News From the field
What happened lately
6 items, newest first, each with its source. We skip the hype and keep the numbers. Updated 29 September 2026.
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Quantum Insider ↗
A programmable quantum photonic processor ran in orbit
Researchers demonstrated two-photon interference on a processor in space, an early step toward quantum computing on satellites.
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Qubit Report ↗
Infleqtion entangles 30 logical qubits from 80 atoms
Using gates found with AI-assisted search, the neutral-atom company got a very low ratio of physical to logical qubits.
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Qubit Report ↗
IonQ decodes errors in real time on one ordinary CPU
An end-to-end error-correction decoder, tested on simulated circuits of up to 408 logical qubits. IonQ also placed its Superion 256 processor at NVIDIA’s quantum research center.
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Qubit Report ↗
Governments place big hardware bets
Germany committed €122M to a QUDORA-led, 1,000-qubit trapped-ion pilot line. Taiwan opened an NT$3.76B five-year call for a hybrid system of at least 150 qubits.
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Qubit Report ↗
IBM’s Nighthawk r2 runs 100,000+ circuits per second
The 120-qubit processor delivers about 25 times the throughput of its Heron predecessor.
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Qubit Report ↗
A quantum computer moves into a commercial data center
Diraq is installing an eight-qubit silicon machine at Equinix in Sydney, drawing under 20 kW including its cooling.