ETH Zurich Demonstrates Quantum Computer Architecture With Mechanical Working Memory

MySQL Community Server 26.7 Early Access Release

MySQL 26.7 Early Access is the first Innovation release after MySQL 9.7 LTS, adopting a CalVer yy.mm versioning scheme. Key highlights include: more robust InnoDB undo log truncation using a header flag instead of a local file; internal InnoDB recovery and metadata infrastructure improvements (redo log, tablespace, MVCC/ReadView interfaces); a new Change Stream Applier for parallel replication with separate apply and commit progression, configurable via APPLIER_VERSION=2; Group Replication now defaults to the MYSQL communication stack with deprecation warnings for XCom options; post-quantum cryptography support (ML-KEM hybrid and pure algorithms) when built with OpenSSL 3.5+; upgrade/compatibility check progress reporting; and the Thread Pool Plugin now available in Community Server. The release is for evaluation only and not intended for production use.

Illinois Launches $3 Million Fund to Support NSF Quantum Technology Teams

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the DCEO have launched the $3 million X-Labs Fast Fund to attract NSF X-Labs quantum technology teams to the state. Eligible teams receive capital, access to the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park's infrastructure (cryogenic, test and measurement equipment, experimental facilities), and an additional $250,000 package from Chicago quantum organizations including the Chicago Quantum Exchange, P33, Polsky Center, and mHUB. Illinois already hosts four of the ten National Quantum Initiative research centers, has committed $200 million to the Chicago Quantum Exchange, and is building the 128-acre IQMP campus with tenants including IBM, PsiQuantum, and Infleqtion.

Diraq Demonstrates Scaled Foundry-Fabricated Silicon-Based Qubit Array Made at imec

Diraq has successfully operated an eight-qubit silicon spin-qubit array fabricated using a standard 300 mm CMOS semiconductor manufacturing process, published in Nature Communications. This represents a fourfold increase from their previous two-qubit demonstration, achieved without degrading coherence or control performance. The qubits were fabricated by imec using the same industry-standard process from Diraq's 2025 Nature breakthrough. The readout architecture scaled favorably without significant increases in sensor count, wiring density, or thermal load. Diraq's roadmap targets hundreds of qubits currently, thousands by 2029, and over one million by 2031, all using conventional semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure.

Eight-qubit operation of a 300 mm SiMOS foundry-fabricated device

Researchers demonstrate the tuning and coherent control of an eight-qubit linear array of silicon spin qubits fabricated using a 300 mm CMOS-compatible foundry process at imec. All eight qubits were successfully characterized as four double-dot pairs, achieving Ramsey dephasing times up to 41 μs and Hahn-echo coherence times up to 1.31 ms. A cascaded charge-sensing protocol enables high-fidelity readout of the central four qubits. A two-qubit CZ gate operation between adjacent qubits with low phase noise is also demonstrated. The results establish operational scalability of silicon spin qubit arrays beyond the two-qubit regime while maintaining state-of-the-art coherence metrics.

QUDORA Partners with QAI to Bring Ion-Trap Quantum Computing to South Korea

QUDORA Technologies, a European ion-trap quantum computing company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korean quantum AI firm QAI Co., Ltd. The partnership will begin with a feasibility study on deploying QUDORA's ion-trap quantum computer within QAI's AI data center infrastructure in Korea. The collaboration aims to develop hybrid AI-quantum workflows, support customer education and technology demonstrations, and expand across major Asian markets including Japan, Vietnam, India, and Southeast Asia. QUDORA will lead system construction and technical integration, while QAI handles local market development and feasibility assessment.

Millisecond coherence times in gigahertz-frequency mechanical oscillators

Researchers achieved millisecond-scale phonon coherence times in gigahertz-frequency mechanical oscillators using micro-fabricated high-overtone bulk acoustic-wave resonators (μHBARs) made from crystalline quartz. By combining non-invasive Brillouin-based laser spectroscopy with materials analysis, they identified subsurface damage, lattice distortions, and elemental impurities at crystal surfaces as the dominant source of phonon decoherence. An optimized polishing process removed the compromised surface layer, yielding a tenfold reduction in surface losses and Q factors exceeding 247 million at 12 GHz, corresponding to phonon coherence times of 6.2 ms. The study confirms negligible dephasing in these devices and proposes a path toward coherence times beyond 100 ms, with applications in quantum transduction, quantum memories, and circuit quantum electrodynamics.

White House Quantum Summit Exclusive: America’s Commitment to a Quantum Future

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