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MATTER-ANTIMATTER IMBALANCE: IonQ (IONQ) announced the first known simulation using a quantum computer of a process called “neutrinoless double-beta decay” with implications for understanding the universe’s imbalance between matter and antimatter. The company said, “The Big Bang should have made equal amounts of matter and antimatter. However, almost everything we see is made of matter, and there’s very little antimatter around. One of the biggest questions in physics is: what happened to the missing antimatter? Scientists are looking for the root cause of this imbalance to uncover insights into the fundamental laws of physics. Using IonQ’s Forte Enterprise quantum system, researchers observed in real-time what’s known as a “lepton-number violation,” a phenomenon never directly simulated before on a quantum computer, providing further evidence that quantum computers may be able to model fundamental physics processes beyond the reach of classical systems. This demonstration opens a new path in the global efforts to understand why the universe is composed predominantly of matter rather than antimatter. The hypothesized “neutrinoless double-beta decay” nuclear process suggests that neutrinos are their own antiparticles and that violates a principle in the Standard Model of particle physics. This technique allows scientists to use quantum computers and simulate the nuclear dynamics on the shortest of time-scales. This is shorter even than the femto-second imaging demonstrations in the 1990s, which gave chemists new insights into chemical reactions, and revealed how atoms re-arrange during the breaking and formation of chemical bonds. Similar scientific breakthroughs could be enabled by this new quantum computing technique, with potential applications to high-energy physics laboratories around the globe.”
QUANTUM PROCESSOR IN JAPAN: IBM (IBM) and Riken, a national research laboratory in Japan, unveiled the first IBM Quantum System Two ever to be deployed outside of the United States and beyond an IBM Quantum Data Center. The availability of this system also marks a milestone as the first quantum computer to be co-located with Riken’s supercomputer Fugaku. This effort is supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, an organization under the jurisdiction of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s “Development of Integrated Utilization Technology for Quantum and Supercomputers” as part of the “Project for Research and Development of Enhanced Infrastructures for Post 5G Information and Communications Systems.” IBM Quantum System Two at Riken is powered by IBM’s 156-qubit IBM Quantum Heron, the company’s best performing quantum processor to-date. The companies said, “The installation of IBM Quantum System Two at RIKEN is poised to expand previous achievements by RIKEN and IBM researchers as they seek to discover algorithms that offer quantum advantage: the point at which a quantum computer can solve a problem faster, cheaper, or more accurately than any known classical method. This includes work recently featured on the cover of Science Advances, based on sample-based quantum diagonalization techniques to accurately model the electronic structure of iron sulfides, a compound present widely in nature and organic systems. The ability to realistically model such a complex system is essential for many problems in chemistry, and was historically believed to require fault-tolerant quantum computers. SQD workflows are among the first demonstrations of how the near-term quantum computers of today can provide scientific value when integrated with powerful classical infrastructure.”
QUANTUM HACKATHON: IonQ announced its participation in Quantum Korea 2025, taking place June 24-26 at the aT Center in Seoul. IonQ will also collaborate with Sungkyunkwan University to support a quantum hackathon aimed at fostering the next generation of quantum talent in South Korea. IonQ chief marketing officer Margaret Arakawa and chief revenue officer Rima Alameddine are scheduled to present the company’s updated technology and business roadmap following the recent acquisitions of Oxford Ionics and Lightsynq, and a majority stake in ID Quantique.
SHARE SALE: Quantum Computing (QUBT) announced that it has entered into securities purchase agreements with institutional investors for the purchase and sale of 14,035,089 shares of common stock in a private placement at a purchase price of $14.25 per share. The offering is expected to result in gross proceeds of $200M. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on or about June 24. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to “accelerate commercialization efforts, strategic acquisitions, working capital, and general corporate purposes.” Titan Partners Group, a division of American Capital Partners, is acting as the sole placement agent for the offering. Shares were down 14% following the announcement.
SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTION: Sealsq (LAES), together with ColibriTD and Xdigit, announced a plan to develop a solution for semiconductor wafer yields for sub-7nm nodes, a milestone in their collaboration within the Sealsq Quantum Lab. The partners have agreed on a six-month detailed roadmap to build the foundations of an innovation for the semiconductor industry. The solution aims to significantly improve wafer yield for advanced semiconductor designs at nodes below 7nm by addressing IR Drop issues. It features an advanced mathematical modeling of IR Drop and leverages quantum computing’s ability to solve the resulting complex Partial Differential Equations.
PROBLEM SOLVED: Kipu Quantum and IonQ announced a “record achievement,” the successful solution of the most complex known protein folding problem ever executed on a quantum computer. “This joint effort is the largest known quantum computation of its kind to-date, and demonstrates the synergy between Kipu’s innovative algorithmic framework and IonQ’s state-of-the-art hardware,” the companies stated. “IonQ and Kipu Quantum will extend their collaboration with early access to IonQ’s upcoming 64-qubit and 256-qubit chips, unlocking the potential to address even larger, industrially relevant challenges. Both companies are exploring additional use cases capable of delivering quantum-advantage in the near term across drug discovery, logistics, and material design,” the companies added.
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