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IBM announces 50-fold quantum speed improvement

Network World

Last year’s experiment used custom circuits and software. Now, IBM customers can run the same experiments using IBM’s quantum computing software development kit, Qiskit. Today, researchers, scientists, and quantum developers are beginning to leverage quantum computing to help solve complex problems.

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UK movers and shakers: New CIO and IT executive appointments

CIO Business Intelligence

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society announced that it has appointed Avril Chester as its new Chief Technology Officer. In her new role, Avril will have “responsibility for executive leadership of all the technology functions, including technical architecture, software development, operations and product delivery.” March 2022.

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Can developer productivity be measured? Better than you think

CIO Business Intelligence

In retail, for example, software has been the fastest-growing job category ; about half of the world’s software engineers work outside the tech industry. Right now, there are roughly 27 million developers on the job, 4.4 ROI and Metrics, Software Development million in the United States. That isn’t easy.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

Still, software developers seeking to leverage graphics chips for non-graphical applications had to wrangle their calculations into a form that could be sent to the GPU as a series of instructions for either Microsoft’s DirectX graphics API or the open-source OpenGL (Open Graphics Library).

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Gen AI: Should you build or buy?

CIO Business Intelligence

In a pharmaceutical company, AI can accelerate drug development through the identification of key proteins, or turbocharge drug design by speeding up the ability to generate complex molecular structures.

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Sandbox AQ is Alphabet’s new bet on the future of quantum cryptography

CIO Business Intelligence

Sandbox AQ is also looking at the development of new sensors based on quantum phenomena which could be useful in medical diagnostics, and at the discovery of novel materials, including pharmaceuticals, using AI.

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Nvidia and Siemens to accelerate digital twins’ development

CIO Business Intelligence

Nvidia made its name designing chips that can dramatically accelerate certain kinds of calculations — those involved in rendering 3D models, for instance — but has recently moved into software development. This will begin with 400 offerings in four domains: real estate, utilities, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals, Koerte said.