quantinuum.com/news/quantinuum-researchers-make-a-huge-leap-forward-demonstrating-the-scalability-of-the-qccd-architecture-solving-the-wiring-problem
Quantinnium 999 fidelity: quantinuum.com/news/quantinuum-extends-its-significant-lead-in-quantum-computing-achieving-historic-milestones-for-hardware-fidelity-and-quantum-volume
Quantinuum & Microsoft fidelity breakthrough: quantinuum.com/news/a-new-breakthrough-in-logical-quantum-computing-reveals-the-scale-of-our-industry-leadership
Microsoft beyond NISQ: blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2024/04/03/advancing-science-microsoft-and-quantinuum-demonstrate-the-most-reliable-logical-qubits-on-record-with-an-error-rate-800x-better-than-physical-qubits
AWS error-correction: aws.amazon.com/blogs/quantum-computing/a-new-building-block-for-error-corrected-quantum-computers
Alice & Bob: alice-bob.com/quantum-computing/science
Riverlane: riverlane.com
Riverlane roadmap: riverlane.com/blog/introducing-riverlane-s-quantum-error-correction-roadmap
QUANTUM INTERNET
Brad Lackey quantum networking: azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/quantum/2023/11/01/quantum-networking-a-roadmap-to-a-quantum-internet
Quantum network testbeds: quantumcomputingreport.com/where-are-the-worldwide-quantum-networking-testbeds
Quantum Internet Alliance: quantuminternetalliance.org
IonQ entanglement”: ionq.com/posts/enabling-networked-quantum-computing-with-ion-photon-entanglement
AWS & Harvard network: aws.amazon.com/blogs/quantum-computing/delivering-quantum-information-a-field-deployed-quantum-network
Photonic distributed entanglement: photonic.com/news/photonic-demonstrates-distributed-entanglement-between-modules
QUANTUM APPLICATIONS
Azure Quantum Elements: news.microsoft.com/source/features/innovation/azure-quantum-elements-chemistry-materials-science
Classiq quantum healthcare”: classiq.io/industries/industries-healthcare
Rolls-Royce et al jet engine: quantumcomputingreport.com/rolls-royce-riverlane-and-xanadu-team-up-on-grants-from-the-uk-and-canadian-governments-to-develop-quantum-jet-engine-design
Quantum X Prize: xprize.org/prizes/qc-apps
UN Year of Quantum Science & Tech: quantum2025.org/en
“Riverlane & MIT Fusion Energy: thequantuminsider.com/2024/01/31/riverlane-mit-researchers-work-on-quantum-algorithms-for-fusion-energy
More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:
youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:53 Quantum Investment
04:48 Quantum Technology
10:26 The Quantum Internet
13:04 Quantum Applications
#Quantum #NISQ #Quantiniuum #IBM #AWS #Riverlane #ExplainingComputers
