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NVIDIA Launches Cloud Quantum-Computer Simulation Microservices

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Monday, March 18, 2024
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NVIDIA Quantum Cloud is based on the company’s open-source CUDA-Q™ quantum computing platform , which is used by three-quarters of the companies deploying quantum processing units, or QPUs.

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  • NVIDIA Quantum Cloud is based on the company’s open-source CUDA-Q™ quantum computing platform , which is used by three-quarters of the companies deploying quantum processing units, or QPUs.
  • Leading cloud service providers are integrating Quantum Cloud into their offerings, including Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, as are many leading quantum companies, such as IQM Quantum Computers, OQC, ORCA Computing, qBraid and Quantinuum.
  • Quantum computing innovators can get a head start on accelerating their quantum computing development with NVIDIA Quantum Cloud by signing up for early access.
  • To learn more about NVIDIA Quantum Cloud, watch the GTC keynote from Jensen Huang, and register for GTC for free to attend sessions from NVIDIA and industry leaders through March 21.

NVIDIA Announces New Switches Optimized for Trillion-Parameter GPU Computing and AI Infrastructure

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Monday, March 18, 2024
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The world’s first networking platforms capable of end-to-end 800Gb/s throughput, NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and NVIDIA Spectrum™-X800 Ethernet push the boundaries of networking performance for computing and AI workloads.

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  • The world’s first networking platforms capable of end-to-end 800Gb/s throughput, NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand and NVIDIA Spectrum™-X800 Ethernet push the boundaries of networking performance for computing and AI workloads.
  • “NVIDIA Networking is central to the scalability of our AI supercomputing infrastructure,” said Gilad Shainer, senior vice president of Networking at NVIDIA.
  • “NVIDIA X800 switches are end-to-end networking platforms that enable us to achieve trillion-parameter-scale generative AI essential for new AI infrastructures.”
    Initial adopters of Quantum InfiniBand and Spectrum-X Ethernet include Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
  • Behind this transformation is the evolution of data centers into high-performance AI engines with increased demands for networking infrastructure,” said Nidhi Chappell, Vice President of AI Infrastructure at Microsoft Azure.

Rigetti Computing Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results

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Thursday, March 14, 2024
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BERKELEY, Calif., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.

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  • BERKELEY, Calif., March 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rigetti Computing, Inc. (Nasdaq: RGTI) (“Rigetti” or the “Company”), a pioneer in full-stack quantum-classical computing, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  • As part of the project, Rigetti proposes to develop and deploy a 24-qubit quantum computer based on the Company’s Ankaa-class architecture.
  • In December 2023, Rigetti launched the Novera QPU (quantum processing unit), a 9-qubit QPU based on the Company’s Ankaa™-class chip architecture.
  • ET, or 2:00 p.m. PT, to discuss its fourth quarter 2023 and full year 2023 financial results.

Infleqtion Names Matthew Kinsella Chief Executive Officer to Lead Next Phase of Quantum Innovation and Growth

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Friday, April 5, 2024
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Infleqtion , the world’s leading quantum information company, today announced the appointment of Matthew Kinsella as its new Chief Executive Officer.

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  • Infleqtion , the world’s leading quantum information company, today announced the appointment of Matthew Kinsella as its new Chief Executive Officer.
  • Kinsella replaces Scott Faris, who has stepped down to focus on quantum industry policy and investments in national security and defense.
  • "Infleqtion is well positioned to lead as quantum technology shifts out of the lab and into the commercial realm.
  • New product introductions: Infleqtion launched Oqtant, the world’s first quantum matter service, which provides groundbreaking access to quantum matter for those working on next-generation quantum applications.

Quantum Announces ActiveScale All-Flash Object Storage Solution to Accelerate AI Pipelines, Power Massive Data Lakes and Build Storage Clouds

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Quantum® Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO), the pioneer in end-to-end data management solutions designed for the AI era, today announces ActiveScale® Z200 all-flash object storage to help customers accelerate mission-critical AI pipelines and massive data workflows.

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  • Quantum® Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO), the pioneer in end-to-end data management solutions designed for the AI era, today announces ActiveScale® Z200 all-flash object storage to help customers accelerate mission-critical AI pipelines and massive data workflows.
  • With the ActiveScale Z200, customers gain more agility and speed to build massive data lakes and storage clouds, ingest and prep raw data sets, optimize and run AI pipelines and other data-intensive workflows, and cost-effectively preserve and protect massive data sets.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240402481005/en/
    Quantum Announces ActiveScale All-Flash Object Storage Solution to Accelerate AI Pipelines, Power Massive Data Lakes and Build Storage Clouds (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “AI and other data-intensive business initiatives are driving the need for a simpler, easy-to-access infrastructure that provides both performance and cost efficiency at scale,” says Bruno Hald, vice president of secondary storage for Quantum.
  • “The ActiveScale Z200 all-flash solution will help our customers optimize their data infrastructure to innovate faster with confidence.”
    The ActiveScale Z200 all-flash object storage solution is available immediately.

Boasting Highest Number of Unicorns in Europe, the U.K. Celebrates Startups with Limited-Time Statue in New York City

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024
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GREAT’s Ever-Changing Statue, created by British company HYPERVSN, serves as a monument to the Unicorn Kingdom, GREAT’s campaign to highlight the U.K.’s world-leading tech ecosystem.

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  • GREAT’s Ever-Changing Statue, created by British company HYPERVSN, serves as a monument to the Unicorn Kingdom, GREAT’s campaign to highlight the U.K.’s world-leading tech ecosystem.
  • See a full list of all founders featured on the statue here .
  • The country has generated more unicorn companies than France and Germany combined, with particular strengths in artificial intelligence, fintech, health and biotech.
  • Though the number of unicorns worldwide has increased to over 1,000, unicorns still represent less than 1% of all venture-backed startups .

NTT Research PHI Lab Scientists Achieve Quantum Control of Excitons in 2D Semiconductors

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that scientists from its Physics & Informatics (PHI) Lab have achieved quantum control of exciton wavefunctions in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors.

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  • NTT Research, Inc. , a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that scientists from its Physics & Informatics (PHI) Lab have achieved quantum control of exciton wavefunctions in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors.
  • However, achieving fine control over their quantum mechanical state has been plagued with scalability issues due to limitations in existing fabrication techniques.
  • In particular, the control over position and energy of quantum dots has been a major hindrance to scaling up towards quantum applications.
  • The PHI Lab has also entered a joint research agreement with the NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.

Renowned Quantum Algorithm Expert Dr. Martin Roetteler to Lead IonQ’s Quantum Applications Team

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in quantum computing, today announced the addition of industry expert, Dr. Martin Roetteler, as its new Head of Quantum Applications.

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  • IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in quantum computing, today announced the addition of industry expert, Dr. Martin Roetteler, as its new Head of Quantum Applications.
  • Roetteler will lead IonQ’s Quantum Applications development team, which identifies commercial applications of IonQ’s world-leading trapped ion quantum computing technologies and delivers business value to customers.
  • Roetteler joins IonQ from Microsoft, where he led both the Applied Research and Quantum Exploration teams researching quantum algorithms, compilation, circuit synthesis and optimization.
  • In 2013, Roetteler joined Microsoft, where he was a founding member of the Azure Quantum and Azure Quantum Elements teams, led the Q# Libraries team, and managed teams of quantum computing researchers.

Quantum Provides Business Update

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Monday, March 25, 2024
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Quantum Corporation (Nasdaq: QMCO) ("Quantum" or the "Company"), the pioneer in end-to-end data management solutions designed for the AI era, today filed a Form 8-K regarding several business updates, including reiterating its efforts to be current with its SEC financial reports by May 7, 2024.

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  • Quantum Corporation (Nasdaq: QMCO) ("Quantum" or the "Company"), the pioneer in end-to-end data management solutions designed for the AI era, today filed a Form 8-K regarding several business updates, including reiterating its efforts to be current with its SEC financial reports by May 7, 2024.
  • This amendment is consistent with the Company’s broader efforts to prioritize certain financial and business projects targeting improvements to working capital, acceleration of new products and a more focused business.
  • This re-evaluation process has involved an extensive and detailed analysis of the current financial periods as well as historical quarterly and annual reports.
  • Although the Company, along with its independent registered public accounting firm, is making significant progress, additional time is being taken in order to make a final determination.

Quantum Announces the Scalar i7 RAPTOR for Data Lakes to fuel AI models, Private and Hybrid Clouds, and Unmatched Data Protection

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
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Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO) today announced the Scalar i7 RAPTOR, the latest in tape innovation to support growing AI use cases.

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  • Quantum Corporation (NASDAQ: QMCO) today announced the Scalar i7 RAPTOR, the latest in tape innovation to support growing AI use cases.
  • As organizations look to retain more data than ever to fuel AI models, this new offering gives customers an ultra-low cost, green, and secure solution for data lakes, data protection, and private and hybrid cloud deployments.
  • The Scalar i7 RAPTOR leverages AI to improve ease of use and management with interactive documentation and support tools.
  • Designed for rapid deployment, the Scalar i7 RAPTOR enables a seamless transition from dock to data center floor in record time.