Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) Market Landscape (Abridged) – April 3, 2025
The Sutor Group Intelligence and Advisory Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) Market Landscape (Abridged) – April…
Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) Market Landscape (Abridged) – April 3, 2025
The Sutor Group Intelligence and Advisory Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) Market Landscape (Abridged) – April 3, 2005 – is now available. In this report, we look at the dozens of companies now building the processors, their company data, implementation modality, and programming model paradigm. We provide charts illustrating the distribution of the companies by country…
Quantum News and Commentary – Monday, March 31, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: This week, I am Brooklyn-bound, and I’ll be hosting a panel on Thursday at the Forma Prime Demo Day as part of NYC Deep Tech Week hosted by Hyperstition. The panel is called “The Unadorned Truth about the State of Quantum Computing,” and I’ll be joined by Dr. Olivia Lanes of IBM…
Quantum News and Commentary – Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today, we have two links to recent videocasts with me, three regarding post-quantum cryptography, and two for quantum computing. Each of the latter two categories includes variations of quantum hype. The first, from WIRED, is of the flavor “quantum computing is going to demolish classical security, and there will be an apocalypse.”…
Quantum News and Commentary Weekend Edition – Sunday, March 23, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: With the APS Global Physics Summit, NVIDIA GTC, and the Synopsys Executive Forum all in California last week, my attention turns to New York this week. I will do a short follow-up newsletter with my upcoming events (3 in 4 weeks) and some podcasts that have come out recently. Meanwhile, this newsletter…
Wine Down Friday with Quantum Computing Expert Bob Sutor
Welcome to Wine Down Friday! Today, we explore the fascinating world of quantum technology with Bob Sutor, a leading expert in the field. From theoretical mathematics to leadership in AI, blockchain, and quantum computing, Bob shares insights into qubits, superposition, and entanglement—key concepts driving the future of computing. We also discuss quantum advancements in cryptography…
Quantum News and Commentary Weekend Edition – Sunday, March 16, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: I’m pushing this newsletter out on a Sunday because two big industry events are coming up this week. The first is the NVIDIA GTC AI conference in San Jose, California. It runs from Monday the 17st through Friday the 21st. Of note at the GTC are the Quantum Day Conference Sessions on…
Dr. Bob Sutor Will Speak at the 4th annual Economist Commercialising Quantum Global 2025, May 13th–14th 2025 in London
“At Commercialising Quantum Global, our case study-led agenda sets the stage for vital discussions on how organisations should prepare for and implement quantum technology. We provide an accessible and in-depth debate into the promise, peril, applications, limitations, hype, and reality of this transformative field. What sets our event apart is our unique emphasis on real-world…
Dr. Bob Sutor Speaking at Q2B Silicon Valley 2024
Dr. Bob Sutor’s conference talk, “Are We Accelerating toward Practical Quantum Advantage, or Are We Languishing with Toy Computers for Toy Problems?,” from Q2B Silicon Valley 2024, is now available on YouTube.
Sutor Group Earnings Brief: D-Wave Quantum Announces Financial Results for Q4 2024 and FY 2024
What Happened? On Thursday, March 13, 2025, D-Wave Quantum announced its financial results for the Q4 2024 quarter and 2024 fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. See its press release for the full details. The Numbers Despite talk of bookings and technical achievements, D-Wave’s revenue was down year-over-year for the fourth quarter and only up…
Quantum News and Commentary – Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: Most of the links today concern financial news regarding earnings announcements of public quantum computing companies or funding of private companies. IonQ and Rigetti Computing have already announced their Q4 and Fiscal Year 2024 results, and I link to my analysis of each. D-Wave announces this week. There’s also some news about…
Dr. Bob Sutor Will Speak at Quantum.Tech USA in Washington, D.C., April 15–16
“Following on from the success and momentum of Quantum.Tech in Washington D.C. in April 2024, we are returning to the US capital once again. Mark your calendar and save the date, April 14 (Cryptography Spotlight Day) and April 15-16 (Main Conference) as Quantum.Tech USA returns even bigger and better. 2025 will welcome 450+ thought leaders…
Sutor Group Earnings Brief: Rigetti Computing Announces Financial Results for Q4 2024 and FY 2024
What Happened? On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, superconducting quantum computing company Rigetti Computing announced its financial results for the Q4 2024 quarter and 2024 fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. See its press release for the full details. The Numbers Let’s begin by looking at the quarterly results: Rigetti Computing GAAP Quarterly Financial Results Q4…
Quantum News and Commentary – Monday, March 3, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: It was a busy week in the quantum realm, with IonQ releasing Q4 2024 and FY 2024 earnings and getting a new CEO, and Amazon Web Services/ CalTech announcing a cat qubit prototype quantum processing unit. I really, really like that they called it a prototype. “Here, look what we did. It’s…
Dr. Bob Sutor Will Speak at DCD>Connect | Compute New York conference on March 25, 2025
Bob will be speaking with Charlotte Trueman, Compute, Storage, and Networking Editor at DatacenterDynamics, at their Compute | New York conference on March 25. Their topic will be: “Quantum conundrum: Can AI and quantum computing be integrated effectively?”.
Sutor Group Earnings Brief: IonQ Announces Financial Results for Q4 2024 and FY 2024
What Happened? On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, trapped ion quantum computing and networking company IonQ announced its financial results for the Q4 2024 quarter and 2024 fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. See its press release for the full details. The Numbers While quarterly income was up an impressive 91.8% from Q4 2023, it was…
Quantum News and Commentary – Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: If you haven’t seen it, my commentary about quantum computing vendors and the trust they must nurture among the public, customers, and users is available on Substack. This is looking to be a busy week for quantum computing, and it is only Wednesday morning as I write this. IonQ announces earnings after…
Quantum News and Commentary – Tuesday, February 25, 2025
This is the 50th edition of this newsletter. I’m forgoing links today to discuss quantum computing vendor announcements and how they affect the trust in those vendors. Quantum Computing Announcements: It’s a Question of Trust Last week, Microsoft announced its Majorana-1 chip with great fanfare, common among major corporations with big marketing and communications budgets…
AI News and Commentary Weekend Edition – Saturday, February 22, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: Microsoft made a lot of news this week in the quantum space via its giant marketing and communication machine with the introduction of its Majorana-1 chip. (All the big corporations have giant marketing and communication machines. Cf. Google, IBM, and NVIDIA.) On the same day, they introduced Muse, a generative AI “World…
Quantum News and Commentary – Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: Today, I am directing my remarks toward quantum computing companies, particularly small ones. Many of your websites need work. Here are a few suggestions: Be explicit about your quantum computing modality and paradigm. For example: “We implement the digital paradigm using neutral atom qubits.” Say you support specific quantum software development kit…
Quantum News and Commentary – Monday, February 17, 2025
Today’s Brief Commentary: I’m in catch-up mode after traveling to Riyadh last week for the LEAP / DeepFest 2025 event. I want to thank the organizers for a truly first-class experience from start to finish. The links below include the YouTube video of my Quantum and AI DeepFest panel and an article I wrote for…
