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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has finished presenting his Spring Budget 2024 to the House of Commons. Technology-related subjects included the use of AI in the NHS, connectivity from space, a quantum computing error correction programme, and funding for the SaxaVord Spaceport, along with mentions of drones and facial recognition systems. For example, one of the budget announcements ...

Zurich Instruments has introduced three 8GHz instruments for controlling and analysing microwave-implemented qubits. “The product line, SHF+, enables high-fidelity qubit control for more reliable manipulation of fragile quantum states,” according to the company. “The ‘+’ versions receive a newly designed analogue front-end with reduced noise floor and phase noise.” SHFSG+ is an 8.5GHz signal generator with four or eight channels, depending ...

For example, what caught our editor's eye was QuEra testing its zoned architecture in a trans-Atlantic collaboration to advance quantum computing...

QuEra Computing is to provide the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) with an error-corrected neutral atom quantum computer as part of NQCC’s £30m programme to gather six different prototype quantum computers. It is expected to be operating early in 2025. In this case, the neutral atoms are rubidium, manipulated by laser optical tweezers and also operated by laser – ...

Quantum Motion is to build a quantum processor test bed for the UK’s National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire. The prototype system “will be based on the same silicon MOS platform used throughout the consumer electronics industry today, while the test bed forms part of NQCC’s vision to enable the UK to solve some ...

The UK is to set up a body to oversee the creation of standards covering quantum-based technology. What quantum technologies? “Within the various international standards development organisations around the world, standards are in development on quantum random number generation, quantum key distribution networks, quantum sources and sensors, frequency and timing, and quantum computing,” according to the UK National Physical Laboratory ...

Infineon has opened a quantum electronics and AI-based power analysis laboratory. Established near Munich, its objectives are to develop and test support ICs for ion trap quantum computers, and to develop AI algorithms for the early detection of variances in power systems. ~20 researchers will be employed, and the lab has a cryostat for research down to 4K (-269°C). One ...

Bosch Quantum Sensing has revealed a photo of its quantum magnetometer prototype (right). “In terms of its measurement accuracy, the Bosch sensor prototype is the smallest currently available – about the size of a cell phone”, according to the company, which was started by Bosch in 2022. “Our goal is to miniaturise quantum sensors to the point where they can ...

The customer spend on quantum computing will grow from $1.1 billion in 2022 to $7.6 billion in 2027, representing a 48.1% CAGR, says IDC. The new forecast is considerably lower than IDC’s previous quantum computing forecast, which was published in 2021. In the interim, customer spend for quantum computing has been negatively impacted by several factors, including: slower than expected ...

Led by the University of Cambridge, an international team of researchers has created materials in which the spin of un-paired electrons can react with photons at room temperature. “These unpaired spins change the rules for what happens when a photon is absorbed and electrons are moved up to a higher energy level. We’ve been working with systems where there is ...