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From: sixty2nds | 9/23/2019 8:38:50 AM | | | | fortune.com
Google Claims ‘Quantum Supremacy,’ Marking a Major Milestone in Computing
By Robert Hackett
September 20, 2019
Tech Pioneers Weigh in on the Vast Potential of Quantum Computing Humanity is on the cusp of a new computing paradigm that promises to unlock new frontiers in science, business, and beyond: the quantum computer. Expect an influx of improved medicines, materials, and even models of the universe.
In what may be a huge milestone in computing, Google says it has achieved " quantum supremacy," an experimental demonstration of the superiority of a quantum computer over a traditional one.
The claim, made in a new scientific paper, is the most serious indication yet that the promise of quantum computers—an emerging but unproven type of machine—is becoming reality, including their potential to solve formerly ungraspable mathematical problems.
Essentially, Google purports to have pulled off a stunt on a quantum computer that no classical machine—not even the world's most powerful supercomputer—can replicate.
Fortune obtained a copy of Google's paper, which was posted to NASA.gov earlier this week before being taken down. The Financial Times first reported the news.
A Google spokesperson declined to confirm the authenticity of the paper and its results. NASA did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
A source at Google familiar with the situation suggested, however, that NASA accidentally published the paper early, before its team's claims could be thoroughly vetted through scientific peer review, a process that could take anywhere from weeks to months.
If the paper holds up under the scrutiny of the scientific community, it will herald a watershed moment in quantum science. Its central claim counters doubt that some unforeseen law of nature may prevent quantum computers from operating as hoped.
"Quantum speedup is achievable in a real-world system and is not precluded by any hidden physical laws," the Google researchers write.
Further, they predict that quantum computing power will "grow at a double exponential rate," besting even the exponential rate that defined Moore's Law, a trend that observed traditional computing power to double roughly every two years.
The experimentThe experiment described in the paper sampled randomly generated numbers produced through a specialized scenario involving quantum phenomena. The researchers said they determined that their quantum computer beat regular computers at the task, which involved calculating the output of certain specialized circuits.
"While our processor takes about 200 seconds to sample one instance of the quantum circuit 1 million times, a state-of-the-art supercomputer would require approximately 10,000 years to perform the equivalent task," the researchers said.
Google's quantum computer, dubbed "Sycamore," contained 53-qubits, or "quantum bits," a measure of the machine's potential power. The team scaled back from a 72-qubit device, dubbed "Bristlecone," it had previously designed.
The researchers estimate that performing the same experiment on a Google Cloud server would take 50 trillion hours—too long to be feasible. On the quantum processor, it took only 30 seconds, they said.
"Quantum processors based on superconducting qubits can now perform computations...beyond the reach of the fastest classical supercomputers available today," the researchers write. "To our knowledge, this experiment marks the first computation that can only be performed on a quantum processor."
OutlookBusinesses are hoping the advancement of quantum computers—by tech giants such as Google, IBM, and Intel, as well as startups such as Rigetti Computing—will lead to unprecedented scientific and technical breakthroughs in the coming years. They're eyeing applications from new chemical reactions for the development of drugs, fertilizers, and batteries, to the improvement of optimization algorithms and mathematical modeling.
As exciting as Google's result is, other researchers caution against overhyping it, fearing that inflated expectations of imminent advances will lead to a popped bubble.
Dario Gil, head of IBM Research, advises against using quantum supremacy as a metric with which to measure progress in the field. "The experiment and the 'supremacy' term will be misunderstood by nearly all," he told Fortune.
Gil described the experiment as a highly special case "laboratory experiment" that has "no practical applications." He added, "Quantum computers will never reign 'supreme' over classical computers, but will rather work in concert with them, since each have their unique strengths."
Jim Clarke, Intel Labs' director of quantum hardware, called Google's update "a notable mile marker." He said that "a commercially viable quantum computer will require" many R&D advancements before becoming a reality.
"While development is still at mile one of this marathon, we strongly believe in the potential of this technology," Clarke added.
The Google team, which first wrote about their goal in a Nature article two years ago, appears to be more hopeful about the short-term prospects of its findings. "As a result of these developments, quantum computing is transitioning from a research topic to a technology that unlocks new computational capabilities," the researchers write.
"We are only one creative algorithm away from valuable near-term applications.
Google Claims ‘Quantum Supremacy,’ Marking a Major Milestone in Computing
Robert Hackett |
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From: sixty2nds | 3/17/2020 3:38:13 PM | | | | virnetx.com
VirnetX Receives Payment in Apple Suit by Virnetx on March 13, 2020 in Press Releases ZEPHYR COVE, Nev., March 13, 2020 – VirnetX™ Holding Corporation (NYSE AMERICAN: VHC), an Internet security software and technology company, announced today that it has received payment of $454,033,859.87, representing the previously announced judgment with interest in the VirnetX Inc. v. Apple case, 6:10-cv-00417 (“Apple I”).
About VirnetX
VirnetX Holding Corporation is an Internet security software and technology company with patented technology for secure communications including 4G LTE and 5G security. The Company’s software and technology solutions, including its secure domain name registry and Gabriel Connection Technology™, are designed to facilitate secure communications and to create a secure environment for real-time communication applications such as instant messaging, VoIP, smart phones, eReaders and video conferencing. The Company’s patent portfolio includes over 190 U.S. and Foreign granted patents/validations and pending applications. For more information, please visit www.virnetx.com
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this 8-K that are not statements of historical or current fact, including the statement regarding VirnetX’s damages award, may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on expectations, estimates and projections, and certain assumptions made by management and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the results of a pending motion by Apple in the district court seeking to vacate the court’s final judgment and efforts by Apple to seek restitution of the payment if relief is awarded. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company’s reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those under the heading “Risk Factors” in Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 19, 2019 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 8, 2019, and in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 when it is filed. Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of the subject matter of this press release are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict. Except as required by law, the Company is under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release to conform to actual results.
Contact:
Investor Relations VirnetX Holding Corporation 415.505.0456 ir@virnetx.com
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To: sixty2nds who wrote (24742) | 5/8/2020 12:07:49 PM | From: sixty2nds | | | finance.yahoo.com Declares Special Dividend of $1.00 Per Share
PR Newswire•May 8, 2020
ZEPHYR COVE, Nev., May 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- VirnetX™ Holding Corporation (NYSE AMERICAN: VHC) (the "Company"), an Internet security software and technology company, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a $1.00 per share special cash dividend on its outstanding common stock, payable on or about May 26, 2020, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 18, 2020.
"It took us ten years to prevail against Apple," said Kendall Larsen, VirnetX CEO and President. "We're grateful to our loyal shareholders and are pleased to be able to provide them with this dividend."
About VirnetX
VirnetX Holding Corporation is an Internet security software and technology company with patented technology for secure communications including 4G LTE and 5G security. The Company's software and technology solutions, including its secure domain name registry and Gabriel Connection Technology™, are designed to facilitate secure communications and to create a secure environment for real-time communication applications such as instant messaging, VoIP, smart phones, e-Readers and video conferencing. The Company's patent portfolio includes over 190 U.S. and foreign granted patents/validations and pending applications. For more information, please visit www.virnetx.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical or current fact, including the statement regarding the Company's damages award, may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on expectations, estimates and projections, and certain assumptions made by management and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unknown factors that could cause the actual results of the Company to be materially different from the historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, statements relating to the Company's special cash dividend. The forward-looking statements contained herein are also subject generally to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 16, 2020 and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as applicable. Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of the subject matter of this press release are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict. Except as required by law, the Company is under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release to conform to actual results.
Contact: Investor Relations VirnetX Holding Corporation 415.505.0456 ir@virnetx.com
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From: sixty2nds | 11/2/2020 12:13:18 PM | | | | seekingalpha.com shares up 13% after jury tells Apple to pay $503M in patent damages Nov. 2, 2020 8:13 AM ET|About: VirnetX Holding Corp (VHC)|By: Brandy Betz, SA News Editor
VirnetX (NYSE: VHC) shares are up 13% pre-market to $6.26 after news broke late Friday that a jury decided Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) mst pay the company $502.8M for patent infringement.
In the patent dispute, which has lasted for a decade, VirnetX claimed Apple's VPN on Demand and FaceTime were using its patents.
The jury was only deciding on the VPN on Demand part. VHC told the jury it should receive more than $700M, while Apple offered about $113M or $0.19/unit. The jury decided on $0.84/unit. |
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From: SGJ | 8/31/2021 9:06:30 AM | | | | Its amazing how prescient ahaha was. More or less predicted the current state of affairs. Need to hit bottom. Not there yet. |
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To: Lhn5 who wrote (24747) | 9/1/2021 10:07:45 AM | From: SGJ | | | According to ahhaha (Alan) , its the total breakdown of civil society into a communist totalitarian state where all freedoms enshrined in the bill of rights and the US constitution are removed and the economy is bankrupted. The 'Crats, as he referred to them, would be the instigators, which they have proven to be. As you are aware, the 2020 election installed a totally committed 100% Bolshevik administration. They will not rest until the US as we know it is destroyed. Alan believed the US had to see the result of the 'Crat policies to their final conclusion, lose everything and become serfs, before they would wake up and begin to try to mount a resistance to reclaim their liberty.
He proposed all this for debate back 10 years ago. Scroll back and you can find it. Its happening now before your eyes. |
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