Intel has announced an agreement to acquire Israeli quantum software firm Classiq. Reports put the deal at about $2.3 billion as Intel aims to create a full‑stack quantum computing business spanning hardware and software.
Competition in quantum computing won’t be decided by QPU performance alone. As QEC, real‑time control, and hybrid computation increase the need for low‑latency feedback between QPUs and classical systems, NVIDIA is expanding an integrated stack around CUDA‑Q and NVQLink, while AMD and Xanadu counter with the open heterogeneous platform Backline. Will QPU vendors or platform companies that bind QPUs together lead the quantum computing infrastructure?
Xanadu has added Backline to PennyLane to integrate control of CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and quantum processors from a single interface, claiming end-to-end communication latency under 3 microseconds.
The latest version of the optimization development environment Fixstars Amplify SDK has been released. Fixstars says it reduces memory consumption by up to 80% and speeds formulation up to 30× compared with the previous version.
RIKEN’s JHPC-quantum has adopted QunaSys’ development kit. The environment will link HPCs such as Fugaku with IBM and Quantinuum quantum computers.
D-Wave has received up to CAD 300,000 from Canada’s NRC to develop embedding algorithms for Advantage2’s Zephyr topology. Results are planned for integration into the Ocean SDK.
Adds OqtopusClient to Amplify Quantum 1.3, enabling use of “System F” on ABCI‑Q from existing Amplify SDK code.
JIJ has released Qamomile v0.14.0. The update enables resource estimation and conversion/execution to multiple SDKs from the same quantum program.
Lockheed Martin will adopt Xanadu’s PennyLane in its internal talent program, expanding hands-on quantum programming training.
Fixstars Amplify has added IonQ’s quantum simulator to its standard machines and begun offering it for free. Paid access to IonQ hardware will be rolled out as a paid plan in the future.