How the quantum realm will go beyond computing

Over the last half-decade, quantum computing has attracted tremendous media attention. Why? After all, we have computers already, which have been around since the 1940s. Is the interest because of the use cases? Better AI? Faster and more accurate pricing for financial services firms and hedge funds?

SupercheQ, Quantum Advantage for Distributed Databases

The emergence of commercial quantum hardware has been accompanied by new approaches to benchmarking quantum computers. In addition to application-centric benchmarking approaches such as Infleqtion’s SupermarQ suite, scientists have developed benchmarks based on sampling from random quantum circuits.

Albert wins Time Award

Albert may be the world’s coolest cloud-based service—literally. The only quantum design platform of its kind, Albert lets anyone access and manipulate atoms cooled to a billionth of 1° above absolute zero, from their own computer. With this technology, once accessible only to professional scientists but now free to all, researchers can remotely use ColdQuanta’s quantum-matter machine to design potentially transformative innovations. One possibility: autonomous vehicles that never lose their GPS signal. The beta version of Albert launched this year, with an official release coming soon.