The Quantum Dragon goes deadpan.
Warning: you won't find any enthusiasm in this edition.
Nah, just kidding. But Jack Krupansky struck again, making me want to start a company just so I can hire Steven Wright as a spokesperson. That would be hilarious. If you don’t know who he is, watch the video at the end of this newsletter and then imagine him talking about entangling photons or shuttling atoms or something.
Let’s get (quantum) physical!
I’m old enough that invoking Olivia Newton-John gets you into this newsletter. It’s about a Quantum Effects panel with Dr. Stefan Seegerer of IQM, Dr. Katrin Kobe of Bosch, Somya Rathee of QMware, and Marta P Estarellas of Qilimanjaro. This link might require a LinkedIn account. This link (3:30 PM) does not.
Uniform Quantum Superposition States
Thanks to Stephen Holmes for sharing this paper by Dr. Alok Shukla and Dr. Prakash Vedula. Although the paper itself doesn’t exude any enthusiasm, a cursory examination of it has stirred some tentative enthusiasm within me, the reader. So, feel free to read this paper and potentially be self-enthused with me.
Quantum Computer Assembly Line
IQM has set up an assembly line for building superconducting quantum computers. They say they’ve made 30, sold 6, and can make 20 per year. What’s interesting is that you can see the full footprint of one system (one row), including control electronics and cryogenics, which I’ve never seen shown for superconducting devices before.
Those ain’t atoms.
It’s ironic that this Microsoft Azure Quantum article mentions Quantinuum’s ions and Atom Computing’s neutral atoms, but the featured image clearly isn’t either. At some point, we should start educating the masses that not every quantum computer necessarily looks like a chandelier or an ALS ice bucket.
The most performant SDK?
If you missed issue 200 of Sergio Gago’s Quantum Pirates, this was my Quantum Hype Ambassador Prize winning submission. I’m resharing it because my timelines are trying to convince me that Qiskit is the most “performant” SDK. That’s hilarious because Qiskit doesn’t perform at all after each round of #breakingchanges.
I found the Batcave!
Thanks to QTD Systems, Qunnect and NYU have connected their GothamQ quantum network to the heart of New York City: Lower Manhattan. More importantly — for this newsletter — if you find Qunnect on the map, the network forms a wing to the right and a wing to the left… like a bat! This link might require a LinkedIn account.
Alpine Quantum Technologies. The Alps. I get it.
This post has a great photo. I’d like to be more eloquent about it, but a picture is worth a thousand words, and you’re not inclined to read that much about it. But I would say that AQT has found the perfect backdrop for its ion trap quantum computer. This link might require a LinkedIn account.
Freelancers Available!
Imagine how much more you could get done with a Virtual Assistant or a Python/C++ programmer. They could handle things for you and automate things for you so that you can spend more time in the dragon cave enjoying the wackiness of this newsletter. Thanks to the cost of living here, either would be happy earning $5 per hour.
Ooops! Forgot the hype....
This post by Moody's is a curiosity not just because it lacks hype, but also because it's actually understated. When was the last time you saw that in quantum? QFStudio, powered by Multiverse and QCentroid, doesn't just do benchmarking, it does unparalleled benchmarking. This link might require a LinkedIn account.
AI-Generated Quantum Podcast
Yuval Boger recently interviewed an AI-simulated guest for The Superposition Guy’s Podcast. Sergio Gago has responded with a fully AI-generated podcast. I briefly thought I was listening to Q-CTRL’s Prof. Michael Biercuk after he must’ve spent some time in New Jersey.
Free Trial!
I’m not a fan of this Quantum Computing Inc. ad, but I’ve used Dirac-3 and achieved one particularly interesting result. Therefore, if you’ve got optimization problems and an offer of a free trial, it might be worth your while to claim it. Maybe you’ll get an interesting result, too.
Drop and give me 20.
Anyone who calls anything a “bootcamp” probably hasn’t been to an actual bootcamp, because if you’ve been to an actual bootcamp, why on Earth would you want to compare any experience to that? That said, someone’s recruiting for an “Introduction to Mathematical Proof Writing for the Abstract Mathematics 101 Bootcamp.”
A Multinode Quantum Network explained
This video is three years old, but it’s still interesting. I would try to write something almost-witty about it, but it would be faster for you to just watch the video than for me to explain to you why I think you should watch it. TL;DR: it’s only 2:41 of your life; you can make that up with a brisk 20-30 minute walk. [insert legal disclaimer here]
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