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August 19, 2026.
10 quantum research items collected on 2026-08-19; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.
Quantum
10 quantum research items collected on 2026-08-19; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.Commercial and Industry Context
New Tantalum Process Could Ease Manufacturing of Superconducting Quantum Chips
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/19/new-tantalum-process-could-ease-manufacturing-of-superconducting-quantum-chips/" rel="nofollow" title="New Tantalum Process Could Ease Manufacturing of Superconducting Quantum Chips"><img alt="Cornell" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="641" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/0818_...
IonQ and CMC Microsystems Announce Collaboration to Expand Cloud Quantum Computing Access in Canada
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/19/ionq-and-cmc-microsystems-announce-collaboration-to-expand-cloud-quantum-computing-access-in-canada/" rel="nofollow" title="IonQ and CMC Microsystems Announce Collaboration to Expand Cloud Quantum Computing Access in Canada"><img alt="IonQ" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="941" src="https://thequantuminsid...
Unrouted Items
The Conversation: The Global Race to Make a Practical Quantum Computer Just Took a Big Leap Forward
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/19/the-conversation-the-global-race-to-make-a-practical-quantum-computer-just-took-a-big-leap-forward/" rel="nofollow" title="The Conversation: The Global Race to Make a Practical Quantum Computer Just Took a Big Leap Forward"><img alt="" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="872" src="https://thequantuminsider.co...
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/18/eclypses-and-sterling-team-up-to-deliver-quantum-resistant-cryptography-to-federal-government-systems/" rel="nofollow" title="Eclypses And Sterling Team Up to Deliver Quantum-Resistant Cryptography to Federal Government Systems"><img alt="eclypses" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="1108" src="https://thequa...
Infleqtion Opens Colorado Quantum Innovation Center
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/18/infleqtion-opens-quantum-innovation-center-colorado/" rel="nofollow" title="Infleqtion Opens Colorado Quantum Innovation Center"><img alt="Infleqtion logo" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="711" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ss.png" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin...
Symmatrics Appoints Jim Garrity as Senior Vice President of Growth
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/18/symmatrics-jim-garrity-expanding-leadership-team-growth/" rel="nofollow" title="Symmatrics Appoints Jim Garrity as Senior Vice President of Growth"><img alt="Symmatrics logo" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="663" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-08-18_19-45.png" style="dis...
ISRO Experts Highlight AI and Quantum Technology for Future Indian Satellites
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/18/ai-quantum-technology-india-next-generation-satellite-systems/" rel="nofollow" title="ISRO Experts Highlight AI and Quantum Technology for Future Indian Satellites"><img alt="Experts & dignitaries from ISRO engage in a panel discussion at the National Space Technology Conclave – 2026, jointly organised by Chandigarh Unive...
Bipartisan Bill Targets Quantum Cybersecurity Risks to U.S. Electric Grid
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/18/bipartisan-bill-quantum-cybersecurity-risks-electric-grid/" rel="nofollow" title="Bipartisan Bill Targets Quantum Cybersecurity Risks to U.S. Electric Grid"><img alt="Quantum-GUARD Act" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="671" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026-08-18_19-24.png"...
Texas Quantum Partners And Samara to Build Occam Foundry, A Quantum Technology Campus in Austin
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/18/texas-quantum-partners-and-samara-to-build-occam-foundry-a-quantum-technology-campus-in-austin/" rel="nofollow" title="Texas Quantum Partners And Samara to Build Occam Foundry, A Quantum Technology Campus in Austin"><img alt="Quantum Campus" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="1067" src="https://thequantumins...
OTI Lumionics, Samsung Benchmark Quantum Simulation Method for OLED Materials
<a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/08/18/oti-lumionics-samsung-benchmark-quantum-simulation-method-for-oled-materials/" rel="nofollow" title="OTI Lumionics, Samsung Benchmark Quantum Simulation Method for OLED Materials"><img alt="Samsung" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" height="887" src="https://thequantuminsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Samsung-...
Chips
47 chip stack items collected on 2026-08-19; 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...
Memory and Advanced Packaging
Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Aug. 18
<p>2D CFET scaling; PIM chiplet voltage-droop control; advanced-node layout repair; lithography defect prediction; 3D-IC failure analysis; chiplet and interposer optimization; 4H-SiC wafer slicing.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/chip-industry-technical-paper-roundup-aug-18/">Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Aug. 18</a> appeared first on <a href="h...
Controlling Voltage Droop In 2.5D PIM Chiplet Architectures (Washington St., UW-Madison)
<p>Researchers from Washington State University and University of Wisconsin–Madison published a technical paper titled “ReVolt: Power Delivery Network-Aware Voltage Droop Control for 2.5D PIM Chiplet Architectures.” Abstract “Processing-in-memory (PIM)-based 2.5D multi-chiplet platforms are enablers for machine learning (ML) workloads. However, their performance is affected...
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>Memory tagging; digital twin of the Moon; packaging moves front-and-center; streaming sensor data.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/blog-review-aug-19-3/">Blog Review: Aug. 19</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
Semiconductor Earnings Roundup: Revenue, Growth and Takeaways
<p>Company-by-company breakdown: Earnings across 80 semiconductor companies show AI-driven demand extending well beyond the usual suspects.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/chip-industry-earnings-roundup/">Semiconductor Earnings Roundup: Revenue, Growth and Takeaways</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>...
<p>Edge AI hardware/algorithm co-design; memtransistor with programmable response speeds; artificial synapse with long- and short-term memory.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/research-bits-aug-18/">Research Bits: Aug. 18</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineering.com">Semiconductor Engineering</a>.</p>
Precision Under Pressure: Rethinking Bond Reliability In High-Density Semiconductor Test
<p>Bond testing is emerging as a critical control point for long-term performance and yield.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://semiengineering.com/precision-under-pressure-rethinking-bond-reliability-in-high-density-semiconductor-test/">Precision Under Pressure: Rethinking Bond Reliability In High-Density Semiconductor Test</a> appeared first on <a href="https://semiengineeri...
<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>
Power
19 power layer items collected on 2026-08-19; 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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