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Vol. I · No. 284

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  • Quantum networking
  • Error correction
  • Funding and policy
  • Calls and events

One quantum link per millisecond, thirty logical qubits with an asterisk, and a $215 million bar

A 1.03 kHz ion–diamond link at 87.9% fidelity, Infleqtion’s 30 logical qubits read closely, and the DOE’s 100-logical-qubit competition that closes 19 October.

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Conceptual editorial illustration of a trapped ion linked by a teal photon wave to a glowing memory within a diamond.
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Today in brief

  1. A 39-author team reports ion–diamond entanglement at 1.03 kHz and 87.9% fidelity: about 4× the previous trapped-ion photonic-link rate, with a fidelity trade-off.

  2. Infleqtion’s 30 logical qubits use a distance-2 code, which flags a single error but cannot by itself correct it. DOE’s Q Competition asks for at least 100 logical qubits.

  3. DOE’s Q Competition (up to $215M) closes 19 October; EuroHPC’s six quantum calls (€119M) close 17 November.

Inside

  1. 01A quantum link that keeps pace with the processor
  2. 02Thirty logical qubits, with an asterisk
  3. 03The bar: 100 logical qubits, and who is paying
  4. 04Networks, alliances and one retreat
  5. 05Research note: fewer gates is not fault tolerance
  6. 06For readers in India: a watch item
  7. 07Calls and deadlines
  8. 08Why it matters

By the numbers

Items
11
Sources
15
Read time
9 min
Period covered
14 days

27 Sept – 11 Oct 2026

In today’s edition

11 items
  • Quantum networking

    Kilohertz ion–diamond entanglement (IonQ and collaborators)

    3 sources

  • Error correction

    Infleqtion: 30 logical qubits in 80 atoms

    2 sources

  • Funding and policy

    DOE Q Competition: up to $215M for ≥100 logical qubits

    2 sources

  • Funding and policy

    DOE Quantum Genesis priority applications

    2 sources

  • Funding and policy

    QUDORA-led NFQC-1k trapped-ion project (about €122M)

    1 source

  • Calls and events

    EuroHPC six quantum calls, closing 17 Nov

    1 source

  • Quantum networking

    Quantum Internet Alliance next phase (€47.5M)

    1 source

  • Funding and policy

    NATO quantum technology roadmap summary

    1 source

  • Funding and policy

    Pasqal leaves LSQUARE, asked for neutral-atom FTQC programme

    1 source

  • Quantum research

    ORNL LuGo: phase-estimation gate count 2M to 91k

    1 source

  • India watch

    IBM Quantum System Two in Amaravati: commissioning unconfirmed

    1 source