Michael Karanicolas and Alessia Zornetta warned of a deepening “quantum divide” through stricter export policies, while Gregory D. Kahanamoku-Meyer and colleagues introduced an “optimistic” quantum Fourier transform requiring fewer ancillas. That is, it reduces the time to get a Shor’s capable computer in the market. Cisco launched a chip for 200 million entanglements per second, ParTec AG joined ORCA Computing for large-scale photonic HPC projects, and Cisco–UC Santa Barbara reported million-photon entanglement at 99% fidelity. IonQ went shopping announcing two acquisitions—Capella Space for satellite key distribution and Lightsynq for photonic interconnects—aiming to expand quantum encryption and scale qubits. Alice & Bob’s $50M Paris lab will advance error-correction, and Oxford Ionics targets 10,000+ high-fidelity trapped-ion qubits, seeking broad commercial impact. Governments across China, Germany, the UK, the US, and South Korea view quantum as a critical national asset, yet tightening export controls risk excluding emerging regions. Concurrently, major corporate alliances, error-correction breakthroughs, and ambitious projects like satellite-based QKD and photonic HPC signal accelerating progress toward real-world adoption.
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Michael Karanicolas and Alessia Zornetta warned of a deepening “quantum divide” through stricter export policies, while Gregory D. Kahanamoku-Meyer and colleagues introduced an “optimistic” quantum Fourier transform requiring fewer ancillas. That is, it reduces the time to get a Shor’s capable computer in the market. Cisco launched a chip for 200 million entanglements per second, ParTec AG joined ORCA Computing for large-scale photonic HPC projects, and Cisco–UC Santa Barbara reported million-photon entanglement at 99% fidelity. IonQ went shopping announcing two acquisitions—Capella Space for satellite key distribution and Lightsynq for photonic interconnects—aiming to expand quantum encryption and scale qubits. Alice & Bob’s $50M Paris lab will advance error-correction, and Oxford Ionics targets 10,000+ high-fidelity trapped-ion qubits, seeking broad commercial impact. Governments across China, Germany, the UK, the US, and South Korea view quantum as a critical national asset, yet tightening export controls risk excluding emerging regions. Concurrently, major corporate alliances, error-correction breakthroughs, and ambitious projects like satellite-based QKD and photonic HPC signal accelerating progress toward real-world adoption.