Quickly Quantum

South Korea's quantum purchases and Q-Block's compact hardware highlight the push to make quantum systems practical. The main story examines D-Wave's dual-rail roadmap and why its simulation-based error-suppression claim still needs measured scaling evidence.

• Korean Investment in Quantum Computing, and the Five Machines It Has Bought — Quantum Zeitgeist
• Matthew Kinsella, The Complete Story Of The Infleqtion Chief — Quantum Zeitgeist
• 3 Quantum Computing Stocks Poised to Outperform IonQ and Rigetti This Month — The Motley Fool
• Inside D-Wave's Dual-Rail Qubit Roadmap and the New Haven Bet on Logical Qubits — Quantum Zeitgeist

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:43 Five quantum machines in South Korea

01:59 Q-Block's products and Canadian defence market

02:45 Kinsella became Infleqtion chief executive

04:12 Motley Fool's quantum stock argument

05:33 D-Wave's dual-rail bet on error detection

07:56 DR-17 and the tenfold suppression claim

Source links

• arxiv.org
• koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
• postquantum.com
• thequantuminsider.com

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Sunday think piece: should crypto enter bunker mode now or would rushing quantum-safe migrations do more harm? We steelman Drake, Buterin, protocol-recovery and NSA/GAO readiness views.

• 'Don't rush anything': Vitalik Buterin warns against hasty wallet migrations amid growing AI threats — theblock.co
• NSA Announces Post-Quantum Cryptography Measures to Safeguard National Security Systems — nsa.gov
• Federal Quantum Readiness Falls Short as Agencies Face Cryptography Skills Gaps — The Quantum Insider

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:48 Should crypto enter bunker mode now?

02:30 Move quietly to fresh hashed addresses

03:53 Vitalik Buterin says don't scramble

05:15 Network recovery with hash-based backups

06:43 NSA mandates and GAO readiness report

08:23 Prepare the plumbing, don't stampede

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This Saturday recap revisits a week of public funding, private investment and technical claims in quantum computing. The through-line is the difference between a commitment or reported result and evidence from a demonstrated system.

• U.S. Department of War Announces $350 Million Quantum Package, Highlighted by $150 Million OSC Loan Commitment for PsiQuantum — Quantum Computing Report
• DARPA Selects Atom Computing, Diraq, IBM, and IonQ for Final Stage C Verification under Quantum Benchmarking Initiative — Quantum Computing Report
• Oratomic Raises $775 Million to Develop Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers — The Quantum Insider
• NVIDIA Commits $1 Billion to U.S. Science and Quantum Computing — The Quantum Insider
• Germany Advances Key Consortia in €640 Million Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing Competition — Quantum Computing Report

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:56 Department of War $350 million quantum initiative

02:49 DARPA selected Atom Computing, Diraq, IBM, IonQ

04:41 Oratomic raises $775 million for fault tolerance

06:29 NVIDIA's $1 billion science pledge over five years

08:07 IonQ's reported qLDPC speedups for logical gates

09:36 Germany's competition: systems due March 31, 2027

Source links

• atom-computing.com
• war.gov

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Today's episode covers federal funding for quantum manufacturing and verification, major commitments to science and quantum computing, and a quantum NMR simulation with practical limitations still to overcome.

• Oratomic Raises $775 Million to Develop Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers — The Quantum Insider
• NVIDIA Commits $1 Billion to U.S. Science and Quantum Computing — The Quantum Insider
• DOE Phase II Genesis Mission Awards — Quantum Computing Report
• Simulating NMR on a Quantum Computer — Quantinuum
• U.S. Department of War quantum package — Quantum Computing Report

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:39 Oratomic raised $775 million in funding

01:42 NVIDIA plans $1 billion for U.S. science

02:50 Quantum error correction and materials awards

04:01 Quantinuum simulates an NMR experiment

05:07 Drake's ECDSA warning and wallet migration

05:44 From Research Grants to Factory Risk

07:47 Hype check on promise and limits

Source links

• @HannaSuds on X
• quantumcomputingreport.com
• quantumcomputingreport.com
• thequantuminsider.com

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DARPA advances four quantum hardware approaches into final verification, while new investment and partnerships pursue routes to scale.

• Federal Quantum Readiness Falls Short as Agencies Face Cryptography Skills Gaps — The Quantum Insider
• Korea Quantum Computing to list on Nasdaq via SPAC deal — Quantum Zeitgeist
• Infineon and ZuriQ Deepen Partnership to Industrialize 2D Trapped-Ion Penning Micro-Trap Chips — Quantum Computing Report
• @TrustlessState on X
• DARPA Selects Atom Computing, Diraq, IBM, and IonQ for Final Stage C Verification under Quantum Benchmarking Initiative — Quantum Computing Report

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:35 Modular trapped-ion chip funding

01:17 Federal agency post-quantum preparation

02:46 KQC Quantum plans Nasdaq listing

03:51 Infineon and ZuriQ expand nine-ion chip work

05:01 DARPA selected four approaches for Stage C

07:27 Stage C tests physical quantum hardware

Source links

• ionq.com
• govconwire.com
• quantumcomputingreport.com
• thestack.technology

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IonQ's qLDPC work reports up-to speedups for logical operations, while Xanadu, Pasqal, Infleqtion, and Cisco announce manufacturing, component, and network developments. We also hear a perspective on open problems in quantum research.

• Xanadu and GlobalFoundries manufacturing partnership — Quantum Computing Report
• Pasqal and the Q-PLANET pilot line — The Quantum Insider
• Chip-scale optical cavity — The Quantum Insider
• Quantum research problems — @Isaac__kim on X
• Cisco quantum network software prototypes — The Quantum Insider
• qLDPC with scheduled error correction — IonQ
• IonQ announcement — @ionq_inc on X
• Cisco network control plane — @NetworkWorld on X

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:39 Xanadu photonic hardware heads to GlobalFoundries

01:36 Pasqal leads Q-PLANET neutral-atom pilot line

02:45 Infleqtion prototypes smaller optical cavity

04:01 Cisco quantum network controller

04:52 IonQ logical Clifford operations

06:41 Hype check on IonQ's 74x speedup claim

Source links

• infleqtion.com
• @infleqtion on X
• globenewswire.com
• quantumcomputingreport.com

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• Quantinuum and The University of Western Australia Partner to Advance Australia's Quantum Capability — Quantinuum
• Netherlands's Quantum Strategy Sets 2035 Goals, Links Industry Growth to Cybersecurity — The Quantum Insider
• Ethereum quantum risk post — @louispixels on X
• Quantum systems never quite forget where they came from — Quantum Physics News
• Germany Advances Key Consortia in Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing Competition — Quantum Computing Report

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:29 Quantinuum and UWA sign partnership memorandum

01:33 Strategy quantum to cybersecurity

02:38 D-Wave explores quantum supply chain optimization

03:42 Ethereum wallets face quantum migration question

04:26 Chaotic quantum systems retain initial state mark

05:35 Germany advances six quantum computing consortia

07:15 Germany's hardware race hits hype check

Source links

• quantumcomputingreport.com
• thequantuminsider.com

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• Scientists Break 3 World Records With Giant Atoms Built for Quantum Computing — SciTechDaily
• New quantum chip taps into weird quasiparticles to get qubits to communicate over long distances — Live Science
• planqc Wins Made in Europe Award for Quantum Computing — The Quantum Insider
• Three-Dimensional Light Fields Could Help to Control Electrons — The Quantum Insider

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:41 Free-space quantum key distribution trial reports

01:52 Large atoms without costly cooling

02:54 Phonon pathways connect qubits across chips

04:03 Planqc commercialising award for computers

05:05 New technique tracks electron states in atoms

05:57 Fabrication details to qubit performance

07:41 SQMS material features to qubit variation

Source links

• @netcreat on X
• @upadhyaya_kriti on X

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Today’s think piece examines why logical-qubit totals need clear definitions and performance context. It considers how scorecards can recognize early progress while distinguishing error detection from error correction.

• Quantum World Congress Shows Industry Wants Results, Not Qubit Counts — Quantum Zeitgeist
• DOE releases national quantum computing roadmap following field-wide effort led by SCAC subcommittee — Fermilab / DOE SCAC
• US Launches $215 Million Race to Build an Error-Corrected Quantum Computer by 2028 — SingularityHub

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:43 Logical-qubit count you

01:51 Why results need a definition

03:09 Stepwise progress versus the finished machine

04:22 A stricter scorecard for logical qubits

05:43 Hype check reading the next quantum claim

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This weekly recap follows the push to put quantum computing on concrete timelines, from federal security measures to logical-qubit targets. It also looks at an IBM benchmark claim and a quantum-enhanced energy forecasting program, with attention to what each result does and does not establish.

• US Launches $215 Million Race to Build an Error-Corrected Quantum Computer by 2028 — SingularityHub
• Infleqtion post on Riverlane MOU — X/@infleqtion
• Microsoft and DARPA testing post — X/@skdh
• IBM Nighthawk r2 experiment summary — X/@OwenGregorian
• Infleqtion logical-qubit post — X/@infleqtion
• SQC and Schneider Electric Advance Quantum-Enhanced Energy Forecasting — The Quantum Insider

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

01:05 DOE sets 2028 quantum computer challenge

02:29 NSA post-quantum deadlines for security planning

03:30 Company builds gate-model simulator beta

04:24 Infleqtion Riverlane MOU on logical qubits

05:37 Microsoft Majorana qubits DARPA testing

06:37 IBM random-circuit sampling result and its caveat

08:06 Infleqtion targets 100 logical qubits by 2028

09:00 SQC Schneider Stage 2 on forecasting

10:31 Closing recap on the week in quantum

Source links

• infleqtion.com
• @QuicklyQuantum on X
• phys.org

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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.