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May 18, 2026.
10 quantum research items collected on 2026-05-18; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.
Quantum
10 quantum research items collected on 2026-05-18; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.Hardware and Error Correction
Xanadu Reports Revenue Jump in First Quarterly Earnings Report
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/16/xanadu-reports-revenue-jump-in-first-quarterly-earnings-report/" rel="nofollow" title="Xanadu Reports Revenue Jump in First Quarterly Earnings Report"><img alt="xanadu" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="586" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-16-at-4.20.00-AM.pn...
Origin Quantum Launches Wukong-180 Quantum System
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/15/origin-quantum-wukong-180/" rel="nofollow" title="Origin Quantum Launches Wukong-180 Quantum System"><img alt="Origin Quantum, a Chinese firm quantum computing company, unveils its fourth-generation domestically developed superconducting quantum computer, Origin Wukong-180, on Saturday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]"...
Overview of 10+ Chinese Quantum Computing Companies – 2026
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/15/10-plus-companies-leading-the-quantum-technologies-race-in-china/" rel="nofollow" title="Overview of 10+ Chinese Quantum Computing Companies – 2026"><img alt="Chinese quantum computing companies in 2026 - TQI" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="694" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads...
Commercial and Industry Context
Podcast with Bob Sorensen, Chief Quantum Analyst, Hyperion Research
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/16/podcast-with-bob-sorensen-chief-quantum-analyst-hyperion-research/" rel="nofollow" title="Podcast with Bob Sorensen, Chief Quantum Analyst, Hyperion Research"><img alt="Bob Sorensen discusses quantum-HPC convergence" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="540" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/upload...
NSF Announces $1.5 Billion X-Labs Initiative to Pursue Generational Breakthrough Science Efforts
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/15/nsf-announces-1-5-billion-x-labs-initiative-to-pursue-generational-breakthrough-science-efforts/" rel="nofollow" title="NSF Announces $1.5 Billion X-Labs Initiative to Pursue Generational Breakthrough Science Efforts"><img alt="X-Labs" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="1024" src="https://thequantuminsider.c...
Purdue Launches Comprehensive Quantum Degrees Program
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/15/purdue-launches-comprehensive-quantum-degrees-program/" rel="nofollow" title="Purdue Launches Comprehensive Quantum Degrees Program"><img alt="Purdue University - TQI" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="689" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/13as.png" style="display: block; margin...
Unrouted Items
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/18/the-good-the-bad-and-the-buggy-g7-paper-outlines-promises-and-threats-of-quantum-tech-for-the-financial-system/" rel="nofollow" title="The Good, The Bad And The Buggy: G7 Paper Outlines Promises And Threats of Quantum Tech For The Financial System"><img alt="g7" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="948" src="h...
Sygaldry Raises $139 Million to Build Quantum Computers For AI
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/16/sygaldry-raises-139-million-to-build-quantum-computers-for-ai-2/" rel="nofollow" title="Sygaldry Raises $139 Million to Build Quantum Computers For AI"><img alt="Sygaldry" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="465" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Screenshot-2026-05-16-at-8.41.34-AM...
Guest Post: Why Europe’s Quantum Future Depends on Talent Hubs, Not Just Tech Milestones
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/16/guest-post-why-europes-quantum-future-depends-on-talent-hubs-not-just-tech-milestones/" rel="nofollow" title="Guest Post: Why Europe’s Quantum Future Depends on Talent Hubs, Not Just Tech Milestones"><img alt="Vibrant orange lines and dots form an abstract network on a dark background, evoking technology and connectivity." cl...
Equal1 Unveils Hybrid Rack-Mounted Silicon-Spin Quantum Computer
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/15/equal1-unveils-hybrid-rack-mounted-silicon-spin-quantum-computer/" rel="nofollow" title="Equal1 Unveils Hybrid Rack-Mounted Silicon-Spin Quantum Computer "><img alt="RacQ" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="1024" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Equal1-1.png" style="display: bloc...
Chips
43 chip stack items collected on 2026-05-18; memory, packaging, compute, and foundry signals routed.Compute Accelerators
NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers With Blackwell Coming to World’s Most Popular Enterprise Systems
NVIDIA today announced that the NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU is coming to the world’s most popular enterprise servers, speeding the shift from traditional CPU systems to accelerated computing platforms.
NVIDIA Builds World’s First Industrial AI Cloud to Advance European Manufacturing
NVIDIA today announced it is building the world’s first industrial AI cloud for European manufacturers. This Germany-based AI factory will feature 10,000 GPUs, including through NVIDIA DGX™ B200 systems and NVIDIA RTX PRO™ Servers, and enable Europe’s industrial leaders to accelerate every manufacturing application, from design, engineering and simulation to factory digital...
NVIDIA DGX Cloud Lepton Connects Europe’s Developers to Global NVIDIA Compute Ecosystem
NVIDIA today announced the expansion of NVIDIA DGX Cloud Lepton™ — an AI platform featuring a global compute marketplace that connects developers building agentic and physical AI applications — with GPUs now available from a growing network of cloud providers.
Europe Builds AI Infrastructure With NVIDIA to Fuel Region’s Next Industrial Transformation
NVIDIA today announced it is working with European nations, and technology and industry leaders, to build NVIDIA Blackwell AI infrastructure that will strengthen digital sovereignty, support economic growth and position the continent as a leader in the AI industrial revolution.
NVIDIA Announces DGX Cloud Lepton to Connect Developers to NVIDIA’s Global Compute Ecosystem
NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA DGX Cloud Lepton™ — an AI platform with a compute marketplace that connects the world’s developers building agentic and physical AI applications with tens of thousands of GPUs, available from a global network of cloud providers.
Foxconn Builds AI Factory in Partnership With Taiwan and NVIDIA
NVIDIA and Foxconn Hon Hai Technology Group today announced they are deepening their longstanding partnership and are working with the Taiwan government to build an AI factory supercomputer that will deliver state-of-the-art NVIDIA Blackwell infrastructure to researchers, startups and industries.
NVIDIA Blackwell GeForce RTX Arrives for Every Gamer, Starting at $299
NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 5060 family of GPUs, including two graphics cards that deliver neural rendering and NVIDIA Blackwell architecture innovations for every gamer — starting at just $299.
Oracle and NVIDIA Collaborate to Help Enterprises Accelerate Agentic AI Inference
Oracle and NVIDIA today announced a first-of-its-kind integration between NVIDIA accelerated computing and inference software with Oracle’s AI infrastructure, and generative AI services, to help organizations globally speed creation of agentic AI applications.
Memory and Advanced Packaging
<p>Multi-die assemblies are facing full system-level challenges, but engineering teams need coordinated and repeatable ways to identify risks early and scale reliably. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/chiplets-need-a-new-workflow/">Chiplets Need A New Workflow</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
Flash Getting Stacked High-Bandwidth Version
<p>Inspired by HBM, HBF could improve AI efficiency in 3D flash memory.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/flash-getting-stacked-high-bandwidth-version/">Flash Getting Stacked High-Bandwidth Version</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
Foundry, Tools, and Capex
<p>Tata-ASML deal; what happened to H200 chips for China? $1.5T IC industry by 2030; new funding; AI memory tools; MRC spec; embedding solar chips in windows; Ford launches battery biz; Waymo does the backstroke; UMC's high-voltage finFET. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/chip-industry-week-in-review-138/">Chip Industry Week in Review</a> appeared first...
Unrouted Items
NVIDIA and Global Telecom Leaders Commit to Build 6G on Open and Secure AI-Native Platforms
NVIDIA today announced a commitment — together with Booz Allen, BT Group, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, MITRE, Nokia, OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation, ODC, SK Telecom, SoftBank Corp. and T-Mobile — to build the world’s next generation of wireless networks on AI-native, open, secure and trustworthy platforms.
NVIDIA today announced a collaboration with Palantir Technologies Inc. to build a first-of-its-kind integrated technology stack for operational AI — including analytics capabilities, reference workflows, automation features and customizable, specialized AI agents — to accelerate and optimize complex enterprise and government systems.
NVIDIA Partners With Novo Nordisk and DCAI to Advance Drug Discovery
NVIDIA today announced a collaboration with Novo Nordisk to accelerate drug discovery efforts through innovative AI use cases. The work supports Novo Nordisk’s agreement with DCAI to use the Gefion sovereign AI supercomputer.
Siemens and NVIDIA Expand Partnership to Accelerate AI Capabilities in Manufacturing
Siemens and NVIDIA announced today an expansion of their partnership to accelerate the next era of industrial AI and digitalization and enable the factory of the future.
NVIDIA Partners With Europe Model Builders and Cloud Providers to Accelerate Region’s Leap Into AI
NVIDIA GTC Paris at VivaTech—NVIDIA today announced that it is teaming with model builders and cloud providers across Europe and the Middle East to optimize sovereign large language models...
NVIDIA Powers Europe’s Fastest Supercomputer
NVIDIA today announced that the JUPITER supercomputer, powered by the NVIDIA Grace Hopper™ platform, is the fastest in Europe — delivering a more than 2x speedup for high-performance computing and AI workloads compared with the next-fastest system.
NVIDIA RTX PRO Servers Speed Trillion-Dollar Enterprise IT Industry Transition to AI Factories
NVIDIA today announced it is speeding the trillion-dollar IT infrastructure transition to enterprise AI factories with NVIDIA RTX PRO™ Servers and a new NVIDIA Enterprise AI Factory validated design for building data centers that deliver universal acceleration for AI, design, engineering and business applications.
NVIDIA Launches AI-First DGX Personal Computing Systems With Global Computer Makers
NVIDIA today announced that Taiwan’s leading system manufacturers are set to build NVIDIA DGX Spark and DGX Station™ systems.
NVIDIA and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) today announced partnerships to transform the country into a global powerhouse in AI, cloud and enterprise computing, digital twins and robotics.
HUMAIN and NVIDIA Announce Strategic Partnership to Build AI Factories of the Future in Saudi Arabia
HUMAIN, the new full AI value chain subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, today announced a landmark strategic partnership with NVIDIA, the world leader in AI computing infrastructure, to drive the next wave of artificial intelligence development.
NVIDIA today announced a collaboration with GE HealthCare to advance innovation in autonomous imaging, focused on developing autonomous X-ray technologies and ultrasound applications.
NVIDIA, Alphabet and Google Collaborate on the Future of Agentic and Physical AI
Joint Initiatives Span Infrastructure and Open Model Optimizations, Offer Major Strides in Robotics, Drug Discovery and MoreSAN JOSE, Calif., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Building on ...
NVIDIA Introduces HGX-2, Fusing HPC and AI Computing into Unified Architecture
GTC Taiwan—NVIDIA today introduced NVIDIA HGX-2, the first unified computing platform for both artificial intelligence and high performance computing.
How Architecture Firm WBCM Is Moving to 100% Virtualization
<p>Small IT teams often have to play big to keep up with their firm’s global operations. That’s the case at Whitney Bailey Cox & Magnani, LLC (WBCM), an architecture, engineering and construction services group that designs and builds projects for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, Lockheed Martin, the Ritz-Carlton and […]</p> <p>The post...
Rendering Made Easy: Iray Server Makes Light Work of Complex Designs
<p>Ever wish you could harness the power of an entire network of workstations to make light work of your most complex designs? Now you can, with Iray Server, our distributed rendering software. Available for a free 90-day trial starting today, Iray Server coordinates a network of machines as a “cluster” to speed the creation of… <a href="http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/20...
More Users, Better Performance: NVIDIA GRID Boosts Blast Extreme in VMware Horizon
<p>What IT department wouldn’t want to be able to do more with their current infrastructure? With NVIDIA GRID, they can. NVIDIA GRID acceleration of Blast Extreme — a new protocol for optimizing the mobile cloud — is now supported in VMware Horizon 7. What’s that mean for IT managers? Reduced latency. Improved performance. And up… <a href="http://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/...
How Virtual Reality Is Making the Leap into Everyday Life
<p>Headlines about virtual reality often focus on how it’s upending the world of gaming. But VR is also revolutionizing fields across everyday life — areas like medicine, architecture, education, product design and retailing. A great example is Audi’s new virtual showroom where you can explore each of their models in vivid detail through VR. The German… <a href="http:/...
AMD Gives Consumers and Businesses More AI PC Options with Expanded Ryzen™ AI 400 Series Portfolio
AMD and TCS to bring state-of-the-art ‘Helios’ rack-scale AI architecture to India
Confusion Grows With More Interconnect Options And Tradeoffs
<p>Each standard serves a specific use case, so chip architects are choosing more than one for a single design.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/confusion-grows-with-more-interconnect-options-and-tradeoffs/">Confusion Grows With More Interconnect Options And Tradeoffs</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a...
Why Vision LLMs Force A Rethink Of Edge AI Hardware
<p>Peak TOPS is becoming a weaker proxy for delivered edge performance.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/why-vision-llms-force-a-rethink-of-edge-ai-hardware/">Why Vision LLMs Force A Rethink Of Edge AI Hardware</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
SOCAMM2: Bringing LPDDR5X Benefits To AI Servers
<p>Preserving LPDDR's energy efficiency advantages while restoring the modularity expected in server systems. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/socamm2-bringing-lpddr5x-benefits-to-ai-servers/">SOCAMM2: Bringing LPDDR5X Benefits To AI Servers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
Vision-Language-Action Models Arrive
<p>An emerging AI architecture for embedded autonomy challenges edge efficiency.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/vision-language-action-models-arrive/">Vision-Language-Action Models Arrive</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
Introducing “The Architecture Speaks”
<p>An experimental AI chatbot acts as a guide to the Arm architecture, providing quick answers to complex technical questions.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/introducing-the-architecture-speaks/">Introducing “The Architecture Speaks”</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
Power
21 power layer items collected on 2026-05-18; data center load, grid, generation, and cooling signals routed.Data Center Power Demand
Commercial electricity sales have soared in Virginia, driven by data centers
Commercial electricity sales in Virginia increased by nearly 30.0 million megawatthours (MWh) between 2019 and 2025, much faster growth than in any other state except Texas, a much larger state, according to our Annual Electric Power Industry Report. The growth in sales of electricity in Virginia is largely driven by a concentration of data centers, as well as electric vehic...
Small modular reactors and microreactors under development in the United States
Electric utilities in the United States currently operate about 98 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear generating capacity, but very little nuclear capacity has been built in the last few decades. High capital costs and lengthy licensing and approval processes have limited the expansion of nuclear power. However, several companies are developing new small modular reactor (SMR) designs...
U.S. coal-fired generating capacity retired in 2025 was the least in 15 years
During 2025, the U.S. electric power sector retired 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, the least since 2010. At the beginning of 2025, coal plant operators had planned to retire 8.5 GW of capacity; however, 4.8 GW of planned retirements were delayed to a future year, and the operators of two coal plants (1.1 GW) cancelled plans to reti...
Rooftop solar photovoltaic systems account for 20% of Puerto Rico's capacity mix
Rooftop solar generating capacity in Puerto Rico totaled 1,456 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2025, 20% of the overall capacity mix. Rooftop solar capacity has increased faster than other sources over the past decade. Between 2016 and 2025 rooftop solar installations accounted for 81% of the new generating capacity in Puerto Rico, according to data from our Electric Power Mont...
ENKA and GE Vernova mark the start of commercial operation of Türkiye’s first HA-powered plant
Kırklareli, Türkiye - (May 12, 2026) ENKA and GE Vernova Inc (NYSE: GEV) today announced the start of commercial operations at the 852 megawatts (MW) Kırklareli power plant in Kırklareli, about 20 miles from the Bulgarian border in Türkiye. The facility is the first HA-powered plant
Grid and Generation
Electricity generation from solar could exceed coal in ERCOT for the first time in 2026
In our most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that annual electric power generation from utility-scale solar will surpass that from coal for the first time in 2026 within the electricity grid that covers most of Texas. Solar generation is expected to reach 78 billion kilowatthours (BkWh) in 2026 in the electricity grid operated by the Electric Reliability...
Coal distributions for non-electric power use decline in the South
The volume of coal delivered in the United States for uses other than power generation—primarily, for manufacturing—decreased by about half in the last 15 years. Coal delivered for these purposes in the South decreased the most in percentage terms between 2010 and 2025, falling 75%, or 14.7 million short tons (MMst), according to our Annual Coal Distribution Report and Quart...
Hydropower generation expected to recover despite snow drought in the West
In our April Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect U.S. hydropower generation will increase by 5% in 2026 but remain 1.8% below the 10-year average following snow drought conditions in some states. Hydropower generation in 2025 increased to 245 billion kilowatthours (BkWh), about 4 BkWh more than the record-low generation year 2024. In 2026, we expect generation will b...
GE Vernova secures order to modernize key power plants in Egypt
CAIRO, Egypt (April 29, 2026) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) announced today that it received an order from an affiliate of Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC,) Middle Delta Electricity Production Company (MDEPC), to modernize power generation infrastructure and improve
GE Vernova announces new wind turbine orders from BBWind and Greenvolt Power in Germany
MADRID, SPAIN (April 23, 2026) - GE Vernova’s Wind segment announced today that it has secured agreements to supply 71.5 MWs of onshore wind turbines to BBWind and Greenvolt Power for various projects across Germany. The deals, which were booked in the Q4 of 2025, represent a significant milestone
Staffordshire, U.K. (April 22, 2026) – The GE Vernova Foundation today announced Engineers of Change, a dynamic new initiative designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and energy leaders through early exposure to engineering, hands-on learning, and direct connections with industry
Greenville, S.C. (April 22, 2026) – The GE Vernova Foundation today announced Engineers of Change, a dynamic new initiative designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and energy leaders through early exposure to engineering, hands-on learning, and direct connections with industry
Cambridge, Mass (April 22, 2026) – The GE Vernova Foundation today announced Engineers of Change, a dynamic new initiative designed to inspire the next generation of engineers and energy leaders through early exposure to engineering, hands-on learning, and direct connections with industry
Unrouted Items
GE Vernova to deliver pumped-storage technology for India’s 1.35 GW Upper Sileru hydropower plant
VADODARA, INDIA (May 4, 2026) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) announced today that it has secured an order from Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) to deliver nine 150 MW pumped-storage units for the 1.35 GW Upper Sileru hydropower plant, located in the state of
GE Vernova expands manufacturing capacity in Vietnam to support growing global electrification needs
Hai Phong, Vietnam | March 10, 2026 – GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) today announced an investment of approximately $200 million to expand manufacturing capacity within its Electrification segment by establishing a new facility in Hai Phong, Vietnam. GE Vernova’s Electrification segment provides
HANOI, Vietnam (March 10, 2026) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today hosted the inaugural Energy of Change Summit in Hanoi, bringing together over 400 senior representatives from government, national utilities, suppliers, and energy ecosystem stakeholders across Vietnam and Asia. Hosted by Scott
WILMINGTON, North Carolina (March 10, 2026) – Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF, a GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, Ltd. and affiliate of GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy) today announced it has been awarded a contract by Entergy to continue to fuel its Grand Gulf and River Bend Station nuclear power
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