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NEC Exits Its Quantum Hardware Program as Fujitsu Bets on Diamond Spin — September 8, 2026
Episode 62
NEC has quietly stepped back from building its own superconducting quantum computer, citing an ROI timeline too long to justify the capital — while c…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Introducing Quickly Quantum
Quickly Quantum with Brian Lampert. Daily news and analysis from the quantum computing frontier
A short introduction to the show. New episode every da…
1 month ago
September 7, 2026 — NEC Walks Away From Quantum Hardware
Episode 61
NEC, the company behind the world's first superconducting qubit demonstration in 1999, has halted development of quantum computer hardware — while co…
1 month ago
September 6, 2026 — Physics or Plumbing: What's Actually Blocking Quantum Computing?
Episode 60
A Sunday think piece on IBM veteran and ERVA co-chair Brian Gaucher's claim that quantum computing's real bottleneck has shifted from physics to engi…
1 month ago
September 5, 2026 — The Week in Quantum: Foundries, MOUs, and a Nasdaq Pop
Episode 59
This week's recap: an infrastructure-and-institutions week for quantum, from IBM's faster Nighthawk r2 chip and PsiQuantum's algorithm-development de…
1 month ago
September 4, 2026 — IBM's Speed Record: Real Fix or Self-Graded Exam?
Episode 58
IBM claims a 25x circuit-throughput leap on its Nighthawk r2 chip without adding a single qubit — we ask whether that's real progress or a self-grade…
1 month ago
September 3, 2026 — 100,000 Circuits a Second: IBM's Speed Bet
Episode 57
IBM's Nighthawk r2 claims a twenty-five-fold jump in quantum circuit throughput via a redesigned reset architecture — we dig into whether that speed …
1 month ago
September 2, 2026 — The Backup Copy Problem: Quantum Computing's Oldest Fix
Episode 56
A quiet news day sends Brian back to first principles: why quantum computers can't just back up their data the way classical computers do, and how a …
1 month ago
September 1, 2026 — The 2004 NIST Trick Every Quantum Roadmap Still Runs On
Episode 55
It's a quiet news day, so we're going back to first principles: why does a quantum computer need error correction at all, and how did a modest 2004 N…
1 month, 1 week ago
August 31, 2026 — Pasqal Goes Public: Can France's Quantum Bet Deliver?
Episode 54
Pasqal's Nasdaq debut anchors France's quantum month, but the numbers behind it deserve their own look — plus AI-sped qubit calibration, a trapped-io…
1 month, 1 week ago