Quantum computing

Why AI is only the beginning of the tech war- opinion

Quantum technologies could reshape cybersecurity, military power, and the global balance of power

|ByHADAS LORBER, JESSE VAN GRIENSVEN , BRIG.-GEN. (RES.) NIR BEN-DAVID
The concept "harvest now, decrypt later,” assumes that harvested encrypted information can be decrypted when quantum cryptography becomes the norm.
Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

Q-Day Is the new Y2K, only bigger -opinion

If we don’t act now, the problem will become unmanageable. The lesson from Y2K is that coordinated preparation works

|ByESTI PESHIN , JESSE VAN GRIENSVEN
Portrait of a female researcher standing before a quantum computer. (Ilustrative)

World has three years to prepare for quantum threat, experts warn at Cyberweek

“Organizations take about five to ten years to cross the chasm to become what is called quantum safe. And with estimates that quantum computing is coming in three years," expert Ben Volkow said.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Computational chip (Illustrative)

‘Harvest now, decrypt later’: Why quantum encryption matters for Israel’s security

“Countries and organizations face continuous attacks from state actors and advanced groups, including actors in Iran collecting data today to decrypt in the future,” said expert Tal Inbar.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Quantum computers moving forward, where is Israel?

Experts in the field often say that today’s supercomputers will look like the stone age in comparison to the quantum paradigm shift which will replace them.

AUGUST 18, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A spinning fluid of quantum particles breaks up into a crystal formed from swirling, tornado-like structures.

New phase of matter could protect quantum computers against errors

The researchers still need to find a way to integrate the phase with the computational side of quantum computing.

AUGUST 8, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
An inside look at an ion trap within Quantinuum's quantum computer, which processes data using trapped-ion technology, Broomfield, US in this handout picture from 2019

New time crystal experiment may open new horizons in quantum computing

A time crystal is a phase of matter which repeats in time, similar to how a regular crystal's structure repeats in space.

JUNE 12, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
Single crystal of a mixture of 95% aluminum potassium sulfate and 5% chromium potassium sulfate. Growing period - 3 months in home conditions.

Microsoft aims to win the race to build a new kind of computer. So does Amazon

Right now, each company is deciding how to structure the building blocks needed to create a quantum computer. Some rely on semiconductors, others on light.

JUNE 8, 2022ByLAUREN ROSENBLATT/THE SEATTLE TIMES/TNS
Azure Quantum hardware engineer Ajuan Cui works on equipment at Microsoft’s Quantum Materials Lab in Copenhagen, Denmark.

IQM, Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University to advance quantum tech

IQM, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University have started research cooperation on quantum technologies, with IQM providing commercial-grade quantum-computing hardware.

APRIL 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IQM quantum technologies

Israel joins the quantum computing club

Weizmann institute push runs parallel to government initiatives.

MARCH 22, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Conceptual illustration of quantum dots in action.

Israel’s Microsoft of quantum computing makes its move

Israeli quantum computing company Classiq has raised $33M, as the Defense Ministry builds Israel's first quantum computer.

FEBRUARY 17, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Yoni Zimmermann, a quantum software engineer at Classiq, a startup whose platform companies can use to build quantum applications on for the quantum computer, works on the software platform, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 2022.

How fast can quantum computers process information? - study

Quantum computers, unlike their conventional counterparts, use quantum mechanics to process information, which enables them to solve a wider range of problems - but there are still limits.

DECEMBER 25, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Technion team with Gal Ness (left) and Prof. Yoav Sagi (right).

Never before seen state of matter could advance quantum tech

A team at Harvard has documented a new state of matter which could advance quantum technology.

DECEMBER 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Abstract illustration of wave-particle duality

Researchers create 'time crystal' with quantum computers

The versatility of quantum computers have helped physicists create a "time crystal," a new phase of matter.

DECEMBER 5, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
A handout picture from October 2019 shows Sundar Pichai and Daniel Sank (R) with one of Google's Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, US