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IBM Unveils 400 Qubit-Plus Quantum Processor and Next-Generation IBM Quantum System Two

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Media Release by IBM

IBM today kicked off the IBM Quantum Summit 2022, announcing new breakthrough advancements in quantum hardware and software and outlining its pioneering vision for quantum-centric supercomputing. The annual IBM Quantum Summit showcases the company’s broad quantum ecosystem of clients, partners and developers and their continued progress to bring useful quantum computing to the world.

“The new 433 qubit ‘Osprey’ processor brings us a step closer to the point where quantum computers will be used to tackle previously unsolvable problems,” said Dr. Darío Gil, Senior Vice President, IBM and Director of Research. “We are continuously scaling up and advancing our quantum technology across hardware, software and classical integration to meet the biggest challenges of our time, in conjunction with our partners and clients worldwide. This work will prove foundational for the coming era of quantum-centric supercomputing.”

At the Summit, the company unveiled the following new developments:

  • ‘IBM Osprey’ – IBM’s new 433-quantum bit (qubit) processor

IBM Osprey has the largest qubit count of any IBM quantum processor, more than tripling the 127 qubits on the IBM Eagle processor unveiled in 2021. This processor has the potential to run complex quantum computations well beyond the computational capability of any classical computer. For reference, the number of classical bits that would be necessary to represent a state on the IBM Osprey processor far exceeds the total number of atoms in the known universe. For more about how IBM continues to improve the scale, quality, and speed of its quantum systems, read Quantum-Centric Supercomputing: Bringing the Next Wave of Computing to Life.

  • New quantum software addresses error correction and mitigation

Addressing noise in quantum computers continues to be an important factor in adoption of this technology. To simplify this, IBM released a beta update to Qiskit Runtime, which now includes allowing a user to trade speed for reduced error count with a simple option in the API. By abstracting the complexities of these features into the software layer, it will make it easier for users to incorporate quantum computing into their workflows and speed up the development of quantum applications. For more details read Introducing new Qiskit Runtime capabilities — and how our clients are integrating them into their use cases.

  • IBM Quantum System Two update – IBM’s next-generation quantum system

As IBM Quantum systems scale up towards the stated goal of 4,000+ qubits by 2025 and beyond, they will go beyond the current capabilities of existing physical electronics. IBM updated the details of the new IBM Quantum System Two, a system designed to be modular and flexible, combining multiple processors into a single system with communication links. This system is targeted to be online by the end of 2023 and will be a building block of quantum-centric supercomputing — the next wave in quantum computing which scales by employing a modular architecture and quantum communication to increase its computational capacity, and which employs hybrid cloud middleware to seamlessly integrate quantum and classical workflows.

  • New IBM Quantum Safe technology: As quantum computers grow more powerful, it is crucial that technology providers take steps to protect their systems and data against a potential future quantum computer capable of decrypting today’s security standards. From offering the z16 system with quantum safe technology, to contributing algorithms in connection with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) goal for standardization by 2024, IBM offers technology and services with these security capabilities. At the Summit, IBM and Vodafone announced a collaboration to explore how to apply IBM’s quantum-safe cryptography across Vodafone’s technology infrastructure. 
    • Client & Ecosystem Expansion: Growth of IBM Quantum Network: IBM also announced today that German conglomerate Bosch has joined the IBM Quantum Network to explore a variety of quantum use cases. Other recent additions to the network include multinational telco Vodafone to explore quantum computing and quantum-safe cryptography, French bank Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale to explore use cases in financial services, and Swiss innovation campus uptownBasel to boost skill development and promote leading innovation projects on quantum and high-performance computing technology. These organizations are joining more than 200 organizations — and more than 450,000 users — with access to the world’s largest fleet of more than 20 quantum computers accessible over the cloud.

“The IBM Quantum Summit 2022 marks a pivotal moment in the evolution of the global quantum computing sector, as we advance along our quantum roadmap. As we continue to increase the scale of quantum systems and make them simpler to use, we will continue to see adoption and growth of the quantum industry,” said Jay Gambetta, IBM Fellow and VP of IBM Quantum. “Our breakthroughs define the next wave in quantum, which we call quantum-centric supercomputing, where modularity, communication, and middleware will contribute to enhanced scaling computation capacity, and integration of quantum and classical workflows.”

Statements regarding IBM’s future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only.

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VodafoneZiggo selects Cognizant as Strategic Partner to Consolidate its Services for IT Infrastructure and Virtualized Networking

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Cognizant announced it had been chosen as VodafoneZiggo’s partner to consolidate and maintain its IT and virtualised mobile network infrastructure operations.

In a statement, Cognizant said that as a result, VodafoneZiggo would be able to more quickly roll out new services to its over five million mobile business and consumer customers in The Netherlands, improving the availability and reliability of its communications services via proactive monitoring of infrastructure operations, more precise planning, and accelerated deployment of new services.

According to Cognizant, it will harmonise and simplify the current on-premise landscape as part of the five-year operations and maintenance agreement by implementing higher levels of automation intended to lower the total cost of ownership and facilitate faster onboarding of VodafoneZiggo’s standard as well as containerised and virtualised NFV (Network Function Virtualization) infrastructure.

“Due to the ongoing growth in the demand for data services and digital customer experiences, we continuously aim to optimize our services to serve customers in the best way. This goes hand in hand with a strong drive to establish the best efficiency and effectiveness in our operations and IT infrastructure,” VodafoneZiggo Lead for Cloud Infrastructure Tribe Diana Geels-de Koos said.

Geels-de Koos stated that VodafoneZiggo chose Cognizant as a trusted partner with the experience and ability to help VodafoneZiggo manage and improve the infrastructure that supports its mobile network operations, as well as implement new functions and services at scale.

“We are so proud to have been chosen by VodafineZiggo based on a combination of our deep industry and domain expertise in infrastructure-managed services for large-scale, global companies across various industries, including telecoms and communications. Due to our longstanding relationship and deep-rooted knowledge of VodafoneZiggo’s challenges, we are confident that we will be able to support the company in meeting its next digitalization targets and introduce a new level of stability to its IT infrastructure,” Saket Gulati, Country Manager, Netherlands at Cognizant added. 

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Contactless screening tool could revolutionise chronic wound treatment

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Media Release by RMIT University

A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person’s home.

Nearly half a million Australians live with chronic wounds, which greatly affect their quality of life and cost the nation’s health system around $3 billion each year.

The latest innovation by researchers at RMIT University and Bolton Clarke Research Institute builds on their team’s work published last year, which enabled the identification of chronic leg sores by the second week after the baseline assessment.

Their latest published results allow the identification of these wounds a week earlier and represents a significant leap forward, the team says.

Lead researcher Professor Dinesh Kumar said their latest clinical study, published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports, presents an AI-powered system to predict how leg ulcers will heal based on thermal images from the first assessment.

“Our new work that identifies chronic leg wounds during the first visit is a world-first achievement,” said Kumar, from RMIT’s School of Engineering.

“This means that specialised treatment for slow-healing leg ulcers can begin up to four weeks earlier than the current gold standard.”

Co-researcher, RMIT’s Dr Quoc Cuong Ngo, said while thermal imaging had previously been considered for detecting chronic wounds, the team’s methods enabled significantly earlier detection than other approaches that have been researched.

“Our innovation is not sensitive to changes in ambient temperature and light, so it is effective for nurses to use during their regular visits to people’s homes,” he said.

“It is also effective in tropical environments, not just here in Melbourne.”

How the innovation works

The new method provides information on spatial heat distribution in a wound and predicts, with 78% accuracy, whether leg ulcers would heal in 12 weeks without specialised treatment.

Wounds change significantly over the healing trajectory – higher temperatures signal potential inflammation or infection, while lower temperatures can indicate a slower healing rate due to decreased oxygen in the region.

The research was based on thermal images collected from 56 clients with venous leg ulcers – a type of ulcer associated with poor vein function. This type of ulcer is the most common chronic wound in Australia.

The current gold-standard approach requires taking tracings of the wound size after four weeks, involving physical contact with the wound, which delays identification of slow-healing wounds.

Bolton Clarke Research Institute Senior Research Fellow Dr Rajna Ogrin said the non-contact method reduces infection risk by minimising physical contact.

“Clinical care is provided in many different locations, including specialist clinics, general practices and in people’s homes,” she said.

“This method provides a quick, objective, non-invasive way to determine the wound-healing potential of chronic leg wounds that can be used by healthcare providers, irrespective of the setting.

“This means specialised treatments, including advanced wound-cleaning techniques and therapies, can be implemented immediately for problematic leg wounds – up to four weeks earlier than the current gold standard.”

Next steps

Kumar said, now that the method has been successfully demonstrated in controlled trials with partner clinicians, the next step is to adapt it for a busy nurse or doctor to have this thermal imaging and rapid assessment capability on their mobile phones.

“With the funding we have received from the Medical Research Future Fund, we are now working towards that,” he said.

“We are keen to work with prospective partners with different expertise to help us achieve this goal within the next few years.”

The team will also assess whether their method can predict healing of diabetes-related foot ulcers. Untreated chronic wounds in people living with diabetes are the leading cause of limb amputation in Western countries.

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Monash University Implements Antibody Discovery Application by Utilizing the Berkeley Lights Beacon® Platform

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Media Release by Monash University

Berkeley Lights, Inc., a leader in digital cell biology, today announced Monash University, one of Australia’s leading universities, has implemented the use of the Berkeley Lights Beacon® system and Opto® Plasma B Discovery workflow for antibody discovery research. The technology is housed in the Monash Antibody Technology Facility (MATF) where researchers not only from Monash University but elsewhere in Victoria, Australia and worldwide can utilize their services for antibody production, assay development, robotics, high throughput screening and antibody characterization.

Since acquiring the Beacon Platform in early 2022, MATF scientists have developed significant expertise in using the Berkeley Lights technology and workflows. Specifically, the Beacon Platform has enabled them to expand their antibody discovery capacity beyond traditional hybridoma techniques, allowing them to offer a wider portfolio to their customers especially those with difficult targets using the Beacon single B cell-screening platforms for rapid antibody discovery.

In addition to MATF, Dr. Remy Robert, head of the Robert Lab associated with the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, and a member of the Immunity Program and the Department of Physiology, and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, is utilizing the Beacon Platform. Dr. Robert and other lab associates are developing new classes of therapeutic mAbs against difficult targets using cutting-edge technologies like the Beacon Platform in mAbs development, engineering, and pre-clinical validation.

Dr. Yue Geng, general manager of the Platform business at Berkeley Lights, said, “We are pleased to be partnering with the Monash Antibody Technology Facility at Monash University and supporting their scientists in their adoption of the Berkeley Lights Platform for antibody discovery. Monash University has quickly adopted our advanced technology to further their scientific expertise and enable the advancement of critical therapeutics to market. We look forward to enabling Monash University as one of the world’s leading high-impact research institutions.”

Some of the research advantages that Monash has experienced to date by using the Beacon Platform include:

  • Accelerating the screening of primary B cells on the Berkeley Lights Beacon system for antibody discovery by weeks compared to the standard hybridoma process;
  • Facilitating rapid screening of thousands of single plasma cells on the same day as cell isolation; and
  • Identifying target-binding candidates in just one day, and sequencing of variable chains as well as generating recombinant antibodies in 2–4 weeks.

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Samsung and Maison Margiela Announce Rule-Breaking Collaboration

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Samsung Electronics and Parisian Haute Couture house Maison Margiela announced their first collaboration, teaming up to create the subversive Galaxy Z Flip4 Maison Margiela Edition.

In the spirit of nonconformity, Samsung and Maison Margiela came together to reimagine the design of the newest member of the Galaxy family. Combining cutting-edge technology with haute couture, this limited-edition Galaxy Z Flip4 was created for those who want to celebrate their individuality.

The Perfect Pair

Samsung has always been committed to openness, breaking barriers and engineering the impossible, which has led to the creation of its very first foldable smartphone. This ethos marries perfectly with Maison Margiela’s design philosophy, rooted in defiance, subversion and rejection of convention.

Samsung and Maison Margiela have staged a meeting of minds to showcase a Galaxy Z Flip4 unlike any other. Every element of this special edition focuses on Margiela’s originality and values — inside and out — highlighting the authentic core and substance of the brand.

Creating a Radical Design

Elements of Maison Margiela’s iconic design philosophy were thoughtfully extended to many aspects of the Galaxy Z Flip4 Maison Margiela Edition — from the phone itself to its UX, covers and packaging.

  • Galaxy Z Flip4: Maison Margiela’s signature solid white color with a matte finish was “weaved” into the smartphone with a drop of grey to create the optimal shade of white. The phone also embraces Maison Margiela’s décortiqué technique, which strips back an object’s outer layers to expose its core, featuring fine, translucent lines which signify the internal circuits of the phone.
  • UX: A completely new UX design, including wallpaper artworks and icons, have been tailor-made for this special edition. The paintbrush artwork was designed with an advanced 3D modelling technique to capture the texture of a rough brush stroke. The inverted phone also captures the scanning motion of an X-ray to create a see-through look.
  • Accessories: The special edition comes with two iconic phone cases. First, a unique leather cover that reflects the house’s iconic bianchetto technique, which reduces an object down to the simple beauty of a white canvas and its four stitches emblem, which signifies anonymity. The case is overpainted to create a unique texture to act like a canvas which could change over time. The second cover is a spin on Maison Margiela’s emblematic numeric coding ring, evoking the house’s DNA.

The box is a work of art in itself, playing with the house’s revisited idea of inversion and exposing the rough surface of the inner pulp material to provide a packaging design that has never been seen before.

“Samsung and Maison Margiela both believe in breaking with convention and allowing people to celebrate their individuality, and this is no exception. With this collaboration, which combines groundbreaking technology and a unique design, we want you to be able to express your true authentic selves and celebrate what makes you unique,” said Stephanie Choi, EVP & CMO of Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics.

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Renault Group, Google partner to develop and deploy SDV

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Renault Group and Google announced an expanded collaboration to create and deploy the digital architecture for the “Software Defined Vehicle” (SDV) and hasten the group’s digitalisation.

Renault Group and Google will create a set of SDV-specific onboard and offboard software components and expand synergies and use cases relevant to the group’s “Move to Cloud” strategy.

The collaboration on cloud computing is now accelerating with the development of a Digital Twin, a virtual twin of the vehicle with the most advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, for easier and continuous integration of new services into the vehicle, as well as the development of new onboard (In-Car Services) and offboard applications. The organisation will eventually migrate its whole operating model to the cloud for greater agility, better performance, and higher profitability.

“The complexity of the electronic architecture of cars is increasing exponentially, driven by the sophistication of the functionalities and services expected by customers. Equipped with a shared IT platform, continuous over-the-air updates, and streamlined access to car data, the SDV approach developed in partnership with Google will transform our vehicles to help serve future customers’ needs. This will increase residual value and after-sales retention, which are two key drivers of our financial performance, and help Renault to roll out our portfolio of new services. Finally, our strategic partnership with Google will allow us to accelerate our end-to-end digital transformation, from the design of the car to its market launch through its production, and ultimately to bring added value to our customers. With Google, we are going beyond mere cooperation: a software champion and a mobility champion are joining forces to create game-changing technologies,” Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo said.

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai commented: “Our collaboration with Renault Group has improved comfort, safety, and connectivity on the road. Today’s announcement will help accelerate Renault Group’s digital transformation by bringing together our expertise in the cloud, AI, and Android to provide for a secure, highly-personalized experience that meets customers’ evolving expectations.” 

Renault Group and Google are broadening their collaboration to create platforms and services for the future of SDVs. The partnership includes in-vehicle software for the SDV Platform and cloud software for a Digital Twin.

Through constant software innovation, Renault Group will be able to cut costs, improve efficiency, flexibility, and speed of vehicle development, and boost value for end customers.

Renault Group will increase its usage of Google Cloud technology for the SDV to better manage data collecting and analytics, as well as software development for the vehicle, securely and confidentially. This facilitates early development use cases such as:

  • predictive maintenance and improved failure detection and repair in almost real-time, if required;
  • a customised experience inside the car (In-Car services) that adjusts to your driving style and frequently visited locations like EV Charging Stations, etc.; and
  • models for insurance based on actual usage and driving habits.

Renault Group intends to monitor and analyse car usage in conjunction with its SDV Platform and its Car Data Platform to better understand customers’ needs and behaviours and provide better and more personalised services in accordance with applicable security and privacy standards.

After more than four years of cloud computing engagement, Renault Group has recognised the benefits of agility and performance, with one billion pieces of data gathered daily across all manufacturing locations, connected production lines, and supply chain data hosted and analysed in the cloud. The Group has named Google as its prefered cloud partner, intending to capitalise on its innovation in machine learning and AI, continual investments in open and always more sustainable infrastructure, and secure cloud strategy.

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Most detailed map of brain’s memory hub finds connectivity puzzle

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Media Release by University of Sydney

The most detailed map ever made of the communication links between the hippocampus – the brain’s memory control centre – and the rest of the brain has been created by Australian scientists. And it may change how we think about human memory.

“We were surprised to find fewer connections between the hippocampus and frontal cortical areas, and more connections with early visual processing areas than we expected to see,” said Dr Marshall Dalton, a Research Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney. “Although, this makes sense considering the hippocampus plays an important role not only in memory but also imagination and our ability to construct mental images in our mind’s eye.”

The study was published in the journal eLife.

The hippocampus is a complex structure that resembles a seahorse and is tucked deep within the brain. As a vital component of the brain, it is important for memory formation and plays a key role in the transfer of memories from short-term to long-term storage. But it also plays a part in navigation, imagining fictitious or future experiences, creating mental imagery of scenes in the mind’s eye, and even in visual perception and decision-making.

To generate their map, the team – led by Dr Dalton and including Dr Arkiev D’Souza, Dr Jinglei Lv and Professor Fernando Calamante from the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre – relied on MRI scans from a neuroimaging database created for the Human Connectome Project (HCP), a research consortium led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

They processed the existing HCP data using tailored techniques that they developed. This allowed them to follow the connections from all corners of the brain to their termination points in the hippocampus – something that had never been accomplished before in the human brain.

Most detailed map to date

“What we’ve done is take a much more detailed look at the white matter pathways, which are essentially the highways of communication between different areas of the brain,” said Dr Dalton. “And we developed a new approach that allowed us to map how the hippocampus connects with the cortical mantle, the outer layer of the brain, but in a very detailed way.

“What we’ve created is a highly detailed map of white matter pathways connecting the hippocampus with the rest of the brain. It’s essentially a roadmap of brain regions that directly connect with the hippocampus and support its important role in memory formation.”

Technical limitations inherent to previous MRI investigations of the human hippocampus meant it was only possible to visualise its connections in very broad terms. “But we have now developed a tailored method that allows us to confirm where within the hippocampus different cortical areas are connecting. And that hasn’t been done before in a living human brain,” said Dr Dalton.

Unexpected results

The team was delighted their results largely aligned with data from previous studies overseas over the past few decades, which had relied on post-mortem studies of primate brains. However, the University of Sydney team found that the number of connections between the hippocampus and some brain areas was either much lower (in the case of frontal cortical areas) or higher (in the case of visual processing areas) than expected.

This could indicate that although some pathways were conserved as humans evolved, human brains may also have developed unique patterns of connectivity different from other primates. Further research is needed to tease this apart in more detail.

These differences in connectivity may just be a limitation of the MRI technique – or it could be real. They may, for example, help explain why some of our primate cousins – especially chimpanzees – are better at some memory tasks than humans, especially those relying on short-term memory. Chimpanzees have bested humans at cognitive tasks involving a form of mathematics known as game theory, which relies on short-term memory, pattern recognition and rapid visual assessment.

“Although we have achieved this high-resolution mapping of the human hippocampus, the tract tracing method conducted on non-human primates – which can see down to the cellular level – is able to see more connections than can be discerned with an MRI,” mused Dr Dalton.

“Or it could be that the human hippocampus really does have a smaller number of connections with frontal areas than we expect, and greater connectivity with visual areas of the brain. As the neocortex expanded, perhaps humans evolved different patterns of connectivity to facilitate human-specific memory and visualisation functions which, in turn, may underpin human creativity.

“It’s a bit of a puzzle – we just don’t know. But we love puzzles and will keep investigating.”

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Trimble and HP collaborate to explore the use of robotic technology for autonomous indoor construction layout

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Media Release by Trimble

Trimble and HP are collaborating on the integration of Trimble’s latest robotic total station with HP’s new SitePrint robotic layout solution. The solution focuses on transforming the layout process for indoor construction projects. 

The announcement was made at the Trimble Dimensions+ Conference, where HP and Trimble are demonstrating the technology.

The construction industry faces a variety of challenges including the shortage of skilled workers and productivity. HP and Trimble can address these challenges with an integration of HP SitePrint and the recently introduced Trimble® Ri total station. The integrated solution can deliver an autonomous layout workflow that empowers efficiency and productivity on the job, while delivering layouts faster than traditional methods. Augmenting the contractors’ work, SitePrint can avoid obstacles and print lines and complex objects with pinpoint accuracy and consistent repeatability. In addition, text printing capabilities bring additional data from the digital model to the construction site to prevent errors. 

Using optical technology, the precise positioning and navigation of HP SitePrint robot is driven by the Trimble Ri total station. Equipped with automatic level detection, self-calibration, and Trimble VISION™ technology for advanced tracking, the Trimble Ri enables the HP SitePrint robot to achieve autonomous, high-accuracy indoor layout work. 

“The integration of Trimble Ri and HP SitePrint can transform the layout process on complex construction sites with pinpoint accuracy, and in a fraction of the time,” said Aviad Almagor, vice president of Technology Innovation, Trimble. “This is an opportunity for layout contractors to improve accuracy and productivity and handle more projects with the same size of team.” 

“Technology adoption and increased digitization can help construction firms bridge this productivity gap,” said Daniel Martínez, vice president and general manager, HP Large Format Printing. “HP has played a key role in bridging digital and physical worlds with print solutions for architects and engineers over the last thirty years. With the integration between HP SitePrint and Trimble Ri, we can make it easier than ever for layout professionals to bring an idea to life on site, while also enabling increased digitization of the construction industry as a whole.”

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Fujitsu develops quantum/HPC hybrid computing technology

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Today, Fujitsu announced the creation of quantum/HPC hybrid computing technology to enhance customer workload selection.

In a statement, Fujitsu said the new AI-based software automatically chooses from many next-generation computing platforms to provide the best answer to clients’ problems based on factors like calculation speed, calculation accuracy, and cost. It acts as a forerunner to future computer workload broker technology.

The new technology combines and chooses the best calculation approach for customers’ quantum chemical calculation problems using Fujitsu’s 39-qubit quantum simulator and the “FUJITSU Supercomputer PRIMEHPC FX 700,” which is powered by the same A64FX CPU as supercomputer Fugaku. Notably, the technique enables users without specialised understanding to use HPC and quantum simulators to effectively solve real-world issues.

World-leading advanced computing technologies for solutions to 21st-century problems

Fujitsu has a long history of developing and providing world-leading computing technologies, as evidenced by the development and commercialisation of the supercomputer Fugaku, next-generation quantum computing, and technologies that bridge the conventional and quantum divide, such as the Digital Annealer and quantum simulators.

Fujitsu unveiled the world’s fastest quantum simulator in March 2022 to support the practical creation of novel quantum algorithms, kicking out joint research in materials science with Fujifilm Corporation and Tokyo Electron Ltd.

Easy access to next-generation computing technologies for non-computing experts

Fujitsu is currently developing a computing workload broker—a software technology that utilises AI to automatically choose the right resources from advanced computing technologies and solutions, such as large-scale cloud-based HPC, quantum computing, Digital Annealer, and quantum simulators, to solve customers’ complex problems.

Fujitsu envisages the future computing workload broker as facilitating both the automation and optimisation of calculation processing across numerous hardware devices and the optimisation of calculation distribution across multiple platforms. In this approach, the computing workload broker will enable high-speed calculations and solutions tailored to the demands of individual consumers.

Outline quantum/HOC hybrid computing technology

Fujitsu has recently created a quantum/HPC hybrid calculation technique for tackling quantum chemical challenges, enabling calculation-based clarification of the features of materials used in drug discovery and novel material development. The new technology, which serves as a predecessor to the computing workload broker, enables high-accuracy calculations at high speed by automatically and optimally merging two types of computers: a quantum simulator and HPC. The following are the new technology’s characteristics:

  • Quantum/algorithm discrimination technology – Quantum chemical algorithms necessitate repeated calculations until a very accurate result is obtained. As the distance between atoms changes, existing technologies face a challenging task in identifying whether quantum or HPC algorithms offer the best answer to a problem. To that purpose, Fujitsu created a solution that analyses how an algorithm converges on molecules to discover the most accurate method for an issue. For problems where classical algorithms fail to deliver satisfactory results, the technology detects a specific pattern in the convergence state until the algorithm calculates a solution, allowing the optimum algorithm to be determined by performing experimental pre-processing on the problem using HPC algorithms.
  • Computation time estimation technology – Accurate assessment of the convergence of diverse molecule structures was a difficult task in quantum chemical computations, and it was difficult to predict the time and expense required to get extremely accurate solutions ahead of time. To address this issue, Fujitsu created an AI model capable of estimating calculation quantities, costs, and time in advance by analysing the relationship between the molecular structure, the iterative calculation of the algorithm, and the calculation time.
  • Optimal control technology based on time, cost, and accuracy – Fujitsu created a technique that optimises the efficiency of quantum chemical calculations to enable customers to do computations at the lowest possible cost and in the shortest possible time. The technology considers the calculation time and cost estimated by the quantum/HPC algorithm discrimination technology, the computation time estimation technology, and the utilisation of calculation resources. As a result, the technology enables users to solve quantum chemical calculation issues in a way that best matches their demands without having to select between different computer resources.

Moving forward, Fujitsu will test and refine this technology, with the goal of building a new computing workload broker technology in the field of quantum chemical calculations by fiscal 2023. Fujitsu will continue to develop computing platforms that anyone can use without requiring expertise by adding services to Fujitsu Computing as a Service (hereinafter “CaaS”), Fujitsu’s service portfolio that provides customers with access to world-leading computing technologies via the public cloud.

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Samsung Electronics Reaches Top Speeds Over 10km Distance for 5G mmWave in Australia

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Samsung Electronics today announced the company hit new milestones in Australia, achieving 10km (6.2 miles) long-range transmission over 5G mmWave in a recent field trial conducted with NBN Co. As the farthest 28GHz 5G mmWave Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) connection recorded by Samsung, this milestone demonstrates the expanded reach possible with this powerful spectrum, and its ability to efficiently deliver widespread broadband coverage across the country.

Additionally, across a distance of 10km, the company also achieved record-setting average downlink speeds of 1.75Gbps and uplink speeds of 61.5Mbps. To achieve average downlink speeds of 1.75Gbps at such extended range, the trial by Samsung and nbn utilized eight component carriers (8CC), which is an aggregation of 800MHz of mmWave spectrum. The potential to support large amounts of bandwidth is a key advantage of the mmWave spectrum and Samsung’s beamforming technology enables the aggregation of such large amounts of bandwidth at long distance. At its peak, the company also reached a top downlink speed of 2.7Gbps over a 10km distance from the radio.

“The results of these trials with Samsung are a significant milestone and demonstrate how we are pushing the boundaries of innovation in support of the digital capabilities in Australia,” said Ray Owen, Chief Technology Officer at NBN Co. “As we roll out the next evolution of our network to extend its reach for the benefit of homes and businesses across the country, we are excited to demonstrate the potential for 5G mmWave. nbn will be among the first in the world to deploy 5G mmWave technology at this scale, and achievements like Samsung’s 10km milestone will pave the way for further developments in the ecosystem.”

As part of a AUD $750 million investment in the nbn Fixed Wireless network (made up of AUD $480 million from the Australian Government and supported by an additional AUD $270 million from nbn), nbn will use software enhancements and advances in 5G technology, and in particular 5G mmWave technology, to extend the reach of the existing fixed wireless footprint by up to 50 percent and introduce two new wholesale high-speed tiers.

“This new 5G record proves the massive potential of mmWave technology, and its ability to deliver enhanced connectivity and capacity for addressing the last mile challenges in rural areas,” said Junehee Lee, Executive Vice President and Head of R&D, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics. “We are excited to work with nbn to push the boundaries of 5G technology even further in Australia and tap the power of mmWave for customer benefit.”

As demonstrated in the trials, 5G mmWave spectrum is not only viable for the deployment of high-capacity 5G networks in dense urban areas, but also for wider FWA coverage. Extending the effective range of 5G data signals on mmWave will help address the connectivity gap, providing access to rural and remote areas where fiber cannot reach.

For the trial, Samsung used its 28GHz Compact Macro and third-party 5G mmWave customer premise equipment (CPE). Samsung’s Compact Macro is the industry’s first integrated radio for mmWave spectrum, bringing together a baseband, radio and antenna into a single form factor. This compact and lightweight solution can support all frequencies within the mmWave spectrum, simplifying deployment, and is currently deployed in commercial 5G networks across the globe, including Japan, Korea and the U.S.

Since launching the world’s first 5G mmWave FWA services in 2018 in the U.S., Samsung has been leading the industry, offering an end-to-end portfolio of 5G mmWave solutions — including in-house chipsets and radios — and advancing the 5G mmWave momentum globally.

The nbn® network is Australia’s digital backbone that helps deliver reliable and resilient broadband across a continent spanning more than seven million square kilometers. nbn is committed to responding to the digital connectivity needs of people across Australia, working with industry, governments, regulators and community partners to lift the digital capability of Australia.

Samsung has pioneered the successful delivery of 5G end-to-end solutions including chipsets, radios and core. Through ongoing research and development, Samsung drives the industry to advance 5G networks with its market-leading product portfolio from RAN and Core to private network solutions and AI-powered automation tools. The company is currently providing network solutions to mobile operators that deliver connectivity to hundreds of millions of users around the world.

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