Insider Brief Infleqtion has contributed its quantum processing unit to Japan’s first operational neutral-atom full-stack quantum computer, developed with Professor Kenji Ohmori’s team at the Institute for Molecular Science. The system, named “Shunkai,” is expected to initially operate with about 50 qubits, with plans to scale to around 500 qubits as development progresses. The next … Read more

Insider Brief The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has launched six calls totaling €119 million to advance quantum computing, quantum communications, testing infrastructure and experimental production capabilities in Europe. The calls will fund projects covering trapped-ion, superconducting and neutral-atom quantum platforms, next-generation QKD systems, quantum testing infrastructure and experimental pilot lines. All six calls opened on August … Read more

Who’s Playing, Who’s Ahead, and What It Means Insider Brief Since mid-2025, the US, UK, Japan, and Canada have moved quantum computing from research funding into binding policy — including roughly $2 billion in US CHIPS Act financing, a further £2 billion added to the UK’s National Quantum Strategy, Japan’s ¥1.05 trillion “first year of … Read more

Guest Post by Aktyvus Photonics Lithuania is becoming NATO’s precision photonics capital because it has what almost no one else does: 60 years of laser science, and companies fast enough to move at the speed the technology demands. Lithuania is NATO’s most exposed border, where precision photonics is a defence need for the country, not … Read more

Insider Brief Skyloom Global has deployed dozens of additional optical communication terminals on York Space Systems satellites supporting the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture. The terminals were launched on July 16 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, bringing Skyloom’s total on-orbit OCT deployments to several dozen. The deployment supports … Read more

IBM is announcing today at the annual Hot Chips conference what may be the most consequential change to mainframe architecture in decades: a processor whose cores can natively execute both IBM’s own instruction set and Arm’s — switching between the two in nanoseconds.The chip, which will power the next generation of IBM Z and LinuxONE … Read more

Insider Brief Pasqal and Eleven Ventures have agreed to establish a commercial joint venture to deploy and commercialize Pasqal’s neutral-atom quantum computing systems in Saudi Arabia and the wider region. The venture plans to deploy multiple quantum systems, develop local quantum talent and provide customers with access to Pasqal’s systems within the Kingdom. The agreement … Read more

Insider Brief Sweden has launched its first national quantum technology strategy, setting goals through 2036 for research, industry, talent, security and international cooperation. The plan highlights Sweden’s strengths in quantum computing while calling for better coordination, more skilled workers and improved financing for quantum startups and commercialization. The strategy also urges early adoption of quantum-safe … Read more

Insider Brief Researchers at the University of Göttingen have developed a method to map the three-dimensional wave function of a nanometer-scale organic molecule using a laboratory-scale soft X-ray source. The approach combines photoelectron spectroscopy with a redesigned computational algorithm to reconstruct molecular orbitals with sub-carbon-atom resolution from reduced measurement data. The researchers say the method … Read more

Insider Brief The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) has issued guidance defining requirements for determining whether Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) are ready for post-quantum cryptography. The guidance identifies TCG PC Client Platform TPM Profile (PTP) 1.07 as the baseline for a PQC-ready TPM and defines separate “PQC-ready” and “PQC-upgradable” designations. TCG also plans to expand its … Read more