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IonQ and the University of Cambridge have opened the IonQ Quantum Innovation Centre inside the Ray Dolby Centre, home of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory. The centre starts with nine research projects spanning quantum computing, networking, sensing and security. IonQ plans to deploy a Superion 256-qubit system plus an entanglement-distribution network built from two quantum-networking data centres…

IonQ says it has demonstrated a photonic quantum interconnect running at more than 1,000 entanglement events per second between a trapped-ion qubit and a silicon-vacancy quantum memory. The October 9 result targets one of quantum computing’s hardest scaling problems: linking separate processors quickly enough that the network does not become the bottleneck. IonQ’s official announcement…

South Korean wearable-robot maker Hurotics has raised 25 billion won, about $17.5 million, in Series A financing. Seoul Economic Daily reported on October 15 that Atinum Investment led the round, bringing Hurotics’ cumulative funding above 33.5 billion won. The company plans to use the money to expand international licensing and distribution for H-Medi while developing…

ZS Robotics has established a local subsidiary in Seoul as it expands automated pallet-storage systems into South Korea and the wider Northeast Asian market. BusinessKorea reported on October 15 that the company is targeting demand for higher-density warehouses, including facilities where land constraints make vertical storage especially valuable. The headline technical claim is a rack-building…

ZuriQ and researchers at ETH Zürich have demonstrated microwave-based control of qubits in a Penning-trap architecture, according to an October 15 Quantum Zeitgeist report. The report says the work uses nuclear-spin qubits and extends microwave control to two-qubit operations at speeds competitive with electron-spin approaches. The underlying architecture has a longer research trail. ETH Zürich…

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has called on Micron Technology and its Taiwanese workers to negotiate sincerely and constructively as a labor dispute over employee bonuses moves closer to a possible strike. Reuters reported on October 15 that Micron employs about 15,000 people in Taiwan and has invested more than NT$1.6 trillion there. The dispute matters…

Agility Robotics has cleared another regulatory step toward its proposed combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI. An SEC-filed October 13 press release says the companies’ joint Form S-4 registration statement was declared effective and that Churchill XI scheduled a November 2 shareholder meeting to vote on the transaction. The companies expect Agility to trade under…

Dutch specialty foundry Xiver has acquired an ASML PAS 5500 deep-ultraviolet lithography system as it expands manufacturing for photonics and microsystems. In its October 13 announcement, Xiver said the DUV tool will complement its installed i-line equipment and improve fine patterning, alignment and dimensional control for specialty devices. The PAS 5500 is an older ASML…

South Korea’s KT has launched dedicated AI network services with bandwidth options up to 800Gbps, expanding from its previous ceiling of about 100Gbps. Seoul Economic Daily reported that the service adds 400Gbps and 800Gbps tiers for large data transfers between distributed AI data centers. The network uses an APN-based, optics-centered architecture intended to reduce optical-to-electrical…

ByteDance is reportedly close to an agreement to buy data-center semiconductors from MediaTek, but the transaction should still be treated as unconfirmed. Reuters reported on October 15 that Bloomberg cited people familiar with the talks; Reuters said it could not independently verify the report. What is confirmed is MediaTek’s push into custom AI infrastructure. The…