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Updated · ENGINEERING.com · Jun 30
Bull, Alice & Bob Expand Quantum Partnership Across 4 Areas in Europe
Updated
Updated · ENGINEERING.com · Jun 30

Bull, Alice & Bob Expand Quantum Partnership Across 4 Areas in Europe

2 articles · Updated · ENGINEERING.com · Jun 30

Summary

  • Bull and Alice & Bob signed a memorandum of understanding to widen their quantum collaboration from experimentation into R&D, product, software and commercial work, initially targeting France, the UK and Germany.
  • The 4-part deal aims to speed European quantum adoption by linking Alice & Bob’s cat-qubit hardware with Bull’s high-performance computing stack, including Qaptiva HPC and Qaptiva Access.
  • Product and software work will explore containerised quantum systems, cat-qubit emulation and execution on Alice & Bob chips inside HPC environments, supporting hybrid infrastructure deployment at scale.
  • Bull said the partnership also backs sovereignty-driven projects and its push to help build a sovereign European quantum ecosystem as national and regional initiatives gather pace.

Insights

Will Europe's quest for quantum sovereignty accelerate its lead or isolate it from global innovation?
Is this 18-qubit system a true leap towards practical quantum advantage or just more industry hype?
In hybrid quantum computing, will the software interface prove a bigger hurdle than the quantum hardware?