DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - HPC & Quantum
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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IonQ opens quantum innovation center at University of Cambridge
Quantum firm will deploy a Superion 256 system at the center
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D-Wave delivers Advantage2 quantum computer to Italy
System has been funded by SQT and will support the region's quantum computing ambitions
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City of New York awards NYU $29.2m to establish a Quantum Fabrication Facility
QFab will offer quantum chip manufacturing and testing capabilities, alongside workforce training programs
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Photonics quantum firm Orca Computing deploys PT-3 system at Digital Realty’s LHR19 data center
Quantum computer was installed and operational within 24 hours, and is already powering two projects
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D-Wave signs quantum chip manufacturing deal with SkyWater Technologies
D-Wave will work with SkyWater team in Minnesota to develop specialized chips
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US DOE funds 12 projects under Genesis Mission; cloud providers sign up to support effort
AWS and Crusoe among those to offer compute capacity
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Photonic quantum startup Quanfluence raises $10m for full-stack architecture development
Bengaluru-based company is designing and developing its own photonic quantum hardware
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Oratomic raises $775m for development of fault-tolerant quantum computer
Pasadena-based startup emerged from stealth in March 2026
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ThisWay Global plans 73MW AI and HPC data center in Bryan, Texas
Will offer compute to researchers, public sector, and industry users
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PsiQuantum receives $150m conditional loan commitment from US gov’t to expand manufacturing and prototyping efforts
Funding will support ongoing expansion of company’s California factory
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DARPA announces four companies advancing to final stage of its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
Atom Computing, Diraq, IBM, and IonQ have all progressed to Stage C of the program
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Quantum startup ZuriQ partners with Infineon for development of scalable quantum chips
Scaling QPUs for use in commercial quantum systems
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Quantum firm Xanadu partners with GlobalFoundries for photonic component development
Multi-year collaboration will focus on ultra-low-loss photonic design and process development
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D-Wave partners with University of Arkansas for research into supply chain-based quantum applications
Quantum firm will work with the university’s Supply Chain Management Research Center on the project
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Quantinuum partners with University of Western Australia to expand quantum computing access
University researchers will be able to access Helios quantum computer via the cloud
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Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology unveils 33 petaflops HoreKa 2 supercomputer
Hybrid system powered by AMD Turin CPUs and Nvidia GB200 GPUs
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Eurofiber and Delft Networks deploy dark-fiber between Rotterdam and Delft for quantum
The companies have deployed the entanglement-ready dark fiber connecting Delft and Rotterdam in a closed loop configuration
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IBM deploys z17 mainframe at Marist University to support AI research projects
Students can use the z17 to develop and test AI applications
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QuEra partners with HPE to integrate quantum computer within Cray-powered HPC environments
Quantum firm now offering access to systems via both on-premises deployments and the cloud
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SiPearl delivers first samples of Rhea1 CPU to Bull for Jupiter exascale supercomputer
First order of SiPearl’s Rhea1 processors
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IonQ to deploy first quantum computer at Nvidia’s Accelerated Quantum Research Center
The Superion 256 will be installed in 2027
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IBM and ETH Zurich collaborate on quantum computer to be hosted in Lugano, Switzerland
New system at Swiss National Supercomputing Center will be accessible to private firms and other higher education institutions
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IQM to deploy Spark quantum computer at Brazil’s Eldorado Research Institute
First quantum system deployed by Finnish quantum firm in South America
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Mitsubishi invests in Japanese optical quantum startup OptQC
Size of investment has not been detailed
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Zettabyte signs MoU with Bowrington Capital for high-density computing deployment
Agreement will look at commercial requirements
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IQM sells second quantum computer to Japan’s Toyo
The Spark system is expected to be operational in early 2027
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Bull awarded €31m contract with AEMET to deliver infrastructure for weather forecasting supercomputer
System will be hosted across two sites in Madrid
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Fujitsu develops diamond-spin quantum computer that incorporates tin-vacancy centers
Company claims this approach provides benefits over traditional nitrogen-vacancy centers