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August 16, 2026.
60 quantum research items collected on 2026-08-16; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.
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60 quantum research items collected on 2026-08-16; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.Hardware and Error Correction
Experimental Quantum Key Distribution in an Indefinite Causal Order
In quantum physics the order in which different operations occur can be placed in superposition. The resulting processes have an indefinite causal order and are both of fundamental interest and can be viewed as a novel quantum resource that enables a variety of new protocols. Here we report an experimental implementation of one such protocol, where we perform BB84-like quant...
Clifford Circuit Synthesis for Distributed Quantum Architectures with Arbitrary Network Topology
To achieve large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computation, it may be easier to combine many small sets of qubits than to construct a single large set. For example via quantum error correction with block codes, or distributed quantum processors utilizing shared entanglement. In these regimes, the time or error budget of the overall quantum computation may be dominated by non-...
Inductively-protected Andreev (IPA) spin qubit
The spin of a quasiparticle trapped in a quantum dot Josephson junction forms the basis of an Andreev spin qubit (ASQ): a semiconductor-superconductor device where the interplay between a localized spin degree of freedom and superconductivity leads to a spin-resolved Josephson potential. In this work, we show that shunting an ASQ with a linear inductor enhances its relaxatio...
Exponential quantum advantage for learning signals with a single qubit
Quantum technology has the potential to transform scientific discovery, but quantum advantages often require processing capabilities well beyond the reach of experimental platforms. We show that coupling a single controllable qubit to an otherwise conventional sensor can exponentially reduce the number of measurements required to learn classical signals. These rigorous quant...
Spectral Localization Principle for Entanglement Harvesting
We propose a unified physical principle for entanglement harvesting: the entanglement that two localized detectors can extract from a quantum field is determined solely by how localized the field's effective spectral density is. We demonstrate this in an analytically solvable model of two qubits coupled to a leaky single-mode cavity, which in turn couples to a continuous ele...
Universal magic state concentration
Magic plays a dual role in quantum computation: it promotes stabilizer dynamics from efficient classical simulability to universality, but it presents a central challenge for fault tolerance, since non-stabilizer operations are harder to protect against noise. Magic state distillation addresses this issue; however, existing protocols typically assume prior structure in the i...
Heterogeneously Integrated Squeezed-Light Generation and Detection on a Single Photonic Chip
Squeezed light underpins quantum-enhanced sensing and continuous-variable quantum information processing, and integrated photonics offers a route to producing it at scale. Universal to these applications are squeezed-light generation and measurement. Importantly, quantum measurements serve not only as readout but also as active operations in quantum-state evolution. However,...
Mid-circuit ground-state cooling and ancilla readout in the $\textit{omg}$ architecture
The trapped-ion optical-metastable-ground ($\textit{omg}$) architecture for quantum processors promises the full functionality of two-species experiments, including sympathetic cooling and non-destructive ancilla readout, without the corresponding hardware overhead. We confirm that we can cool a global motional mode of a mixed metastable-ground state Coulomb crystal to the m...
Control and Quantum-AI Integration
Quantum simulation of non-Markovian dynamical systems
Existing quantum algorithms for simulating dynamical systems -- from Hamiltonian simulation to linear and nonlinear differential equations solvers -- simulate Markovian dynamics, in which the system's future evolution depends solely on its current state. We turn our attention to developing quantum algorithms for non-Markovian dynamical systems where the system's future evolu...
Controlled dynamics of a multi-component discrete-time quantum walker
We investigate a discrete-time quantum walk of a three-component quantum particle on a one-dimensional lattice. As coin operators, we employ parameterized rotations generated by the Gell-Mann matrices, which enable systematic tuning of the couplings between the internal components. We analyze how these couplings influence and control the dynamics by systematically exploring...
Time evolution of nonlinear dynamics on a quantum processor
From fluid flow and transport to collective dynamics, numerical simulation of nonlinear partial differential equations underpins modern scientific computing. Extending this capability to quantum computers remains a longstanding challenge because nonlinear and non-Hermitian evolution is fundamentally incompatible with conventional Hamiltonian-based quantum simulation. Here we...
Time-ordered free energy in correlated quantum systems: An agentic approach
How much work can an agent extract from a temporal sequence of quantum states when it can only operate online under causal constraints---deciding which energy extraction method to use with knowledge of what it has observed before? Here, we study this problem in the context of quantum state sequences that are potentially non-Markovian---generated by some underlying hidden Mar...
Hybrid HPC-Quantum Simulations: DFT-Quantum Embedding for Molecular Systems
Scientific simulations demand methods combining scalability with predictive accuracy. Density Functional Theory (DFT) on High-Performance Computing (HPC) enables large-scale electronic-structure simulations but is limited by approximations affecting strongly correlated systems and band-gap predictions. Quantum computing offers a pathway to address this, though current Noisy...
A Finite-Window Recovery Hierarchy for Local Quantum Memory
When quantum information initially stored in a local qubit disappears, it need not be lost: it may have moved into nearby degrees of freedom or become inaccessible to shallow local control. We introduce finite-window recoverability as an operational channel benchmark that separates these possibilities. It compares optimal recovery from the target site, recovery by a bounded-...
Commercial and Industry Context
Classical Simulation and Design Frontiers for IBM's Doped Clifford Sampling Experiment
We classically simulate the IBM doped Clifford random circuit sampling experiment, comprising $70$ qubits, $70$ entangling layers, and $468$ inserted $T$ gates. A deterministic temporal-boundary tensor network contraction approach is specifically designed to tackle such open-boundary one-dimensional brickwork circuits with operator-Schmidt-rank-$2$ entangling gates. For an $...
One-sided stripe supersolidity from engineered non-axisymmetric dipolar interactions
A supersolid combines density order with phase coherence, and doped lattice solids ask whether added defects can become coherent without melting the ordered background. We study a soft-core Bose-Hubbard model with isotropic hopping and an engineered non-axisymmetric dipolar interaction, \(V_{ij}=V_2(x_{ij}^2-y_{ij}^2)/r_{ij}^5+W_6/r_{ij}^6\), where the sign-changing \(d_{x^2...
University of Guelph and Xanadu Partner on Quantum Computing Education
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Dorit Dor (QBeat Ventures): What cybersecurity’s rise teaches quantum go-to-market
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Quantum Australia Reports $83.1M Economic Impact and Growth of 15 Quantum Companies
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Florida State University Launches Quantum Science and Technology Graduate Certificate
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Quanta Computer and Quantinuum Partner on Scalable Quantum Computing Hardware
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Unrouted Items
Every PPT channel has finite entanglement-breaking index
We prove that every PPT linear map has finite entanglement-breaking index, thereby establishing the eventual entanglement-breaking property of PPT channels in full generality. Furthermore, by utilizing completely positive maps with low entanglement dimensionality, we show that a large family of PPT maps, which strictly containing the class of 2-superpositive maps, has entang...
Ambient unitaries don't enable shallow group designs
Characterising the efficiency with which designs over various subsets of the unitary group may be constructed is an important goal of quantum information theory. While it is now known that approximate unitary designs can be realised in depth logarithmic in the system size, it has recently been shown that ensembles of local nearest-neighbour sublinear-depth one-dimensional ci...
Quantum correlations and Basis-Independent Coherence Distribution in Two Gravitational Cat States
We study the distribution of quantum correlations and basis-independent coherence in a pair of massive particles confined in a double-well potential and coupled through their mutual Newtonian gravitational interaction. Non-classical correlations are characterized using Bures distance of entanglement and quantum discord, while coherence is quantified through the square root o...
Strong unitary designs in optimal depth and space
Unitary designs provide finite-moment approximations to Haar-random unitaries, with wide-ranging applications across physics and quantum information, from scrambling and black-hole dynamics to foundational primitives in quantum algorithms. Strong unitary designs capture a more demanding operational notion of approximation, requiring indistinguishability from Haar randomness...
Aperiodicity is sufficient for macroscopic thermalization
We identify a general mechanism for the finite-time thermalization of macroscopic observables, such as coarse-grained charge densities, in terms of elementary forms of the quantum dynamics of initial states: (1) aperiodicity, which provides a computable measure of (2) a dynamical partially ergodic exploration of the Hilbert space. Specifically, this mechanism predicts the eq...
Field-Widened Multimode Interferometer with Long Time-Bin Delay Using a Multi-Pass Herriott Cell
Interference of optical signals in free-space channels requires optical receivers to support many spatial modes due to atmospheric turbulence, typically necessitating adaptive optics systems. Field-widened interferometers offer a passive alternative, making them particularly attractive for time-bin encoded signals with delays on the order of one nanosecond. Here, we demonstr...
Classical image analysis routinely discards structurally meaningful orientation signatures encoded within Fourier phase, which are easily corrupted by local cellular rotation. Although quantum-inspired data processing offers new avenues for complex signal characterization, practical tools for directly extracting gauge-invariant angular correlations without explicit phase rec...
Robust Genuine Multipartite Entanglement in Two Walker Quantum Walks
Discrete-time quantum walks provide a versatile framework for investigating the generation, redistribution, and transport of quantum correlations in composite quantum systems. Here, we study the dynamics of bipartite and genuine multipartite entanglement in a two-walker discrete-time quantum walk on a one-dimensional lattice. By employing logarithmic negativity and the gener...
Phase information transfer by post-selection in Spin--Mechanical assisted magnetometry
Quantum information transfer between light-matter-type systems is poised to enable important applications, while also serving as a testbed for theoretical investigation. Such systems can be realized with spins coupled to a mechanical oscillator, a platform that has been extensively studied both theoretically and experimentally. Early demonstrations of quantum information tra...
We provide a comprehensive study of heat transport in periodically driven quantum systems using a combination of master equation and Floquet approach. We give exact results (within the weak coupling Redfield theory, with no Markovian or secular approximations) and compare them with alternative approaches involving further approximations. Numerical and analytical results obta...
Homomorphic Aggregation of Continuous-Variable GKP States
Aggregating logical quantum information encoded in continuous-variable phase space is essential for distributed quantum computing. However, passive linear optics fail for non-Gaussian Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) codes due to symplectic lattice compression and entanglement-induced decoherence. We present an active, measurement-based framework for the homomorphic aggregati...
Critical Microwave Mach-Zehnder-Type Interferometry with Dual-LO Rydberg Atoms
High-precision phase measurement of microwave fields underpins a wide range of applications, including wireless communications, distributed radar, plasma diagnostics, and antenna metrology. Existing Rydberg-atom-based approaches, however, often face trade-offs among phase resolution, measurement range, and system complexity. Here we demonstrate a Rydberg-atom-based microwave...
Ion trap on borosilicate substrate with integrated femtosecond-laser-written waveguide
We present an ion-trap platform on borosilicate glass with an integrated femtosecond-laser-written waveguide for on-chip light delivery. The optical layer is physically separated from the electrode substrate and bonded atop the trap, remaining compatible with silicon-based integration. We engineer single-mode low-loss guidance at 729 nm with tunable mode-field diameter and a...
The data processing inequality is a fundamental property that describes the loss of information through noisy channels. A more refined description is characterized by the strong data processing inequality (SDPI). In classical information theory, the tensorization of strong data processing inequality holds for a whole family of $f$-divergences. However, its quantum counterpar...
Entanglement distribution and quantum storage of more than 8000 modes over a metropolitan network
Entanglement generation between telecommunication photons and matter is central to fibre-based quantum repeaters. Achieving practical communication rates requires multiplexing, which multimode quantum memories can provide. Rare-earth-ion ensembles offer large temporal multimode storage by exploiting the numerous spectral channels within their absorption spectrum. Here, we re...
Witnessing the architecture of quantum circuits
Determining whether a target unitary can be implemented within a prescribed quantum circuit architecture is a fundamental problem in quantum information, with direct implications for optimisation and compilation of quantum circuits, and hardware-efficient quantum computation. While existing synthesis and compilation methods are primarily constructive, they generally do not p...
Controlling quantum transport by measurement-rate modulation
Temporal modulation of the measurement rate provides a powerful mechanism for controlling open-system dynamics through measurement backaction. We demonstrate this mechanism in a minimal exactly solvable model of a continuously monitored quantum particle on a switching lattice. We derive exact analytical expressions for the long-time current under both periodic and stochastic...
Formal Verification of Quantum Ancilla Safety
Ensuring ancilla safety is a critical correctness requirement for quantum compilation, since ancilla qubits are routinely introduced to implement complex operations with fewer gates and reduced depth. However, formally verifying this property is computationally hard due to state-space explosion in the number of qubits, particularly for dirty ancillae, which carry unknown ini...
Time-resolved correlation engineering in DLCZ Raman photon sources
Memory-assisted quantum networks require photon sources with controllable temporal and correlation properties. The Duan-Lukin-Cirac-Zoller (DLCZ) protocol provides a platform based on spontaneous Raman scattering in atomic ensembles, but a unified predictive theory connecting control parameters to correlations under realistic propagation and noise conditions remains lacking....
We propose a controlled-Z gate scheme for Rydberg atoms based on level-crossing-free echoing rapid adiabatic population transfer. We design antisymmetric Rabi frequency pulses and symmetric detuning pulses, enabling the system to completely avoid level-crossing points throughout the evolution, and the dynamical phase is naturally eliminated by the time-reversal symmetry of t...
Quantifying nonclassicality in qubit systems via positive operator-valued measures
We introduce an operational measure of nonclassicality for qubit systems based on the violation of Kolmogorov consistency conditions in sequential measurements. In contrast to previous work by Milz et al.~\cite{Milz-2020}, who characterized classicality via NCGD maps, and Sakuldee et al.~\cite{Sakuldee-2022a, Sakuldee-2022b}, who studied quantum correlations under measuremen...
Using patch-matrix-product methods, we study two reversible three-state interaction-round-a-face cellular automata introduced by Klobas and Prosen [J. Phys. A 55, 094003 (2022)] - the species-preserving and species-flipping rules - and a coherent quantum deformation interpolating between them. Within an explicit translationally invariant ansatz, the two classical rules share...
Completeness for flow-preserving rewrite rules
Complete sets of graphical rewrite rules enable fully graphical reasoning about quantum computations and have been an area of active research for more than a decade. Many recent applications of the ZX-calculus have made use of the close correspondence between ZX-diagrams and computations in the one-way model of measurement-based quantum computation. In this model, various ki...
Geometry versus excitation sector in the decoherence of asymmetric $N$-qubit $W$ states
We investigate how network geometry and excitation sector separately control pairwise entanglement decay in asymmetric multipartite $W$ states. To disentangle these effects, we introduce an analytically tractable $N$-qubit generalization of the asymmetric Lohmayer geometry and its complementary-excitation partner, yielding inequivalent vertex-base (VB) and base-base (BB) pai...
Encoding Circuit Satisfiability in Rydberg Atom Arrays
Rydberg atom arrays natively encode the maximum-weight independent set (MWIS) problem through the blockade mechanism, so the Boolean circuit satisfiability problem (Circuit-SAT) can be brought onto the platform once it is reduced to MWIS. The conventional encoding of Circuit-SAT in the Rydberg atom array proceeds through conjunctive normal form (CNF) and incurs a substantial...
Shots-to-Approximate-Solution Scaling in Neutral-Atom Quantum Optimization
Whether neutral-atom quantum optimization protocols exhibit genuine concentration toward low-energy solution structure remains an open question. Here, we introduce a shots-to-approximate-solution metric, STS(r), where r denotes the approximation ratio, and evaluate it using postprocessed outputs modeled by a degeneracy-weighted shell distribution governed by a single effecti...
Improved Measurement Cost Scaling in the Nonorthogonal Quantum Eigensolver
Quantum subspace diagonalization methods are promising algorithms for quantum chemistry on near-term quantum computers. These methods can estimate low-lying energies of molecular systems using shallow quantum circuits, at the cost of many circuit repetitions to estimate the projected matrix elements. Errors in these matrix elements can be converted into much larger eigenvalu...
A core characteristic of dissipative non-Hermitian topology is that the relaxation dynamics tracks the non-Bloch bulk-boundary correspondence, rendering an algebraic decay in the gapless regime and an exponential falloff in the gapped phase, so that local observables directly diagnose the topology. We show that this correspondence breaks down in a dissipative topological sup...
A Minimum-Cardinality Genuinely Unextendible Product Basis in Three Qutrits
It has remained an open question whether a genuinely unextendible product basis (GUPB) exists. We resolve this problem by constructing an explicit three-qutrit GUPB of cardinality fourteen in the smallest tripartite Hilbert space in which a GUPB can exist. Together with the nonexistence of three-qutrit GUPBs of cardinality less than fourteen, our construction proves that fou...
Correlation versus Causation in Quantum Criticality
Correlation functions $\langle O_1(x) O_2(0) \rangle$ reveal scaling dimensions through spatial decay. We instead consider static susceptibility, the change in $\langle O_1(x) \rangle$ from perturbing the Hamiltonian by $O_2(0)$, which we term causation for short. In a conformal field theory (CFT), dimensional analysis predicts decay of $|x|^{-2Δ}$ for correlation and $|x|^{...
Magnetic levitation offer passive levitation of massive objects for use in advanced inertia sensors, for the generation of non-classical macroscopic motional states, and towards the table-top testing of low energy gravity with quantum mechanics. Magnons, a quanta of spin wave, couple to many physical quantities and strongly to electromagnetic fields, even at room temperature...
What is Quantum Teleportation? How Quantum States Transfer Across Distance
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Tamil Nadu Signs Four MoUs With Quantum Computing Ventures at State Investment Conclave
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Rice Researchers Improve Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulation with New Temperature Controls
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Diraq Says Quantum Computing Needs a Broader Workforce Beyond PhDs
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Chips
45 chip stack items collected on 2026-08-16; memory, packaging, compute, and foundry signals routed.Compute Accelerators
NAVER Expands AI Infrastructure With NVIDIA to Serve Surging Global AI Demand
NVIDIA and NAVER today announced that NAVER will expand sovereign AI infrastructure, starting at 55 megawatts with plans to move to gigawatt scale using the NVIDIA DSX™ platform to rapidly design, build and scale full-stack, end-to-end AI platforms that can serve enterprises, industries and government.
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 Tesla P100 Supercharges HPC Applications by More Than 30X
ISC16 - To meet the unprecedented computational demands placed on modern data centers, NVIDIA today introduced the NVIDIA® Tesla® P100 GPU accelerator for PCIe servers, which delivers massive...
Custom Silicon and Networking
Copper’s Grip On AI Scaling Is Starting To Slip
<p>As AI clusters push beyond rack-scale limits, optical interconnects and circuit switching are reshaping how data centers scale. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/coppers-grip-on-ai-scaling-is-starting-to-slip/">Copper’s Grip On AI Scaling Is Starting To Slip</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
What Self-Verifying Means In Agentic EDA Workflows And Why It Matters
<p>Grounding agent decisions in their output is what transforms orchestration into something engineers can build on with confidence.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/what-self-verifying-means-in-agentic-eda-workflows-and-why-it-matters/">What Self-Verifying Means In Agentic EDA Workflows And Why It Matters</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengine...
Linear Optics And The Push To Scale AI Interconnects
<p>Move signal processing back onto the host SerDes to reduce system power, latency, and thermal load. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/linear-optics-and-the-push-to-scale-ai-interconnects/">Linear Optics And The Push To Scale AI Interconnects</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
Foundry, Tools, and Capex
Unrouted Items
SK Group and NVIDIA Expand Strategic Partnership Across AI Factories and Next-Generation Memory
SK Group and NVIDIA today announced plans for a $500-billion-plus comprehensive partnership to establish AI infrastructure serving the surging demand for global compute. The two sides signed letters of intent to formalize the agreement, which spans from AI factory construction to AI memory supply.
NVIDIA and SK hynix Announce Multiyear Technology Partnership to Advance Memory for AI Factories
NVIDIA and SK hynix today announced a multiyear technology partnership to advance next-generation memory for the global AI factory buildout and accelerate semiconductor design and manufacturing.
SK Telecom and NVIDIA Build AI Infrastructure to Power Korea’s AI Innovation
NVIDIA and SK Telecom today announced that SK Telecom plans to build a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in Korea using the NVIDIA DSX™ platform, with the first AI factory coming online in 2027.
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 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:/...
AAI 2026: AMD Delivers Full-Stack Compute for the Agentic AI Era
AMD Commits up to £2 Billion to Accelerate AI Innovation and Research in the United Kingdom
<p>Lam Research and ASE expansions; data center shifts; CPO system architecture initiative; 2D-transistor interface solution; USENIX HW security; patent suits; image sensors; programmable AI memtransistor; Nvidia's new plan; earnings; Tier IV's L4 auto chip.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/chip-industry-week-in-review-151/">Chip Industry Week In Review</...
<p>Is it better to cram more compute into each rack or rethink the architecture?</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/the-1-megawatt-rack-debate/">The 1-Megawatt Rack Debate</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
DDR5 9600 RDIMMs: Raising The Performance Benchmark For Server Memory
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Power
19 power layer items collected on 2026-08-16; data center load, grid, generation, and cooling signals routed.Data Center Power Demand
Battery storage capacity averaged 70% growth over the last three years
Utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States increased significantly during the last three years, with an annual average growth rate of 70%. By the end of 2025, the U.S. power system had operational battery storage capacity of 43.6 gigawatts (GW). During the first six months of 2026, operators added another 8.3 GW of battery storage capacity, reaching nearly 5...
New York imports more electricity from Canada after high-voltage transmission line opens
On July 3, 2026, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) imported 52 gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity from Canada, the most traded between the two areas since January 2025. Some of the imported electricity flowed along the new Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE) transmission line between Quebec, Canada, and New York City, which officially reached commercial oper...
Grid and Generation
Hourly peak load in ERCOT set a new record, exceeding 91 GW on July 22
Hourly peak load in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the regional transmission organization serving most of Texas, reached a record 91.1 gigawatts (GW) on July 22, 2026, according to data reported to us for our Hourly Electric Grid Monitor.
New Delhi, India (August 4, 2026) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) announced today that it has signed an agreement* with Enfinity Global to supply 43 of its 3.8 MW–154m** onshore wind turbines for their Fatehgarh Wind Farm in Rajasthan, India. Deliveries for the project are expected to begin
GE Vernova expands Pennsylvania manufacturing facility to strengthen U.S. grid supply chain
CHARLEROI, Pa., (July 30, 2026) – GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) today announced an expansion of its Power Transmission manufacturing facility in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, which produces high-voltage circuit breakers, switchgear products, and instrument transformers. By
HONOLULU, (July 20, 2026) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced it has secured a contract with Hawaiian Electric (HECO), the electric public utility in Hawaii, to supply six LM6000VELOX* aeroderivative package units to repower the aging oil-fired steam turbines at its Waiau
GE Vernova to deliver SF₆-free grid hubs for Stromnetz Berlin
BERLIN, Germany, (16 July 2026): GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced it has been awarded two contracts by Stromnetz Berlin GmbH for the design, delivery and installation of two new high-voltage electrical substations in Wittenau and Neukölln. These grid nodes form part of Berlin’s high
GE Vernova modernizes its R&D lab in Italy to support more reliable electric grids
NOVENTA DI PIAVE, Italy —June 30, 2026— GE Vernova today announced the completion of the modernization of its high-voltage research and development (R&D) laboratory at its Noventa di Piave site, near Venice, Italy. The lab tests equipment that helps electricity move safely from where it is
GE Vernova secures H-class equipment order for EVN’s Quang Trach II LNG Power Plant in Vietnam
HANOI, Vietnam - June 23, 2026 – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced it has secured an order for two 9HA.02 gas turbines and two H78 generators for Vietnam Electricity’s (EVN) Quang Trach II LNG Power Plant in Vietnam. The new combined-cycle power plant is expected to generate
Cambridge, MA (June 17, 2026) – GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today released its 2025 Sustainability Report, demonstrating continued progress toward its mission to electrify the world to thrive and decarbonize, with an emphasis on moving bold and innovative breakthrough
Unrouted Items
Energia Costa Azul, Mexico's second LNG terminal, shipped first cargo
Energia Costa Azul, the second liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Mexico, shipped its initial cargo from Phase 1 of the terminal on July 8, according to the project developer. The completion of the project adds 0.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of nominal export capacity from a single train, tripling Mexico's LNG export capacity. The facility is the first te...
Global liquefied natural gas trade volumes reached record high in 2025
Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade volumes increased 5.4% to a record 56.3 billion cubic feet per day last year (Bcf/d), driven largely by U.S. LNG export capacity expanding to meet growing demand, according to a recent report from the International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL). Global LNG trade has slowed this year following the closure of the key...
CHEVY CHASE, Maryland and WILMINGTON, North Carolina (August 13, 2026) – Blue Energy, a vertically integrated deployment platform for financeable, prefabricated nuclear power plants and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH), today announced the signing of an agreement that launches the
Paris, FRANCE (July 28, 2026) — First Hydro Company (joint venture between ENGIE and La Caisse), and GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV), announce the next phase of the modernization/replanting of the Dinorwig pumped storage hydropower plant in North Wales, UK. Under the agreement, GE Vernova is
GE Vernova modernizes its Veresegyház hub to boost energy independence and lean production lines
VERESEGYHÁZ, Hungary – July 27, 2026 — GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) is proud to mark the 25th anniversary of its Veresegyház facility this year, celebrating a quarter-century of excellence as the company’s largest Gas Power manufacturing base outside the United States. To honor this milestone, the
GE Vernova powers Africa’s industrialisation with integrated energy solutions
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (June 17, 2026) – In line with the Africa Energy Forum’s theme, ‘Building Africa’s industrialized Future,’ GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today showcased its comprehensive portfolio of technologies engineered to translate large-scale infrastructure ambitions into operational
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