Photonic chip company Q.ANT raises $72m in Series A
Company claims its accelerators could increase data center capacity 100x
Company claims its accelerators could increase data center capacity 100x
Company has also made 20-qubit Garnet QPU available on the platform
Built by HPE and powered by Nvidia GPUs, the system offers 23 exaflops of AI compute
Company announces shipment of its first High NA system during the quarter
Funds will help company deliver world’s first single-photon-based universal quantum computer
System expected to be complete in early 2026
Convicted of computer intrusion and illegally providing technical assistance to Russia
System will offer 23 petaflops of compute power
Also: Diraq funding, IonQ Korean deployment, Singaporean quantum testbed, and IQM Resonance upgrades
Paris-based company claims its chip delivers a 10x lower energy consumption than leading GPUs
Chip will be available for sampling in 2026
Comments were made as part of a discussion regarding the center’s forthcoming supercomputers
Startup looking to address scalability challenges associated with quantum computing
Company says it was approached by interested parties in previous funding round
Paris-based Quantonation II describes itself as the “world’s only physics-focused fund”
20-qubit PIAST-Q system was delivered by AQT
Largest round closed by a quantum computing company in the Netherlands
HPE Cray system is country’s most powerful supercomputer
HX2 system will be deployed later this year
First photonic quantum system installed in a UK public sector facility
Roadmap based on quantum computing’s transition beyond physical to logical era
The QB-QDK2.0 can be deployed in a standard 19” rack
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
Company already has a chip fab under construction in the country