PennyLane by Xanadu supports AQT quantum computers
June 2020: The AQT quantum computers are now supported by PennyLane, an open-source project by Xanadu for quantum machine learning, automatic differentiation, and optimization.
AQT awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
June 2020: World Economic Forum considers AQT poised to have a significant impact on business and society
Trapped-ion quantum computing turns 25
May 2020: 25 years ago the seminal Cirac-Zoller paper that laid the foundation for a trapped-ion quantum computer appeared in PRL.
AQT quantum computer becomes backend for t|ket⟩ quantum software
April 2020: The AQT quantum computer is now supported by t|ket⟩, the quantum software development kit of Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC), via pytket.
AQT announces strategic partnership with HQS
April 2020: Quantum hardware start-up AQT and quantum software start-up HQS and join their forces.
Honorary doctorate for AQT co-founder Rainer Blatt
January 2020: AQT co-founder Rainer Blatt receives honorary doctorate from the Complutense University of Madrid.
Benchmarking the scalability and performance of quantum computers
November 2019: AQT researchers and colleagues have demonstrated a new method to benchmark different quantum computer platforms.
AQT now supports Qiskit as quantum software tool
November 2019: The AQT ion trap quantum computer now supports Qiskit, a prominent open-source quantum programming language initially created by IBM and developed by scientist all around the world.
AQT quantum computer leverages Cirq for algorithm development
September 2019: Quantum algorithm developers can now have direct access to our quantum computer in Innsbruck. The Cirq framework developed by Google can be used to explore quantum algorithms on our trapped ions.
AQT co-founder is awarded Bell Prize
August 2019: We are delighted to announce that AQT co-founder Peter Zoller receives the John Stewart Bell Prize for his outstanding achievements in the field of quantum information processing.