#quantum-computing

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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.

Qblox and HPE Collaborate on Hybrid Quantum-HPC Computing

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.

Tennessee Employers Explore Quantum Opportunities Through New Pre-Apprenticeship

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.

Playground Global Joins NUS Initiative Supporting Singapore’s Quantum Ecosystem

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.

ST Unveils Secure Mobile Chip with PQC

STMicroelectronics has launched the ST54M, a single-die secure mobile chip integrating post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hardware acceleration, NFC, secure element, and eSIM functionality. The chip supports PQC algorithms ML-KEM and ML-DSA, and is designed to help OEMs meet anticipated quantum-ready security mandates expected around 2030. It targets applications like contactless payments, digital identity, transit ticketing, and digital car keys. The ST54M has completed Common Criteria EUCC and EMVCo certification testing, includes up to 4.5 MB nonvolatile memory, and is available for sampling with production expected in July 2026.

WISeKey and SEALSQ Plan Nasdaq Listing for Quantisimo Through GigCapital8

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.

Economist Columnists Say U.S. Quantum Investments Show Promise — But Need Clearer Rules

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 Partner to Automate Quantum System Calibration

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.

The Conversation: A New Quantum Computer Sets a High Watermark For Accuracy – Are We on The Verge of a Big Breakthrough?

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.

Optimal control for Rydberg multi-qubit operations

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.

Classiq and TEA TEK Group Launch Quantum Computing Hub in Naples

Classiq and TEA TEK Group have signed a multi-million-euro partnership to establish a quantum computing hub in Naples, Italy. The hub will integrate quantum hardware with Classiq's software platform at 128 qubits and is expected to launch Quantum-as-a-Service (QaaS) offerings by end of 2026. The facility aims to serve researchers, enterprises, public institutions, and developers across Italy and Europe, building on an existing academic collaboration with the University of Naples Federico II. The initiative is positioned as part of Europe's broader push for sovereign quantum technology infrastructure.

New Forescout Data Reveals Slow Progress Toward Quantum-Safe Security

New research from Forescout's Vedere Labs reveals that despite growing awareness, nearly 90% of internet-facing SSH servers remain unprepared for quantum-safe cryptography. Globally, only 11.8% of SSH servers support post-quantum cryptography (PQC), up from 6.2% a year ago. TLSv1.3 adoption has grown to 30% of servers globally, but protocol upgrades alone don't guarantee quantum readiness. Enterprise environments show uneven progress, with OT, IoT, and IoMT devices lagging significantly behind traditional IT assets. Forescout has launched new Post-Quantum Cryptography Readiness and Encryption Hygiene Dashboards to help organizations identify and prioritize quantum-vulnerable encryption. Industry guidance from NIST, G7, and the UK NCSC points to 2030–2035 as the critical window for widespread PQC adoption.

NSF Selects Five New Teams for National Quantum Virtual Laboratory

The U.S. National Science Foundation has selected five new teams for its National Quantum Virtual Laboratory program, awarding $20 million total ($4 million per team over two years). The teams will develop experimental quantum technologies spanning computing, networking, and sensing. Projects include fault-tolerant quantum logic, a photonic entanglement network 100,000x faster than current quantum networks, protein-based quantum sensors for use inside cells, new error-detection methods using superconducting hardware, and portable chip-based quantum sensors. Industry partners include IonQ, NVIDIA, Quantinuum, Honeywell, and Boeing. NSF expects to select teams to transition from design to implementation phase later in 2026.

STMicroelectronics Launches ST54M Post-Quantum Security Chip for Mobile Devices

STMicroelectronics has launched the ST54M, a single-die secure mobile chip that integrates NFC, a secure element, eSIM, and a dedicated hardware accelerator for post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The chip supports ML-KEM and ML-DSA algorithms and is designed to help smartphone and connected-device OEMs prepare for quantum-resistant security mandates expected around 2030. Use cases include contactless payments, digital identity, transit ticketing, and digital car keys. The chip has completed Common Criteria 2022 EUCC and EMVCo certification testing. Sampling is available now, with production targeted for July 2026.

Bull and Alice & Bob Partner up to Bring Quantum Computers into HPC

Bull and Alice & Bob have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen their collaboration on integrating cat-qubit quantum systems into high-performance computing environments. The partnership spans R&D, product innovation, software development, and commercial deployment. Key highlights include extending Bull's Qaptiva software platform to support cat-qubit emulation and execution, and Bull being selected as the software integrator for Alice & Bob's first commercial quantum computer, set to be deployed at CEA's TGCC supercomputing center in 2027. The collaboration targets European quantum sovereignty with initial focus on France, the UK, and Germany.

Quantum Elements And USC Advance Noisy Quantum Circuit Simulation With New Quantum Monte Carlo Algorithm

Quantum Elements and USC have published a peer-reviewed Quantum Monte Carlo algorithm in Physical Review Letters that enables more efficient classical simulation of noisy quantum circuits. The algorithm compresses noisy quantum-circuit simulations while preserving dynamics relevant to quantum error correction, correlated noise, and decoder performance. In a collaboration with AWS and Harvard, the method was used to simulate a 97-physical-qubit, distance-7 surface-code syndrome-extraction round on classical HPC infrastructure in about an hour on a single compute node — a task that would otherwise require tracking 4^97 density-matrix entries with brute-force methods. The work supports Quantum Elements' development of quantum error-correction digital twins and provides a rigorous foundation for hardware-software feedback loops needed for fault-tolerant quantum computing.

QuantWare and Maybell Partner to Maximize Compute-Per-Watt Performance of VIO-40K systems

QuantWare and Maybell Quantum have announced a partnership to co-design and ensure compatibility between QuantWare's VIO-40K quantum processors and Maybell's ColdCloud cryogenic cooling infrastructure. The collaboration aims to maximize compute-per-watt efficiency for hyperscale quantum computers. QuantWare's VIO architecture fits 10,000 qubits in a single cryogenic system using chiplet-based chip-to-chip links. Maybell's ColdCloud uses 90% less electricity and cooling water than conventional systems, 80% less helium-3 per qubit, and achieves 99.9% uptime with four-to-eight-hour cooldowns. Maybell plans its first commercial ColdCloud deployment in 2027, with QuantWare targeting VIO-40K deployments in 2028.

FirstQFM Reports Quantum Forecasting Results Using NVIDIA CUDA-Q FirstQFM Reports Quantum Forecasting Results Using NVIDIA CUDA-Q

FirstQFM announced at ISC 2026 that its Quantum Reservoir Computing (QRC) system achieved a 56.1% series-level win rate against leading classical foundation-model baselines in zero-shot financial time-series forecasting. Built on proprietary Quantum Foundation Models and powered by NVIDIA CUDA-Q, cuQuantum, and cuTensorNet, the system was scaled on the Leonardo Supercomputer. The company claims to outperform AI forecasting models from Google, Salesforce, and Amazon on NISQ-era hardware, with plans for both cloud and on-premises enterprise deployments using NVIDIA NVQLink.

Quantum-Inspired AI Finds Cancer Signals in Small, Noisy Data Sets

A University of Utah-led team developed a quantum mechanics-inspired AI framework for extracting reliable biomedical signals from small, noisy, high-dimensional multiomic datasets. The method uses spectral decompositions and concepts analogous to quantum superposition and entanglement to find linked patterns across tumor DNA, blood DNA, and tumor RNA simultaneously. Applied to neuroblastoma data from 101 patients, it identified two new survival predictors that outperformed the established MYCN amplification biomarker across multiple data types and validated in a cohort of 398 patients. The approach does not run on quantum hardware — the 'quantum' refers to the mathematical structure. Limitations include reliance on existing datasets, no prospective clinical trial, and the need for broader independent validation before clinical use.

Classiq and Hatch Advance Quantum Chemistry with AWS and Amazon Braket

Classiq and Hatch completed a hybrid quantum-classical proof-of-concept for molecular binding energy estimation using AWS infrastructure and Amazon Braket. The pipeline combined parallelized Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations on Amazon EC2 with a Variational Quantum Eigensolver (VQE) executed via Classiq's platform. A fragment-environment embedding approach reduced large molecular systems to tractable active spaces of 10–14 spatial orbitals. Classiq's platform handled high-level circuit synthesis, qubit tapering, and VQE execution without manual gate-level programming. The project was conducted through Hatch's Dimension X program in Singapore and demonstrates a practical path for quantum chemistry today: use classical HPC for well-understood computations and quantum methods for fragments where electronic correlation is difficult classically.

Eclipse Qrisp Integrates NVIDIA CUDA-Q for Quantum Software Development

Eclipse Qrisp, the open-source quantum programming framework originally developed at Fraunhofer FOKUS and now maintained under the Eclipse Foundation, has integrated with NVIDIA CUDA-Q for hybrid quantum-classical computing. The integration lets developers write quantum programs in Qrisp's Python-based language and execute them on CUDA-Q's GPU-accelerated simulation and hardware backends. The combined platform aims to lower the barrier to quantum software development by pairing high-level abstractions with powerful execution capabilities. A tutorial covering the full workflow from writing quantum kernels to building hybrid variational algorithms will accompany the public release later this year.

SPRIND Launches Quantum Sensing Initiative to Back European Projects and Startups

SPRIND, Germany's Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation, has launched a Quantum Sensing Initiative to fund and accelerate quantum sensing projects and startups across Europe. The initiative opens with two challenge-style funding programs: Quantum-Driven Intelligence, which focuses on combining quantum sensor data with existing data sources for actionable insights in areas like climate monitoring and autonomous driving, and QuantumSense Exploration, which targets new quantum measurement methods and systems. Applications are open until September 6, 2026, with Stage 1 beginning September 20. Funding ranges from €200,000 to €450,000 in Stage 1 depending on the program, with additional support available for promising teams after the initial challenge period.

Linux 7.2 Ready With IMA and EVM Post-Quantum ML-DSA Signature Support

Linux 7.2 introduces post-quantum ML-DSA signature support for the Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) and Extended Verification Module (EVM), replacing older RSA and ECC approaches to protect kernel modules, certificates, and file verification against future quantum attacks. The update also adds staged deletion of IMA measurement list records from kernel memory, addressing resource constraints on systems where the list grows unboundedly.

Executive order bumps up deadline to move off quantum-vulnerable crypto

A new White House executive order titled 'Securing the Nation against Advanced Cryptographic Attacks' has significantly shortened the deadline for government agencies and high-value organizations to adopt post-quantum cryptography. Systems must transition to quantum-resistant key establishment schemes by December 31, 2030, and quantum-safe digital signature schemes by December 31, 2031 — roughly 4-5 years earlier than the previous 2035 deadline. The acceleration follows recent research suggesting cryptographically relevant quantum computers could arrive sooner than expected, with Google and Cloudflare already tightening their own timelines to 2029.

The Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library

A systematic benchmarking framework for quantum optimization algorithms is introduced via the Quantum Optimization Benchmarking Library. It defines ten classes of combinatorial optimization problems (including Maximum Independent Set, LABS, Portfolio Optimization, Vehicle Routing, and others) that are challenging for classical solvers even at 100–100,000 variables. The library provides open-source problem instances, classical baseline results from state-of-the-art solvers like Gurobi, and illustrative quantum baseline results using QAOA on IBM quantum hardware. The framework promotes model-independent benchmarking to enable fair, reproducible comparisons between classical and quantum algorithms and to track progress toward quantum advantage in optimization.