Articles by Francisco Pires, Freelance News Writer

Neural atom quantum computing roadmap — how laser-cooled trapped atoms could pave the path beyond physical qubit counts

By Francisco Pires

Premium A look at the players and roadmaps around neutral atom quantum computing

Quantum photonics roadmap — how Xanadu and PsiQuantum are looking to transfer qubits through beams of light

By Francisco Pires

Premium We analyze the approaches of PsiQuantum and Xanadu, who are each developing their own approaches to quantum photonic communications, with a vision that extends beyond 2029.

The future of Quantum computing — the tech, companies, and roadmaps that map out a coherent quantum future

By Francisco Pires

Premium In this roadmap, we analyze what the future of Quantum Computing might look like over the next decade, including the future of qubit scaling, trapped ions, and superconducting chips.

LK-99 room-temperature levitating superconductor.

New research reignites the possibility of LK-99 superconductivity at room temperature — controversial material demonstrates the tell-tale Meissner Effect up to 250 K

By Francisco Pires

A glimmer of hope emerges.

U.S. Govt and researchers seemingly discover new type of superconductivity in an exotic, crystal-like material — controllable variation breaks temperature records

By Francisco Pires

Increasing resolution into the moment where matter changes states.

IBM demonstrates useful Quantum computing within 133-qubit Heron, announces entry into Quantum-centric supercomputing era

By Francisco Pires

Quantum computing as the core of a symbiotic balance between classical computing and the new universes of quantum utility.

Starfield for PC, Game Pass and XBox X|S

Starfield to get support for AMD FSR3, Intel XeSS in early 2023 – new ways of travelling promised, too

By Francisco Pires

Every field can be improved -- even one filled with stars.

Chinese SpinQ ships "undisclosed" superconducting Quantum Processing Units (QPUs) to the Middle East market, units are fully domestically manufactured

By Francisco Pires

Claiming to be the first Chinese company to deliver quantum computing technology to China's external market.

Researchers store multiple bits of data in diamond defects by encoding across different light frequencies, achieving a data density of 25GB per square inch

By Francisco Pires

Researchers with the City University of New York (CUNY) have showcased the ability to write multiple bits onto the same diamond defect by taking advantage of quantum interactions.

New Synthetic Superatomic Material is "World's Best Semiconductor"

By Francisco Pires

It likely won't ever replace silicon - but it should lay down a path to whatever comes after it.

U.S. Government Proposal Aims to Outlaw Chinese Crypto Networks, Blockchains

By Francisco Pires

Locking the competition out of government-held greenbacks.

The Future of HBM Is Lightspeed - Designs of the Future to Integrate Photonics

By Francisco Pires

High Bandwidth Memory's future looks... bright.

Nature Retracts Controversial Room Temperature Superconductor Paper (But Not LK-99)

By Francisco Pires

This is the third Ranga Dias-authored paper to be retracted

Silver Nanowire depictions form Nature paper.

Silver Nanowire Networks to Overdrive AI Acceleration, Reservoir Computing

By Francisco Pires

Further exploring the possible futures of AI performance.

China's AI Analog Chip Claimed To Be 3.7X Faster Than Nvidia's A100 GPU in Computer Vision Tasks (Updated)

By Francisco Pires

China's ACCEL races into view.

Video Game Created Entirely With ChatGPT, DALL-E 3, and Midjourney

By Francisco Pires

The work of Javi Lopez in designing Angry Pumpkins proves how, in the future, game development and other artistic pursuits will only require you... and AI.