Author: Dr. Bob Sutor

An Announcement of the First Successful Airborne Test of Quantum Technologies Underlying PNT
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor discusses the importance of the recent announcement by Infleqtion, BAE Systems, and QinetiQ regarding the first successful airborne test of quantum technologies underlying PNT.
Revenue Was Slightly Above Guidance and Bookings Were Low
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor examines quantum computing company IonQ’s Q1 2024 earnings report, discusses their relative financial position, and points out the key metric to watch over the next two quarters.
WalkMe’s New AI Tools Advance the State-of-the-Art for Automating Business Processes
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor discusses how WalkMe is using AI to improve user productivity and efficiency by automating processes across essential business software tools and platforms.
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor examines the Australian government’s investment in PsiQuantum and the Japanese government’s funding of QuEra, both US-based companies.
Snowflake Is Making Progress Toward Matching the Capabilities of Its Competitors but Requires Differentiated Innovation and Vision
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens and Dr. Bob Sutor add context to Snowflake’s Arctic announcement and compare where it stands relative to Databricks and its products and approach.
Quantinuum Announced a Dramatic Improvement in Error Rates that Should Lead to Faster Adoption of Quantum Error-Correcting Codes
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor discusses Quantinuum’s announcement of achieving better than 99.9% 2-qubit gate fidelity and what this means for quantum error correction.
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor looks at five generative AI Python code generators to see how well they follow instructions and whether their outputs check for errors and are functionally complete.
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor uses the news of IBM’s installation of a Quantum System One at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York to discuss why putting a quantum computing system on-premises is becoming a reasonable strategy.
The UXL Foundation Has Been Getting Attention Lately as It Plans to Provide an Open-Source Alternative to NVIDIA’s CUDA GPU Coding Platform
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor discusses the UXL’s plan to create a “multi-architecture multi-vendor software ecosystem for all accelerators,” competing with NVIDIA’s CUDA platform for GPUs. Does it stand a chance of overcoming NVIDIA’s lead?
Microsoft and Quantinuum Have Clarified the Notion of a Logical Qubit and Demonstrated a True Implementation
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor discusses Microsoft and Quantinuum’s creation of two pairs of error-corrected and entangled logical qubits.
Qubits Are the Physical Instantiation of the Units of Information in Quantum Computers—This Article Introduces the Key Ideas and Concepts of Qubits
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor demystifies the ideas and terminology involving quantum bits, aka qubits.
D-Wave’s Expenses Still Far Outweigh Its Revenue; It Will Need to Add Customers While Demonstrating Its Annealing Approach to Quantum Computing Has Value
The Futurum Group’s Dr. Bob Sutor examines D-Wave’s announcement of its 4Q23 and FY23 earnings, putting its quantum technology and products into an understandable context.

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