BROOMFIELD, Colo. and LONDON, June 5, 2024 Quantinuumtoday announced the development of the industrys first quantum computer featuring 56 trapped-ion qubits

Tokyo, June 3, 2024 - In support of the development of large-scale superconducting quantum computers, researchers with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of the largest public research organizations in Japan, in collaboration with Yokohama National University, Tohoku University, and NEC Corporation, proposed and successfully demonstrated a superconducting circuit that can control many qubits at low temperature. To realize a practical quantum computer, it is necessary to control the state of a huge number of qubits (as many as one million) operating at low temperature. In conventional quantum computers, microwave signals for controlling qubits are generated at room temperature and are individually transmitted to qubits at low temperature via different cables.

Quantinuum has announced that its H-Series processor has surpassed the ability to be simulated by the worlds best supercomputers, enabling the company to extend the lead in the race towards fault tolerant quantum computing. The UK quantum computing company has announced a major qubit (or quantum bit) count enhancement to its flagship System Model H2 quantum computer from 32 to 56 trapped-ion qubits.

In an article recently published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers investigated the potential of quantum computing technology for solving the automated guided vehicle (AGV) scheduling problem. Currently, AGVs are used extensively in every aspect of production, transportation, and logistics, which significantly improved industrial intelligence and automation levels and enhanced efficiency. The amount of parallel work AGVs do is increasing to meet the requirements of application scenarios, which greatly increases the AGV scheduling challenges.