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(Manchester, NH | April 12, 2023) XMA Corporation was excited to welcome back New Hampshire Senator Maggie Hassan to their Manchester-based design and manufacturing headquarters. Senator Hassan was given a full tour of the facility, including their industry leading thin film lab.

During her visit, Senator Hassan was welcomed by top XMA leadership: Marc Smith, Presidentand CEO; Peter Richard, General Manager; Mark Higgins, Director of Operations; and Del Pierson, Quantum Product Line Manager, and team. It was an honor to host a current New Hampshire Senator, former state Governor, and dedicated public servant to our Manchester manufacturing facility.

XMA has been a key partner for quantum developers as they scale up and enhance their technology. Reaching quantum advantage will unlock answers to many of todays complex challenges, including online security, chemical simulation and drug discovery, traffic control, and weather forecasting.

We take pride in our manufacturing facility, operations and team, and it was a privilege to share our contributions to quantum innovation with Senator Hassan, said Peter Richard, General Manager, when asked of the visit. We provided Senator Hassan with an update on our transformational growth and discussed current and future needs to continue to positively impact our local and national interests.

XMA is an innovative New Hampshire business that supports our national security and economy by helping quantum computing companies to expand their capabilities, said Senator Hassan. Todays tour and discussion, as well as my visits last week with leading quantum experts, emphasized the urgent need to invest more in quantum research and development. Doing so will strengthen our national security, bolster our cyber defenses, and ensure that America remainson the cutting edgeof innovation.

About XMA Corporation

XMA Corporation-Omni Spectra is a Manufacturer of Passive Microwave Components. With Design and Manufacturing in the United States, XMA supplies products of the highest quality to exacting specifications to the Military, Aerospace, Test, Measurement, and Commercial markets. For more information on XMA Corporation, visit https://xmacorp.com/.

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The Death of Quantum Supremacy and Birth of Quantum Advantage

A new way of thinking about quantum computing sets more realistic goals for this technology.

Quantum computing has been under development for decades and it is a potential game changer in several areas, including networking, security, and extremely large data set analysis. You probably know that generative AI is disrupting markets ranging from advertising and search to computer interfaces (including automotive). Similarly, quantum computing will also be massively disruptive and could be applied to make generative AI massively more powerful.

The State of Quantum Computing

Currently, quantum computing is only truly relevant to those working on advanced computer development and research, in advanced encryption, or with extremely advanced high-speed networking, and who need to work with data sets that existing supercomputers struggle with. If you want to model the worlds weather accurately, for instance, the size of the related data set would bring even the most powerful supercomputer to its knees. A quantum computer is designed to take on such tasks thanks to its ability to massively -- and near instantly -- multitask.

Encryption is a major area of interest because the security industry believes that a quantum computer could decrypt any existing encrypted file almost instantly. IBM, which has been a leader in quantum hardware development, has released quantum-resistant cryptography algorithms to hopefully protect data until quantum encryption is developed.

In networking, we are talking about quantum pairs, which act in concert across unlimited distances and could be used for faster-than-light communications. We are just beginning to explore the potential for this use of quantum technology and while this could have huge implications for space exploration, military and transport (remote controlled systems), and telepresence (surgery and other areas where latency might be problematic), use is still over a decade away.

Applying quantum computing to large scale data set analysis will change the nature of supercomputers. However, viable quantum computers with enough power to function are still off in the future, with estimates for viability decades out. However, a recent change in how we look at quantum computers will bring this date closer because these computers better leverage existing computing technology and put quantum computing on a par with other technologies.

The Recurring Technology Introduction Problem

Whenever new technology comes out, there is a tendency to overestimate what it is capable of and to suggest it will displace all that came before it. If that were always the case, we wouldnt still have fax machines and traditional snail mail. They would have been replaced by email decades ago. The concept of quantum supremacy was derived from that same misconception: a belief that quantum computing would displace all other types of computing. Not only is that unlikely to happen soon (we still dont have a viable, business-ready quantum computer), it may never happen.

The quantum processor is a tool, like the CPU, GPU, and NPU (neural processing unit), and although it may be able to perform tasks better than older technologies, using a quantum computer for everyday work would be like putting a jet engine in a car. In other words, it would be a waste of a technology that is better suited for extremely large data set analysis, certain types of extremely secure communications, and specific workloads for which older technologies arent as well suited.

That is the concept of quantum advantage: putting the technology where it will enhance, not replace, what came before.

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City College of New York Computer engineer and scientist Samah M. Saeed is the co-recipient of a $4.6 million U.S. Department of Energy [DoE] grant to advance quantum computing. The funding is for her project, Toward Efficient Quantum Algorithm Execution on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum Hardware.

An assistant professor of electrical engineering in CCNYs Grove School of Engineering, Saeed will focus on resolving theissues currently affecting the development of quantum computing. The ultimate goal is to develop research and training programs to enable efficient and reliable executions of quantum algorithms on large-scale quantum computers.

"The future of computing is quantum, an emerging computing paradigm that will offer a computational speedup for critical applications, said Saeed. Near-term quantum computers, referred to as Noisy Intermediate-Scum (NISQ) computers, are expected to have a transformative impact on applications demanding intense computation, such as machine learning and physical and chemical simulations.

While these computers are very promising, Saeed added, they are fragile and operate in the presence of errors. As a result, there is a gap between current and near-term quantum hardware capabilities and quantum algorithms, which should be addressed to exploit the power of quantum computers. Although error correction is the ultimate solution to suppress errors and enable the correct execution of quantum algorithms, they are infeasible for near-term quantum computers due to the massive number of physical qubits required to correct errors.

Other objectives of Saeeds project include:

In addition, it will build a strong foundation in quantum information science and quantum computing at CCNY through collaboration with the co-PI from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The project will provide an extensive two-pronged training program involving onsite training at the CCNY open to the entire college community to increase participation of underrepresented groups in the quantum computing workforce and summer research at LBNL. The idea is to enable interaction with a broader team of quantum-focused researchers with a diverse background including physics, computer science, and applied mathematics at LBNL.

About the City College of New YorkSince 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks CCNY #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi puts at $1.9 billion CCNYs annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the for dollar return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. This year, CCNY launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled Doing Remarkable Things Together seeks to bring the Colleges Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.

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WHAT: As part of World Quantum Day, April 14, the University of Rhode Island will announce a new quantum computing initiative that will bolster research, student education and future workforce development in the growing field of quantum computing. Supported by $1 million in directed federal funds secured by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, the initiative includes a vital research partnership with IBM that will provide URI faculty and students access to IBMs cutting-edge quantum computing systems. The initiative will bring visiting faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students to the University in support of URIs masters degree and graduate certificate programs in quantum computing, while also launching additional outreach and summer research opportunities that attract the next generation of students. While in its infancy, quantum computing promises to revolutionize the way information is processed, performing calculations that even todays largest computers cant handle. Today, there are only a limited number of working quantum computers in the world, making URIs collaboration with IBM that much more important to student education and faculty research.

WHO: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed; Adele Merritt, intelligence community chief information officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; URI President Marc Parlange; Dean Jeannette Riley, College of Arts and Sciences; and Professor Leonard Kahn, chair of the URI Department of Physics.

WHEN: Friday, April 14, 1 to 1:30 p.m. (Speaking program)

WHERE: East Hall, 2 Lippitt Road. (Presentation will be on front steps of East Hall, facing the historic quadrangle.)

AN AFTERNOON OF EVENTS: A World Quantum Day symposium will run from noon to 5:30 p.m. in East Hall at URI, featuring prominent speakers from the quantum computing world. Speakers include alumnus Christopher Savoie, co-founder and chief executive officer of Zapata Computing; Christopher Lirakis, lead for quantum systems deployment at IBM; Charles Robinson, quantum computing public sector leader at IBM; Kurt Jacobs, deputy chief scientist at the Army Research Laboratory; Pedro Lopes, business developer at the computing firm QuEra; and Juan Rivera, senior engineer at Dell Computing and president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Club in Rhode Island. URI alumna Merritt will deliver the keynote address at 4:30.

TO MAKE COVERAGE ARRANGEMENTS: Contact Anthony LaRoche, URI Communications and Marketing, 401-874-4894, cell 401-837-8275, anthony_laroche@uri.edu.

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Quantum computing promises to be a revolutionary tool, making short work of equations that classical computers would struggle to ever complete. Yet the workhorse of the quantum device, known as a qubit, is a delicate object prone to collapsing.

Keeping enough qubits in their ideal state long enough for computations has so far proved a challenge.

In a new experiment, scientists were able to keep a qubit in that state for twice as long as normal. Along the way, they demonstrated the practicality of quantum error correction (QEC), a process that keeps quantum information intact for longer by introducing room for redundancy and error removal.

The idea of QEC has been around since the mid-90s, but it's now been shown to work in real time. Part of the reason for the experiment's success was the introduction of machine learning AI algorithms to tweak the error correction routine.

"For the first time, we have shown that making the system more redundant and actively detecting and correcting quantum errors provided a gain in the resilience of quantum information," says physicist Michel Devoret, from Yale University in Connecticut.

Qubits are objects as they exist in a mix of quantum states. Where classic objects can have absolute states, a qubit's version of the same state would be best described using probability. As a qubit interacts with other qubits, their probabilities become entangled in computationally useful ways.

Unfortunately, it's not just other qubits that can entwine their states with a non-decided object. Everything in the environment acts as 'noise', potentially influencing those delicate probabilities and making room for errors.

Part of the reason scientists have struggled to implement QEC is because it can introduce errors of its own. The extra space afforded for error correction can make the qubit even more vulnerable to interference from the surrounding environment.

Like many quantum physics experiments, this one was run at ultra-cold temperatures a hundred times colder than outer space, in this case. The setup has to be carefully controlled in order to protect the qubit as much as possible.

The error-corrected qubit lasted for 1.8 milliseconds only a blink as we might experience it, but an impressive span for a qubit operating on the quantum level. Now the research team will be able to refine the process further.

"Our experiment shows that quantum error correction is a real practical tool," says Devoret. "It's more than just a proof-of-principle demonstration."

While scientists are making significant strides forward in the development of quantum computers and there are rudimentary quantum computers in use now there's still a long way to go before the full potential of the technology is realized.

Reducing noise, improving stability, and upgrading error correction are all going to play a big part in getting closer towards full-scale, practical quantum computers that everyone can use.

In this case the breakthrough was down to several different factors, rather than one change. The QEC code was actually one from 2001, but improvements to it as well as upgrades to the quantum circuit fabrication process made a difference.

"There is no single breakthrough that enabled this result," says Volodymyr Sivak, a research scientist at Google and formerly at Yale University. "It's actually a combination of a whole bunch of different technologies that were developed in the past few years, which we combined in this experiment."

"Our experiment validates a cornerstone assumption of quantum computing, and this makes me very excited about the future of this field."

The research has been published in Nature.

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