QuiX Quantum opens its Bia photonic quantum cloud service

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Another photonic quantum computer is now available through the cloud. Quantum Zeitgeist reports that Dutch company QuiX Quantum has launched the Bia Quantum Cloud Computing Service for businesses and researchers

The hardware takes up to four photons at once, uses a 12 channel processor that can scale to 20 channels, and has up to 20 detectors. It is aimed at boson sampling, quantum random walks, Quantum Monte Carlo and VQE, a hybrid algorithm that mixes quantum and classical steps

QMware integrates the processor in Enschede, and its hypervisor decides whether each job should run on quantum or classical resources. QuiX says its first system has already been sold and is contracted for delivery, and the company has five offices across Europe

Chief executive Stefan Hengesbach said QuiX is committed to both the near term impact of quantum computing and the long term goal of reshaping industries. No pricing, benchmarks or customer names have been given, and the story is based on a press release

Four photons is a modest number, but cloud access lets people learn photonic programming without buying hardware. Photonics has real advantages, including working at room temperature and fitting naturally with fibre networks. Europe now has several strong photonic players, which is good for competition

Would you try a photonic quantum computer through the cloud? And can photonics catch up with superconducting and trapped ion machines?

QuiX Quantum Launches Bia Cloud Service For Quantum Computing Accessquantumzeitgeist.com