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001US quantum order makes networking part of industrial policyQuantum policy · July 2026002US post-quantum order hardens the migration clockQuantum-safe · July 2026003UK QKD report stays notably cautiousQuantum security · July 2026004Quantum-safe security is becoming a fragmented stackQuantum-safe · July 2026005Canada opens a transatlantic satellite-QKD routeQuantum networking · July 2026006Falqon manages hybrid QKD and post-quantum keysQuantum security · July 2026007SQOUT applies threat intelligence to quantum linksQuantum security · July 2026008Q-Beat makes telco quantum activity trackableQuantum industry · July 2026009Integrated photonics extends a quantum networkQuantum networking · July 2026010Spin–photon interfaces target scalable quantum nodesQuantum networking · July 2026011NIST and SRI turn quantum into a manufacturing problemQuantum manufacturing · July 2026012Akida brings neuromorphic classification to RF signalsNeuromorphic RF · July 2026013BrainChip adds an integration route to edge productsEdge neuromorphic · July 2026014Neuromorphic physical AI moves into concrete demosNeuromorphic sensing · July 2026015Innatera and CYRAN broaden wearable edge AIEdge neuromorphic · July 2026016Dyn-A-Map routes around unreliable analog memoryIn-memory compute · July 2026017A base station broadcasts neural weights over radioAnalog RF compute · July 2026018Analog memory computes INT8 operations without inter-layer ADCsAnalog in-memory · July 2026019A magnonic comb creates hundreds of microwave linesMagnonics · July 2026020Synthetic biological intelligence gets a cybernetic frameworkBiological compute · July 2026021AT&T expands quantum optimisation work for network operationsQuantum optimisation · August 2026022Quantum teleportation tested over field-deployed hollow-core fibreQuantum networking · August 2026023Researchers optimise routing and spectrum for repeaterless quantum networksQuantum networking · August 2026024UNSW researcher proposes IPv6 headers for quantum routingQuantum networking · August 2026025Hyperloss reveals a hidden quantum impairmentQuantum networking · August 2026026IonQ completes its $1.8bn SkyWater acquisitionQuantum industry · August 2026027$300m pushes silicon photonics towards volumePhotonics · August 2026028Programmable slow light tackles optical timingPhotonics · August 2026029Experimental photonic chip combines fast reconfiguration with non-volatile controlPhotonic compute · August 2026030Optical arithmetic logic unit processes two-bit data at 20 Gbit/sPhotonic compute · August 2026031Telecom optical components modelled as a small neural networkPhotonic compute · August 2026032Integrated photonic processor compresses images before storage or transmissionEdge photonics · August 2026033EuroNMC gives Europe’s neuromorphic ecosystem a common platformNeuromorphic · August 2026034In-memory computing chip targets practical edge workloadsIn-memory compute · August 2026035A 400-particle liquid computer detects anomaliesPhysical compute · August 2026036Fluidic memristor combines ionic memory and processingIonic compute · August 2026037Spintronic neurons learn around hardware variationSpintronics · August 2026038Magnetic phase switching offers another memory mechanismSpintronics · August 2026039Biology-derived AI moves into conventional softwareBiological compute · August 2026040Biological computing creates a consent and provenance requirementBiological compute · August 2026041IonQ and EPB put quantum-memory R&D onto an operational fibre networkQuantum networking · September 2026042Ciena and Toshiba combine PQC and QKD at 1.6 Tb/s on a live optical networkQuantum-safe transport · September 2026043QuiX puts prices and a rack format around programmable photonicsQuantum photonics · September 2026044Quantinuum adds Oracle cloud deployment and Quanta manufacturingQuantum infrastructure · September 2026045ITU-T puts SDN-controlled QoS and resilience into QKD recommendationsQuantum-network standards · September 2026046D-Wave optimisation enters a second NTT DOCOMO production workflowMobile-network operations · September 2026047QED-C maps ten applications to shared quantum-network bottlenecksQuantum-network roadmap · September 2026048NIST stress-tests entanglement over 62 km of exposed commercial fibreQuantum networking · September 2026049Brookhaven and Stony Brook bridge fibre and free-space entanglementQuantum networking · September 2026050OCP formalises a shared rack architecture for co-packaged opticsPhotonic infrastructure · September 2026051Quintessent funding and evolution of quantum-dot comb lasersOptical interconnect · September 2026052A silicon-photonic engine carries six channels over one wavelengthOptical interconnect · September 2026053Soitec seeks multi-year commitments for photonics-SOI wafersPhotonics supply chain · September 2026054BrainChip adds Akida to an enterprise workload schedulerHeterogeneous compute · September 2026055UMass and TetraMem co-design language processing on an analogue SoCMemristive edge AI · September 2026056Analogue memory compresses, encrypts and stores sparse sensor eventsSensor-edge memory · September 2026057FLARE connects ten photonic-memory cores for drone perceptionPhotonic neuromorphic · September 2026058Liquid crystals combine optical sensing, memory and computationPhotonic in-memory · September 2026059NASA funds a space-based quantum gravity sensorQuantum sensing · September 2026060US strategy links post-digital compute to future networks and sensingPolicy and awareness · September 2026061Efficient Computer takes dataflow into volume productionSpatial dataflow / post-von-Neumann · October 2026062Q.ANT opens its photonic programming toolsPhotonic computing · October 2026063AnalogAI licenses memory that also computesAnalogue computing in memory · October 2026064The UK sets out a neuromorphic roadmapNeuromorphic policy and adoption · October 2026065BrainChip makes neuromorphic sensing easier to evaluateDigital neuromorphic computing · October 2026066Extropic adapts transformer models to probabilistic hardwareThermodynamic computing · October 2026067Imec increases the density of superconducting circuitsSuperconducting digital hardware · October 2026068DNA assembly performs programmable calculationsMolecular computing · October 2026069Optical processing reduces work at the fibre receiverOptical computing and communications · October 2026070Quantum software gains a more useful performance frameworkQuantum software and measurement · October 2026071Alice and Bob explores simpler cat qubit controlQuantum control hardware · October 2026072Infleqtion entangles 30 logical qubits using 80 atomsNeutral atom quantum computing · October 2026073Fujitsu integrates diamond spins with photonic circuitsDiamond spin quantum hardware · October 2026074US CHIPS awards target quantum manufacturing bottlenecksQuantum industrial policy · October 2026075Xanadu and ASML tackle optical losses in quantum chipsPhotonic quantum manufacturing · October 2026076Backline connects quantum systems to fast classical controlQuantum and classical integration · October 2026077Eurofiber prepares a metropolitan testbed for quantum linksEntanglement based networking · October 2026078Mesa Quantum funds compact timing and navigation systemsQuantum sensing and timing · October 2026079A programmable quantum photonic processor operates in orbitQuantum photonics in space · October 2026080SK hynix demonstrates processing in memory within a serverDigital processing in memory · October 2026
Issue 043 October 2026News and research published during September 2026

Spatial dataflow · photonics · neuromorphic · analogue memory · quantum systems

Processing moves into sensors, memory and optical links

Twenty September developments connect local sensing and memory processing with quantum control, optical links, timing resilience and the manufacturing behind distributed computing.

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Issue 034 September 2026News and research published from 28 July to 31 August 2026

Quantum networking · optical interconnect · heterogeneous compute · sensing · policy

Networks become part of the computing architecture

Twenty signals connect operational quantum networking and optical infrastructure with heterogeneous edge compute, photonic memory, quantum sensing and the policy agenda shaping trusted technology supply chains.

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Issue 021 August 2026News and research published during July 2026

Quantum optimisation · photonics · neuromorphic · spintronics · biological

Hybrid systems become the commercial story

AT&T inserts quantum-assisted optimisation into operational tools; photonic research moves towards fuller systems; in-memory and physical compute broaden the edge opportunity.

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Issue 013 July 2026Early June to 3 July 2026

Quantum-safe · quantum networking · edge AI · analog RF · magnonics

Quantum-safe telecoms leads the first run

Security migration, QKD trials and key management dominate immediate telecom relevance. Event-driven AI and analog RF compute provide the strongest adjacent commercial signals.

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