Quickly Quantum

Can the Pentagon field quantum sensors by 2028? Brian weighs EO 14413's Sept 30, 2028 mandate, DIU's up-to-$200M Farseer push, and Infleqtion's two-week Tiqker run aboard RV Merlin against manufacturing hurdles.

• Infleqtion Tests Optical Atomic Clock During US Navy Exercise — The Quantum Insider

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

01:08 Pentagon quantum sensors by 2028

02:41 Freymann's case for a sprint on clocks

03:55 Kyle Norman on the transition barrier

05:02 Luca Ferrara: the factory does not exist yet

05:55 Hype Check: 5 out of 10 on Farseer

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This Weekend Bonus follows the week’s quantum stories from policy and networking to materials, manufacturing and the assumptions behind quantum advantage. The announcements include early-stage plans and research as well as a lab demonstration, with important differences in what each establishes.

• Quantum Industry Coalition Highlights Funding Priorities For The National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act — The Quantum Insider
• Lumen Expands Quantum Footprint with Ohio State Fiber Research and Fortinet PQC SASE Rollout — Quantum Computing Report
• Sandia and Quantinuum Introduce Logical Gate Set Tomography to Map Fault-Tolerant Qubit Noise — Quantum Computing Report
• Foxconn Aims to Become World’s Largest Quantum Computer Manufacturer — The Quantum Insider
• Wolfspeed Introduces Optical-Grade Silicon Carbide for Augmented Reality and Quantum Computing — The Quantum Insider
• OpenAI Computing Claim Faces Review, Raising Questions About Quantum Advantage — The Quantum Insider

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:52 Coalition urges Congress on quantum act

02:41 Lumen plans Fortinet PQC for SASE

04:34 Logical gate set tomography on H1-1

06:20 Foxconn wants to build quantum systems

08:09 Wolfspeed transparent silicon carbide wafers

09:50 Exponential Time Hypothesis claim under review

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Alice & Bob’s compiled estimate puts a possible RSA-2048 attack at 22,593 physical cat qubits and 3.14 days, while the required fault-tolerant hardware remains a projection. We also cover IQM’s full-chip entanglement result, a Shionogi research prize, Infleqtion’s at-sea clock test, and IonQ news.

• IQM Demonstrates Entanglement Across a Complete 54-Qubit Processor — The Quantum Insider
• D-Wave Quantum: Lawsuits Challenge the Record Orders While a Korean Partnership Points to Industry — ad-hoc-news.de
• D-Wave on Shionogi’s NEDO Challenge result — X/@dwavequantum
• Infleqtion’s quantum atomic clock ran two weeks at sea, Navy tested it — Quantum Zeitgeist
• Alice & Bob Estimates 22,593 Qubits to Break RSA-2048 — The Quantum Insider

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:55 IQM Emerald full-chip entanglement

03:00 Shionogi won NEDO Challenge prize

04:21 Infleqtion Tiqker clock operated at sea

05:38 IonQ AFRL allocation for drone links

06:36 Alice & Bob RSA-2048 cat-qubit estimate

09:28 Hype check on Alice & Bob estimate

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Today’s episode examines a reported random-circuit-sampling result on IBM Nighthawk r2 and the assumptions behind its comparison with classical computing. We also cover an Intel-Classiq agreement, PsiQuantum’s optical-switch demo, enterprise optimization work, grid-reconfiguration research and Nord Quantique’s DARPA extension.

• Intel and Classiq acquisition agreement — The Quantum Insider
• PsiQuantum optical circuit switch — The Quantum Insider
• LG CNS and D-Wave MOU — Quantum Computing Report
• EPB and IonQ grid optimization findings — Quantum Computing Report
• Nord Quantique DARPA funding extension — The Quantum Insider
• BlueQubit random-circuit sampling benchmark — Quantum Computing Report

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:54 Intel to acquire quantum software firm Classiq

01:56 PsiQuantum demos 8×8 optical circuit switch

03:04 D-Wave and LG CNS evaluate quantum annealing

04:08 EPB and IonQ hybrid network algorithms

05:24 Nord Quantique DARPA Stage B agreement

06:19 BlueQubit benchmark on IBM Nighthawk r2

08:48 Random-circuit sampling claim, classical tests

Source links

• @dwavequantum on X
• @PsiQuantum on X
• quantumcomputingreport.com

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Intel’s proposed Classiq acquisition would bring quantum hardware, programming software and enterprise relationships under one commercial strategy, while important questions about scale and profitability remain. The episode also covers NIST’s post-quantum migration roadmap, an IonQ networking award, research collaborations, quantum-control funding and a Pasqal magnet result.

• NIST Report Provides Guidelines for Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards — NIST
• IonQ Secures $7.5M AFRL Award for Quantum Network Expansion — IonQ
• Quantinuum and GE Vernova explore quantum computing for superconductivity research — quantumcomputingreport.com
• QuantrolOx Raises €12 Million in Series A2 — The Quantum Insider
• Pasqal Reports Unexpected Quantum Magnet Behavior on 256-Qubit Processor — ca.finance.yahoo.com
• Intel’s Classiq Deal May Signal a Pivot From Quiet Quantum Effort To Active Commercialization — The Quantum Insider

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:54 NIST final roadmap for post-quantum encryption

02:49 IonQ Phase 2 quantum-networking expansion

04:12 Quantinuum, GE Vernova superconductivity research

05:33 QuantrolOx raises €12 million in Series A2

06:47 Pasqal finds unexpected slowdown in quantum magnet

08:06 Intel's effort to turn research into a business

10:42 Intel gave no timetable for profitability

Source links

• @NIST on X
• thequantuminsider.com

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IBM reports a multi-connection link between two quantum processors, while a UK testbed program examines deployment beyond the lab. Intel’s proposed acquisition of Classiq puts quantum software and hardware under one strategic roof, with integration still ahead.

• IBM Connects Two 120-Qubit Processors With 99% State-Transfer Fidelity — The Quantum Insider
• UK Quantum Testbed Program — The Quantum Insider
• IDEMIA and KT Deploy Quantum-Resistant SIMs — Quantum Computing Report
• SEALSQ to Buy Satellite Capacity for Quantum Security Cloud — Quantum Zeitgeist
• EPB and IonQ post — @TechInnovationz on X
• Intel to Acquire Classiq — Quantum Computing Report

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:59 IBM connected two 120-qubit processors

02:26 UK testbed helped deploy prototypes

03:30 IDEMIA, KT quantum-resistant SIM pilot

04:31 SEALSQ letter of intent for satellites

05:36 EPB sells quantum computing time

06:44 Intel to acquire Classiq software

09:01 Hype Check: Intel and Classiq deal

Source links

• arxiv.org
• @business on X
• @intel on X
• @LipBuTan1 on X
• quantumzeitgeist.com
• thequantuminsider.com
• thequantuminsider.com

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A RIKEN-led team reports accurate simultaneous control of five silicon spin qubits on one shared microwave line. The episode also covers a proposed qubit readout method, simulated Kerr-cat gates, quantum-safe SIM testing, investment figures from Israel and a D-Wave sampling comparison.

• Supercurrent enables the reading of quantum information without destroying it — Quantum Physics News
• Researchers Build Qubit Gates with 99.69% Fidelity — Quantum Zeitgeist
• IDEMIA and KT test quantum-safe SIMs for Korean defence — Quantum Zeitgeist
• Israel ranks fourth globally in quantum investment as startups gain momentum - CTech
• Researchers Find Optimization Boosts Don’t Guarantee Better Sampling — Quantum Zeitgeist
• Scientists overcome a hidden obstacle to more powerful quantum computers — Quantum Computers News -- ScienceDaily

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:57 Andreev qubit's oscillating supercurrent

02:21 Simulated Kerr-cat entangling gate

03:26 IDEMIA, KT test post-quantum SIM cards

04:34 Israel ranks fourth in quantum investment

05:20 D-Wave Advantage finds ground states

06:31 Five silicon qubits on one shared line

09:11 Drive-induced decoherence: a limitation

Source links

• phys.org
• thequantuminsider.com

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Sunday think piece: October's rival error-correction records from Google and Quantinuum meet Starknet's quantum vote and 2030-2031 federal deadlines to test whether Bitcoin's Q-Day now has a schedule.

• Google Says it cuts quantum error rates by 40x with ‘magic state cultivation’ — Quantum Zeitgeist
• Quantinuum Reports a 10x Reduction in Logical Error Rate on Helios — The Quantum Insider
• NVIDIA Runs Record Simulation of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing at Jülich Supercomputing Centre — nvidianews.nvidia.com
• Starknet launches 7-day vote on leaving Ethereum over quantum risks — crypto.news

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:44 Error records and Bitcoin's Q-Day

02:28 The acceleration case for faster error correction

03:57 Skeptics: components are not a computer

05:15 Planners: pre-authorize the exit now

06:31 Where I land: a planning problem before a date

Source links

• postquantum.com

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This week’s recap follows quantum error correction from a below-threshold hardware result to simulation, decoding and real-time control. We also cover cloud access and UK funding as the field builds routes toward users and commercialization.

• Quantinuum Achieves Factor-12 Quantum Error Suppression on Helios — Tech Times
• NVIDIA Runs Record Simulation of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing at Jülich Supercomputing Centre — NVIDIA
• Quantinuum and Oracle Launch OCI Quantum AI Compute Beta Program for Early Access to Helios — Quantum Computing Report
• NVIDIA Takes Strategic Stake in Riverlane — Quantum Computing Report
• Rutgers And IBM Demonstrate Real-Time Control Across 100 Qubits — Rutgers

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:50 Quantinuum Helios below-threshold error result

02:32 NVIDIA simulated fault-tolerant processor

04:00 Quantinuum and Oracle open Helios to selective

05:19 NVIDIA stake in Riverlane speeds error decoding

06:42 UK £78 million package for quantum industry

08:16 Rutgers and IBM repeated measurement and reset

Source links

• thequantuminsider.com

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Google is funding a competition to reduce quantum circuit demands, while NVIDIA’s Riverlane stake and new decoding results highlight work on error correction. Quantinuum and Oracle have opened early cloud access to Helios, with customer outcomes still to come.

• Google Launches $150,000 AI Competition to Reduce Quantum Computing Demands — The Quantum Insider
• NVIDIA Takes Strategic Stake in Riverlane to Accelerate Real-Time Quantum Error Correction and GPU Decoder Calibration — Quantum Computing Report
• SEEQC Combines Chip-Based Processing With NVIDIA AI to Improve Quantum Error Correction — The Quantum Insider
• Florida Atlantic University wins $400,000 to build quantum-proof security — Quantum Zeitgeist
• Qblox Integrates NVIDIA DGX Spark With Quantum System Controller — The Quantum Insider
• Quantinuum and Oracle Launch OCI Quantum AI Compute Beta Program for Early Access to Helios — Quantum Computing Report

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:49 Google Quantum AI $150,000 circuit contest

02:15 NVIDIA acquires stake in Riverlane

03:23 SEEQC chip pre-decoder with NVIDIA Ising

04:36 FAU receiving post-quantum cryptography research

05:32 Qblox integrated DGX Spark with NVQLink

06:27 Helios early access through Oracle

08:21 Helios beta for evaluating hybrid workflows

Source links

• @QuantinuumQC on X
• qblox.com
• quantumcomputingreport.com

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More from Brian Lampert: Concrete Compute, the daily AI infrastructure briefing, and Space Stakes, the business of the new space race. Transcripts and every episode: quickly-quantum.kngoworld.chatgpt.site.