Displaying items by tag: quantum computing

Fujitsu Australia and the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will facilitate industry and government professionals, researchers, academics, and students in Australia having access to a “world-class” quantum research facility.

Once it was unthinkable to use a credit card online. Today, online commerce is booming, and there's a small army working to ensure this trust is not misplaced. However, recent technological advancements mean digital trust must evolve to keep us protected. And the time to act is now.

GUEST OPINION by Aruna Kolluru, Chief Technologist, AI, Dell Technologies, Australia and New Zealand:  Quantum computing sounds like something out of science fiction, and the foundations it’s built on are hard to get your head around. Yet quantum computing is real and it’s here today. It will change the way we think about computers and will transform what they’re capable of, with massive implications for business, science, technology and even our everyday lives through new developments in medical treatments, materials science and more.

SSL certificates are a lynchpin of the Internet, but if you thought they were boring and routine, think again. With quantum computing becoming a reality DigiCert SVP of product Brian Trzupek explains business and industry need to rise to new challenges.

The US has put in place further restrictions on China, aiming to reduce the flow of American investment to firms that it claims could help boost Beijing's armed forces.

Australian quantum computing hardware manufacturer Silicon Quantum Computing has closed its $50.4 million Series A capital raising.

Quantum computing specialist Quantum Brilliance has appointed Singapore-based PTC as its first quantum software reseller.

Fujitsu and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center are signing a dual collaboration agreement to promote personalised medicine through the exploitation of clinical data and to advance quantum simulation technologies using tensor networks..

Quantum technology company Q-Ctrl's Series B-1 fundraising round is bringing in US$27.4 million.

GUEST OPINION The digital world is evolving quickly with artificial intelligence and quantum computing expected to soon become a reality. When it comes to cybersecurity, we cannot just sit back and wait for these changes to occur.

Sovereign cloud IaaS provider Sovereign Cloud Australia (aka AUCloud) is offering what it says is the region's first quantum safe symmetric key agreement software.

From an opening keynote by Anthony Murfett, the Head of the Technology and National Security Division of the Dept of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, through to presentations from NetApp, Zetaris, AWS, Commpete, UNSW, Microsoft, Optus, Kinde, Patyron, Nozomi Networks, Logicalis, Stone & Chalk and more, with a closing keynote from Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic, Influencing.com's conference is a must-watch event.

From an opening keynote by Anthony Murfett, the Head of the Technology and National Security Division of the Dept of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, through to presentations from NetApp, Zetaris, AWS, Commpete, UNSW, Microsoft, Optus, Kinde, Patyron, Nozomi Networks, Logicalis, Stone & Chalk and more, with a closing keynote from Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic, Influencing.com's conference is a must-watch event.

Noting that many real-world applications of quantum computing actually require a combination of quantum and classical computing, GPU maker Nvidia has introduced Nvidia Quantum Optimized Device Architecture, which it describes as an open, unified environment for today's most powerful computers and quantum processors, improving scientific productivity and enabling greater scale in quantum research.

A Quantum Brilliance room-temperature, diamond-based quantum accelerator is being trialled at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Perth. This is said to be the first time such a device has been located in a supercomputing facility.

ICT vendor Fujitsu has developed what it says is the world's fastest quantum computer simulator.

German-Australian quantum hardware specialist Quantum Brilliance is the commercialisation partner in a $17.5 million research project funded by the German government.

Australia-based quantum cybersecurity specialist QuintessenceLabs has recently raised an unspecified amount of additional capital in a round led by Chevron Technology Ventures.

Sydney-based quantum technology specialist Q-Ctrl has achieved benchmark experiments showing that its autonomous error-correction techniques give a 1000x increase the likelihood of quantum computing algorithm success on real hardware.

Canberra-based quantum hardware specialist Quantum Brilliance is undertaking a research project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF and the University of Ulm to develop new techniques for the fabrication and control of diamond-based quantum microprocessors.