IonQ Acquires Elisity: Quantum-Safe Security Meets Identity-Based Microsegmentation
IonQ has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Elisity, a privately held Zero Trust security company specializing in identity-based micro-segmentation.
Quantum World Congress 2026: Fault Tolerance, Benchmarks & Commercialization
Fault tolerance dominated the recent Quantum World Congress 2026, and so did a sharper debate over proof. The industry has largely stopped competing on raw qubit counts. Instead, vendors now compete on whose logical qubits, decoders, and benchmarks hold up under scrutiny, and buyers benefit from it.
IBM Quantum Nighthawk r2 Arrives on the IBM Quantum Platform
IBM announced that the second revision of its Nighthawk quantum processor is now available on the IBM Quantum Platform. The chip retains the 120-qubit square lattice introduced in the first Nighthawk revision and adds an independent, high-speed qubit reset (which reduces the default repetition delay from 250 microseconds to 1 microsecond).
IBM Acquires HRL Laboratories, Adds Silicon-Spin Qubits to Its Quantum Portfolio
IBM announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, a research and development institution jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors since 1997. The transaction brings HRL’s expertise in silicon-spin qubit engineering, quantum sensing, and quantum materials research to IBM’s quantum computing program. IBM has built its quantum computing roadmap, including the […]
Quantum Cloud Computing: An Enterprise Guide
Quantum computing is entering the enterprise through the cloud. That matters because most organizations will not buy, install, or operate quantum hardware. Quantum computers simply aren’t data-center friendly. Instead, enterprises will access quantum processing units (QPUs) alongside CPUs, GPUs, and high-performance computing resources through familiar cloud environments. Evaluating this market requires looking beyond physical qubit […]
IBM’s LLM-Guided Evolutionary Framework for Quantum Error Correction Code Discovery
IBM Research recently published a paper on an LLM-guided evolutionary framework for discovering quantum error-correction (QEC) codes, accompanied by the open-source release of OpenEvolve on GitHub. The framework applies evolutionary artificial intelligence techniques, originally developed for general program synthesis, to the domain of quantum low-density parity-check (qLDPC) codes.
Microsoft’s Majorana 2 Topological Quantum Chip
Microsoft unveiled Majorana 2 at its recent Build developer conference in San Francisco, introducing its second-generation topological quantum chip and announcing the general availability of Microsoft Discovery, an agentic AI platform for scientific research and development.
Majorana 2 delivers qubits that are 1,000 times more reliable than those in its predecessor, Majorana 1, with a mean qubit lifetime of 20 seconds and peak instances approaching 1 minute.
Quantinuum’s $1.68 Billion IPO & the Race to Quantum Commercialization
Quantinuum opened trading on the Nasdaq last week (symbol: QNT), raising $1.68 billion in the largest traditional IPO to date for a pure-play quantum computing company.
Priced at $60 per share, above the marketed range of $53 to $55, and oversubscribed by a double-digit multiple before trading began, the debut caps a multi-year run of technical milestones, high-profile partnerships, and deepening enterprise engagement.
IBM: Anderon Quantum Foundry and the Industrialization of Quantum Hardware
IBM and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced a Letter of Intent to establish Anderon, a standalone company that will operate the United States’ first pure-play quantum chip foundry.
The initiative has a combined commitment of $2 billion, including $1 billion in proposed CHIPS Act R&D incentives from the Department of Commerce and $1 billion in cash from IBM, supplemented by IBM’s intellectual property, fabrication assets, and an existing skilled workforce.
Research Note: IBM and AMD Collaborate on Classical-Quantum Computing
IBM and AMD recently announced a strategic collaboration to develop quantum-centric supercomputing architectures that combine quantum computers with high-performance computing infrastructure. The partnership is based on a memorandum of understanding between the companies, with no immediate financial exchange.
SC24: Shaping the Future of IT with High-Performance Computing and AI
Last week’s Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) conference in Atlanta brought together IT leaders, researchers, and industry innovators to unveil advancements in HPC and AI, with even a little quantum computing thrown in.
NAND Insider Newsletter: Week Ending Nov 17 2024
Every week we send a newsletter to our list of tech industry insiders. Here’s an excerpt of what we shared for the week ending November 17.