Nvidia Extends CUDA-Q Into Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
The wait used to run about five months. Researchers at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory who write fault-tolerant quantum algorithms spent roughly that long developing and validating code before it could…
IBM Quantum Computer Finishes a 15-Minute Task Classical Machines Can’t
The calculation took 15 minutes. On a classical computer, the same problem would take effectively forever, a task the researchers describe as practically impossible. The result, published on August 30…
IBM Completes Acquisition of HRL Laboratories
On Aug. 26, IBM said it has completed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, the research institution jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors, adding a storied name in quantum computing,…
IBM Brings OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 to Its Enterprise Customers
IBM said on Aug. 13 that it had reached an enterprise AI agreement with OpenAI, giving its corporate customers access to GPT-5.6 inside IBM’s own platform. The deal pairs the…
Circle Buys IBM’s Blockchain Patents, Becomes Top Patent Holder in the Field
The transaction was announced without a price. Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, said it has acquired IBM’s blockchain patent portfolio — nearly 1,000 patents — making it the…
Japan Closes Broadcom-VMware Antitrust Probe Without Action
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has ended its antitrust investigation into Broadcom Inc.’s licensing practices for VMware software without taking enforcement action, according to PYMNTS and MLex, a relief for the…
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IBM Bets Air-Cooled Mainframes Can Save the Data Center IBM introduced a new generation of mainframes on Monday, the z17 and the LinuxONE systems, built around an air-cooled design that…
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.6 Sol Preview Ahead of Regulatory Review
The name is a sun reference, and the timing is pointed. OpenAI has released a preview version of its next flagship model under the name GPT-5.6 Sol, giving customers an…
IBM Unveils Sub-Nanometer Chip Process With 3D Stacked Transistors
IBM said on June 25 it has developed the world’s first sub-nanometer chip process, a technology built on transistors stacked vertically in three dimensions that leapfrogs the industry to a…
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Google and A24 Strike a $75 Million Deal to Explore AI’s Place in Filmmaking Google has signed a $75 million research partnership with A24, the independent film studio behind “Everything…
