Here is Understanding Quantum technologies 2026, the 9th edition of this book I initially created in 2018. This is the only real full stack book on quantum science and technologies. And it’s always free. As usual, this post describes the book organization, how to download it, including the short format version of 42 pages, its new content […]

Dans cet épisode 81 de Quantum, le podcast et « textcast » de l’actualité quantique en France et dans le monde, Fanny Bouton et moi-même revenons sur les nombreux événements du mois de mai et ceux qui se préparent, ainsi que sur l’actualité scientifique et économique du secteur. Le point d’orgue est l’annonce du « […]

One 2026 quantum prediction is that it will to be the year when useful logical qubit based quantum computers will appear (dealt with prudently by Riverlane and Innovation Origins). In a sense, it would mark an irreversible transition from NISQ to FTQC. Here, vendors face a complexity challenge not only to deliver what’s in their roadmaps […]

We are back after seven months of break. This is the 85th episode of Decode Quantum, with me, Olivier Ezratty, and Fanny Bouton. In this new episode, we welcome Christian Weedbrook, the founder and CEO of Xanadu Quantum Technologies (Canada). He is an Australian born physicist and entrepreneur based in Toronto, Canada. He has a […]

I published the 2025 edition of the ebook “Understanding Quantum Technologies” on September 29th, 2025. Since then, I regularly updated it with news, mostly related to new arXiv preprints. The update log is at the end of the book. Like with each past editions since 2021, I wait about a month of beautifying and then […]

Ce 73 ième épisode de Quantum, le podcast de l’actualité quantique, fête les 6 années de ce podcast. Avec Fanny Bouton, nous faisons comme d’habitude le point sur l’actualité quantique. Voici la version texte et les liens utiles du podcast: Sortie de la 8ième édition de Understanding Quantum Technologies Comme le nouvel iPhone sorti il […]

I am happy and relieved to release Understanding Quantum technologies 2025. It is the 8th edition of this book and the fifth in English. For the first time, I reduced its size, from 1,554 to 1,524 pages, while increasing its content size. I’ll explain why and how later.  It is always organized in five parts […]

Dans ce 71e épisode de Quantum toujours animé par Fanny Bouton d’OVHcloud et moi-même, nous faisons le tour des événements où nous étions ou dont nous avons entendu parler, puis de l’actualité en France et dans le monde, avec notamment des news de Quobly, Quandela, Pasqal, IonQ, IBM, OQC et QuEra. Evénements ICQE à Padova […]

At the France Quantum 2025 event in Paris on June 10th, 2025, I had a chance to deliver a keynote on how to analyze quantum computing use cases. It was a first of a kind presentation on this topic as far as I am concerned. I started with semantics, explaining the difference between a use […]

Bienvenue dans ce 65e épisode de Quantum, le podcast de l’actualité quantique. Nous avions initialement prévu de faire relâche en fin d’année et de reprendre le volant début février mais l’actualité nous a rattrapés. L’annonce récente de Google avec sa puce Willow a défrayé la chronique et surtout m’a bien titillé. Il se trouve que […]

Here is Understanding Quantum technologies 2024, the 7th edition of this book and the fourth in English. It is always a free to download book, without any questions asked (no email, no profiling). It reaches 1,554 pages, split in five volumes for e-readers and a paperback edition is available since November 10th on many Amazon sites. […]

Welcome to the 74th episode of the Decode Quantum podcast. In our series of three episodes recorded in Lindau where dozens of physics Nobel laureates were gathered with young scientists, we had a chance to meet David Wineland. This podcast was recorded on July 1st, 2024, in Lindau, Germany during the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate […]