The Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative has launched the nation's first quantum pre-apprenticeship, selecting 18 professionals from 17 Tennessee employers. The 12-week Quantum Ready Pre-Apprenticeship program covers quantum computing, networking, and sensing, and was expanded from an initial 10-person pilot after receiving nearly 80 applicants. Participants will complete a capstone Quantum Opportunity Assessment identifying potential use cases for their employers. The initiative is backed by an NSF planning grant awarded to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and is part of Chattanooga's broader quantum ecosystem, which includes the EPB Quantum Center — set to become the nation's first commercially available quantum computing facility in 2026.
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Sắc lệnh hành pháp 14409 của Mỹ yêu cầu các cơ quan liên bang và nhà thầu phải chuyển sang mã hóa hậu lượng tử (PQC) vào năm 2030 và xác thực hậu lượng tử vào năm 2031, nhằm ngăn chặn các cuộc tấn công "thu thập giờ đây giải mã sau". Cloudflare khuyến nghị cần làm rõ tiêu chuẩn "chuyển đổi", ưu tiên khả năng thích ứng mật mã (crypto agility) và thúc đẩy sự thống nhất toàn cầu về thuật toán NIST để tránh phân mảnh.
Lập trình viên nên đọc bài này để hiểu cách chuyển đổi sang các giải pháp mã hóa chống lượng tử (post-quantum) không chỉ là một yêu cầu pháp lý mà là một chiến lược bảo mật cấp hệ thống, giúp bảo vệ ứng dụng của bạn trước các mối đe dọa tương lai từ máy tính lượng tử trong thời gian ngắn nhất.
WISeKey and SEALSQ have established Quantisimo Corp., a joint venture special purpose vehicle, and signed a non-binding letter of intent with GigCapital8 (a SPAC) to pursue a Nasdaq listing. The proposed business combination values Quantisimo at approximately $575 million pre-money, with ambitions to grow to $2 billion through acquisitions of up to five additional quantum companies. Quantisimo aims to become a publicly traded platform focused on trusted quantum technologies, drawing on WISeKey's cybersecurity expertise and SEALSQ's semiconductor and post-quantum security portfolio. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 2027, pending regulatory and shareholder approvals.
Playground Global and Matter Venture Partners have joined NUS Enterprise's US$117 million NUS VC Programme, gaining access to Singapore's deep tech startup pipeline spanning quantum technologies, AI, biotech, and advanced materials. In return, Singapore-based startups gain connections to Silicon Valley venture networks, technical expertise, and commercialization support. NUS Enterprise will also open its first Silicon Valley outpost at Playground Global's incubation facility, giving founders access to labs, prototyping tools, and direct exposure to US customers and investors.
An Economist opinion piece by Joshua Zoffer and Chris Miller argues quantum computing is one of the strongest cases for U.S. industrial policy due to its national-security implications and immature supply chain. The Trump administration's $2 billion investment across nine quantum companies — spanning multiple hardware architectures — is praised as a smart diversified bet. The authors warn, however, that broader federal equity investments across tech sectors need clearer guiding principles, suggesting warrants over direct equity stakes and emphasizing that intervention should be reserved for areas with genuine national-security needs that markets won't address alone.
AQSolotl and QuantrolOx have announced a strategic partnership to integrate AQSolotl's Chronos-Q quantum control hardware with QuantrolOx's Quantum EDGE machine learning-based automation platform. The goal is to automate qubit calibration, reduce manual tuning cycles, and improve qubit stability as quantum systems scale toward commercial deployment. The collaboration will proceed in two phases: near-term technical integration and performance benchmarking, followed by deeper hardware-software co-design and joint commercial offerings for research and enterprise customers.
Qblox and HPE have announced a collaboration to advance hybrid classical-quantum computing by integrating Qblox's modular quantum control electronics with HPE's HPC and AI infrastructure. The partnership will focus on building integrated testbeds for hybrid algorithm co-design, software interoperability, and system-level performance benchmarking. Qblox's control hardware supports multiple qubit modalities and serves as the critical interface between quantum processors and classical supercomputing systems, aiming to enable scalable quantum technologies for scientific and industrial workloads.
Quantinuum has launched Helios, a 98-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer published in Nature, notable for its high accuracy rather than just qubit count. Single-qubit gate error rates average 2.5 in 100,000, while two-qubit gate errors average 7.9 in 10,000 — competitive with the best demonstrated results. Helios uses a quantum charge-coupled device (QCCD) architecture with all-to-all qubit connectivity, allowing any qubit to interact with any other without routing through intermediate steps. The machine separates storage, movement, and computation zones, and includes real-time software for routing and control decisions. While Helios can run random quantum circuits beyond easy classical simulation, this benchmark does not yet equate to solving real-world problems — but the combination of scale, accuracy, connectivity, and programmability marks a meaningful step forward.

Researchers use quantum optimal control techniques to design single continuous laser pulses that implement multi-qubit controlled-phase and controlled-SWAP (Fredkin) gates on Rydberg atom quantum processors. The approach reduces operation time and decoherence while providing continuous protection from environmental noise. The Fredkin gate achieves 99.88% fidelity even when accounting for real-world imperfections such as spontaneous emission, laser fluctuations, and Doppler dephasing.