NEDO Challenge second place QoL category announcement: received second place in the QoL category of the quantum bounty program. Prize money will be used to fund the quantum programming contest QCoder.
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Award: second place in the QoL category of the NEDO Challenge quantum bounty program.
Funding: prize money will support activities of the quantum programming contest QCoder.
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Ketworks launch community site with Ketbook and Ketboard
Ketworks launches a community site on neural quantum states, featuring Ketbook and Ketboard. Ketbook is a community-written reference; Ketboard lists variational energies from the literature on exactly defined benchmarks.
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Site: Ketworks community site on NQS
Components: Ketbook reference and Ketboard variational energies on defined benchmarks
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IonQ Superion 256 – integrated electronic qubit control announced
IonQ Superion 256 integrates electronic qubit control on a semiconductor chip and targets customer site deployments in early 2027. Chris Ballance highlighted manufacturability as key to scaling beyond lab-based laser control.
Key points
Integrated electronic qubit control directly into the semiconductor chip.
First prototype systems have ion qubits; deployments aimed for early 2027.
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- Original post
- ionq.com - Linked in the post