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Trump signs legislation to boost quantum computing research with $1.2 billion

by Alan Boyle on December 21, 2018December 22, 2018 at 10:53 am 12 Comments

President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation ramping up quantum computing research and development. The National Quantum Initiative Act (H.R. 6227) authorizes $1.2 billion over five years for federal activities… Read More

How this UW grad student, researching quantum computing, proved that classical computers are better than we thought

by Tom Krazit on December 5, 2018December 4, 2018 at 4:17 pmComment

A lot of great discoveries were made while looking for something else. For University of Washington computer science grad student Ewin Tang, research into quantum computing showed that our regular… Read More

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Experts say it’s high time to create new cryptography for quantum computing age

by Alan Boyle on December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 at 5:38 pmComment

A new report from computer scientists estimates that it’s likely to be at least a decade before quantum computing tools become powerful enough to compromise the current system of public-key… Read More

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Why Microsoft, IBM, Google and Boeing are taking a giant leap into quantum computing

by Alan Boyle on October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 at 6:37 pmComment

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The small world of quantum physics is a big deal on the frontier of computer science. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella rates quantum computing as one of three key… Read More

Boeing computing

Boeing steps up its focus on ‘Disruptive Computing and Networks’ for aerospace

by Alan Boyle on October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 at 10:43 amComment

Boeing is raising its profile on computational frontiers ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum communications by setting up a new organization called Disruptive Computing and Networks, or DC&N, to put… Read More

D-Wave’s quantum computing cloud service is now available for developer experiments

by Tom Krazit on October 4, 2018October 3, 2018 at 4:35 pmComment

After years of hype about the potential of quantum computing, D-Wave is about to let mainstream developers finally take its quantum machines for a test drive. The Vancouver company plans… Read More

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White House issues quantum computing strategy and hosts public-private summit

by Alan Boyle on September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 at 5:08 pmComment

Federal officials and industry leaders — including representatives from Microsoft and Google — met today at a White House summit to spark new initiatives in quantum information science. Among the recommendations… Read More

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D-Wave Systems uses quantum computing to simulate weirdness of superconductors

by Alan Boyle on August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 at 5:56 pmComment

One of the prime applications for quantum computers is to simulate natural quantum phenomena, and in a newly published study, researchers from Canada’s D-Wave Systems have demonstrated how to do it. The… Read More

Tech Moves: D-Wave sets up shop in Seattle with new VP; BuildDirect adds Amazon and Microsoft vets; and more

by Kaitlyn Wang on July 10, 2018July 10, 2018 at 9:09 am1 Comment

Quantum computing company D-Wave Systems, which claims to be the first company with a commercially available quantum computing system, has a new presence in Seattle. The company tapped former Apptio… Read More

Microsoft partners with Case Western on quantum computing and Hololens tech that improves MRIs

by Clare McGrane on May 18, 2018May 18, 2018 at 2:21 pmComment

MRIs are one of the most commonly used diagnostic tools, but the technology behind that imaging has remained largely the same for decades. Researchers at Cleveland’s Case Western Reserve University… Read More

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Satya Nadella, the full GeekWire Summit interview: Microsoft’s transformation and the future of tech

by Clare McGrane on October 18, 2017October 21, 2017 at 7:22 amComment

Satya Nadella is most well known for transforming Microsoft as its third, and current, CEO. He’s taken the company in a new and exciting direction, doubling its stock price and… Read More

Here’s the line of poetry Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says best describes the future

by Nat Levy on October 14, 2017October 14, 2017 at 7:40 pmComment

When he isn’t reimagining Microsoft’s culture and direction, Satya Nadella is a man of many varied interests, from cricket to poetry. At the 2017 GeekWire Summit, The Microsoft CEO was… Read More

Three technologies Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks will shape the future

by Tom Krazit on October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 at 12:24 pmComment

With a rueful smile, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged on stage at the GeekWire Summit that “one of the (really bizarre) things to do is speculate in technology about the… Read More

Microsoft to release programming language for quantum computing — now it just needs a quantum computer

by Todd Bishop on September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 at 8:11 amComment

Microsoft says it has a created a new programming language for quantum computers, seeking to help developers unlock the still largely theoretical power of a new form of technology that… Read More

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China’s Micius satellite sets distance record for quantum entanglement in space

by Alan Boyle on June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 at 12:05 pm 3 Comments

Chinese researchers report that they’ve set a new distance record for quantum teleportation through space, the phenomenon that Albert Einstein once scoffed at as “spooky action at a distance.” The… Read More

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Purdue joins Microsoft in five-year mission to create topological quantum computer

by Alan Boyle on May 30, 2017May 30, 2017 at 6:29 pmComment

Microsoft’s big bet to build a usable quantum computer based on two-dimensional quasiparticles just got bigger. Purdue University says it has signed a five-year agreement with Microsoft to expand its… Read More

IBM plans to deliver ‘industry first’ quantum computers via the cloud

by Geof Wheelwright on March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 at 10:47 amComment

IBM today unveiled plans to build commercially-available quantum computer systems for business and science that will be accessed via the IBM Cloud. Known as “IBM Q”, these quantum systems will be… Read More

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Microsoft researchers lay down a big bet on topological quantum computers

by Alan Boyle on November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 at 11:27 am1 Comment

Microsoft says it’s moving ahead from just talking about quantum computing to building an actual quantum computer, based on the physics that won a Nobel Prize this year. The project… Read More

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UW’s David Thouless wins share of Nobel physics prize for weird science of superconductors

by Alan Boyle on October 4, 2016October 5, 2016 at 6:21 amComment

David Thouless, a British-born professor emeritus at the University of Washington, has been awarded half of this year’s Nobel physics prize for untangling the topological mysteries of superconductors, superfluids and other… Read More

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