Sixth Q2B Conference Advancing Practical Quantum Computing

This year's Q2B conference was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley from December 6 to 8, with the theme of "Practical Quantum Computing". The theme of this year's conference is "Practical Quantum Computing." Our colleagues at PhotonBox have brought us first-hand information from the event.

Keynote speakers appearing on the first day of the Q2B conference came from consulting organizations and investment funds, among others, including Peter Krogstrup Jeppesen, head of the Novo Nordisk Foundation's quantum computing program, which just announced a $200 million investment in the pharmaceutical giant's fund this September to build the first fully functional quantum computer for developing new drugs.

For his part, Matt Langione, a partner at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), shared BCG's Quantum Computing Development Report, which estimates that quantum computing could create $450 billion to $850 billion in value over the next 15 to 30 years. If the technology scales as quickly as major vendors promise, the value to users and vendors could increase by $5 billion to $10 billion in the next three to five years.

During the second day of presentations, global quantum computing software and hardware companies were present, including Quantinuum, ColdQuanta, QuiX Quantum, Qblox, Horizon Quantum Computing, Quantum Machines, Fujitsu, PsiQuantum, Q-CTRL and other well-known companies.

There were also a large number of hardware and software vendors bringing quantum computing results: Bleximo, Deloitte, Google Quantum AI, HQS QUANTUM SIMULATIONS GmbH, Yestech, Microsoft, Multiverse Computing, Pasqal, Qedma, Quandela, Quantum Application Lab Amsterdam, QuEra Computing Inc. QunaSys, Qruise, Toshiba Digital Solutions Inc. and others.

At present, quantum measurement and control is a popular area of quantum computing, and there are only a few companies in the world that can provide quantum computing measurement and control systems, including Chengdu Zhongwei Daxin in China. At this Q2B conference, Zurich Instruments, Yestech, and Qlox all showcased their latest quantum measurement and control systems.

On the hardware side, Dutch optical quantum computing company QuiX Quantum brought their photonic quantum processor, whose quantum processor currently has up to 20 quantum modes (Qumode). QuiX is a member of Quantum Delta, the Dutch national quantum program, and was recently awarded a 14 million euro contract by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop 64-quantum-bit optical quantum computers.

The Japanese company Fujitsu brought their digital annealer in addition to the first demonstration of their 64-quantum-bit superconducting quantum computing chip. Fujitsu's development of a general-purpose quantum computer was announced in August this year, and they and RIKEN, Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, will jointly develop a 64-quantum-bit superconducting quantum computer, which is expected to be officially launched next year.

On the software side, Quantum Machines, an Israeli quantum computer, presented their Quantum Orchestration Platform, a combined software and hardware platform that, according to the company, enables R&D teams to perform the highly complex algorithms needed to solve the highest-level challenges facing quantum computing. " in big letters.

Today is the last day of the Q2B conference, and GZH will continue to follow it.