Insider Brief Singular Photonics launched Litavis, a CMOS-based SPAD image sensor that integrates imaging, timing, histogramming and photon statistics processing on a single chip. The sensor supports simultaneous intensity, timing and histogramming modes, with software-configurable acquisition and timing functions designed to reduce reliance on external processing hardware. Litavis provides 256 × 256-pixel photon-counting imaging and … Read more

Insider Brief Italy is pursuing deeper cooperation with IonQ and the United States to strengthen its domestic quantum technology ecosystem. Talks in New York covered investment, research and connections among companies, universities, institutions and skilled workers. Butti’s U.S. mission continues in North Carolina for research discussions and Washington for political and institutional meetings. Image: Photo … Read more

Insider Brief Xanadu and AMD announced Backline, an open-source platform built with PennyLane for low-latency communication between quantum processors and classical computing hardware. Backline reports end-to-end classical-quantum loop times below three microseconds and supports CPUs, GPUs and FPGAs for applications including quantum error correction, network processing and sensing. The platform is designed to give developers … Read more

Insider Brief Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology developed a method that can perform a range of operations on bosonic quantum states in a single driving cycle, making some operations more than 1,000 times faster than previous approaches. The method uses quantum lattice gates and Floquet control to reduce the number of driving cycles needed … Read more

Insider Brief HELM Innovations founder Steve Hoffman discussed the need for the U.S. Department of War to prepare for quantum technology and improve the transition of emerging technologies into military capabilities. Hoffman argued that DoW should combine warfighter requirements with exposure to emerging technologies through prototyping, experimentation and early operator feedback. The discussion also highlighted … Read more

Insider Brief JETRO and Purdue University signed an MOU to expand U.S.-Japan collaboration across advanced technology fields, including semiconductors, quantum technologies, AI and advanced manufacturing. The agreement will support connections among universities, research institutions, companies, startups, investors and public organizations through joint research, technology commercialization and industry-academia initiatives. The MOU was signed during the 10th … Read more

Insider Brief IQM plans to deliver an upgradeable quantum computer capable of supporting logical qubits to Finland’s LUMI AI Factory by 2029. The phased deployment will begin with a 150-physical-qubit Halocene H4 system in 2027, followed by upgrades for real-time error correction in 2028 and an H5 system in 2029. LUMI-IQ will support up to … Read more

Insider Brief IBM, Lockheed Martin and armasuisse have established a quantum innovation hub at ETH Zurich that will host Switzerland’s first IBM Quantum System Two. IBM expects to deploy the system, powered by its Nighthawk processor, at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center by the end of 2026. The collaboration includes research into quantum sensing for … Read more

Insider Brief SEALSQ says its Quantum Highway now connects nine operational or planned hubs across Spain, France, Switzerland and the United States as part of its SEALQUANTUM.com strategy. The network links activities including semiconductor design, post-quantum personalization, secure-device manufacturing, quantum processor development, photonic integration, PKI and satellite operations across the nine hubs. SEALSQ says more … Read more

Insider Brief A16z Crypto released Lattice Jolt, a post-quantum proof system that it says produces faster, smaller proofs while using less memory. Lattice Jolt processed more than 2 million RISC-V cycles a second on a laptop CPU and exceeded 10 million with Apple Metal GPU acceleration. The system replaces elliptic-curve cryptography with the lattice-based Akita … Read more