EU turns to private funding to boost quantum technology ambition

[ad_1] The European Union is seeking to attract private funding to help it take the lead in quantum technology by 2030, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said on Wednesday, as the bloc works to cut its reliance in the sector on the United States and China. Quantum technology will make processing significantly faster than conventional […]

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Quantum Computing: Journey from bits to qubits still has far to go

[ad_1] “Nature isn’t classical, dammit; and if you want to make a simulation of nature, you’d better make it quantum mechanical.” — Richard Feynman, 1981 With that blunt provocation, the legendary physicist threw down a gauntlet that still challenges science today. If the universe runs on the strange rules of quantum mechanics — with particles […]

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Google is much more than an advertising company…privilege to have users trust in us: Sundar Pichai

[ad_1] “We are much more than an advertising company,” Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai underlined in an interaction with global media on the sidelines of the Google I/O event on Wednesday. “We are probably the third largest enterprise software company… We have Waymo, you can think about Android, you can think about Google Play… […]

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‘We intend to build capabilities in quantum, high-performance computing’: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

[ad_1] “Quantum I think is amongst many things that we see as emerging areas when it comes to frontiers of technology. India and the Indian ecosystem must be a part of this collaborative model,” Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrashekhar said Wednesday while virtually addressing industry experts and stakeholders in […]

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IIT-Madras becomes first Indian institute to join IBM Quantum Network

[ad_1] This network aims to advance quantum computing skills development and research in India. IIT Madras will now get cloud-based access to IBM’s most advanced quantum computing systems. It will also get to explore practical applications of the technology. The Centre for Quantum Quantum Information, Communication and Computing (CQuICC) at IIT Madras has been developed […]

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‘Quantum Internet’ inches closer with advance in data teleportation

[ad_1] From Santa Barbara, California, to Hefei, China, scientists are developing a new kind of computer that will make today’s machines look like toys. Harnessing the mysterious powers of quantum mechanics, the technology will perform tasks in minutes that even supercomputers could not complete in thousands of years. In the fall of 2019, Google unveiled […]

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