As shown in @AuManuracturing News’s Towards 3% R&D editorial series, Australia’s innovation effort is tanking, with a lack of national policy co-ordination a key issue. Here Dr John H Howard, puts the case for a National Innovation Council. In an era where innovation drives economic growth and global competitiveness, Australia’s fragmented approach to industrial strategy…
Germany’s Cyber Agency has awarded Australian company Quantum Brilliance and Germany’s ParityQC one of three contracts valued at €35 million aimed at developing the world’s first mobile quantum computer by 2027. The companies announced they have jointly been awarded a contract by Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH ‘Innovation in Cybersecurity’ to develop the…
Room-temperature quantum computing manufacturer Quantum Brilliance has announced a collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to build a joint platform integrating quantum computing with high-performance computing (HPC). The collaboration will focus on integrating an on-premises cluster of QB’s quantum accelerators with ORNL’s HPC systems to explore the performance and effectiveness of parallelised and hybridised…
Quantum development company Archer Materials has manufactured two proof-of-concept electrical devices which have improved the readout of data of its quantum devices and enhanced manufacturability of the company’s 12CQ quantum chip. Archer’s quantum team developed two complementary superconducting spin readout circuits, consisting of up to eight resonators. Each circuit resonator can simultaneously readout separate spin…
Quantum technologies – which may soon provide huge advances in computing, communication and sensing – are rapidly growing in strategic importance.
Quantum computing processor developer Diraq has successfully demonstrated consistent and repeatable operation with above 99 percent fidelity of two-qubit gates in its SiMOS (silicon metal-oxide-semiconductor) quantum dot platform. The technical breakthrough in producing workable quantum computing chips was detailed in a study: Assessment of the errors of high-fidelity two-qubit gates in silicon quantum dots published…
By Peter Roberts The Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic has made an impassioned commitment to words all too often forgotten in recent years – value adding and fostering Australian ingenuity. In a speech to the Australian Space Forum Husic said a Future Made in Australia would be defined by resilience, prosperity, and unwavering…
Quantum development company Archer Materials has announced improvements in how the company detects single electron spins in a quantum computing device. Quantum computers store and retrieve information at the sub atomic level, utilising different spin states of an atom’s orbiting electrons. The Archer quantum team, led by Dr Simon Ruffell and Dr Byron Villis, has…
Bushmaster armoured vehicles arrive in Fiji The Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy has taken to social media to celebrate the successful export of Thales‘ Bendigo, Victoria manufactured Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicles. Conroy released photographs of the vehicles on the ground in Fiji (pictured) and said: “Great to see 14 Australian made bushmasters delivered to…
The Queensland government has taken a bold step to develop the state’s quantum computing capabilities with the announcement of five quantum and advanced technologies competitive grant programme providing more than $50 million in funding. The grant programmes will enhance quantum technology applications, attract investment and collaboration, develop a skilled workforce, aid decarbonisation and promote quantum-based…
