Sparxity (formerly SpiNNcloud) has announced a multi-million-dollar deployment of its sparse-native computing system at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany, one of Europe's leading supercomputing research facilities. The installation will support applications spanning high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence and quantum computer emulation, marking an important commercial milestone for the company. Designed to improve computational efficiency by proces

HPQC portfolio company Diraq has deployed an eight-qubit silicon spin quantum computer at an Equinix data centre in Sydney, marking an important step towards integrating quantum computing into commercial computing infrastructure. The deployment demonstrates the potential of Diraq’s silicon spin technology to operate alongside existing data centre systems, using established semiconductor manufacturing processes and requiring relatively modest power and space. The company is ta

In his latest insight, Oliver Campbell examines the scale of investment required to support the growth of artificial intelligence, drawing on Anthropic’s proposed US$895bn in compute-related commitments. He considers the challenges of financing this expansion and the technologies that may help address the physical constraints on AI development, from power and photonics to advanced memory and packaging. Read the full update here.

HPQC Fund portfolio company Sparxity (formerly SpiNNcloud) has announced a multi-million-dollar deployment of its sparse-native computing systems at Germany’s Jülich Supercomputing Centre, one of Europe’s largest supercomputing research facilities. The installation, named JUBIS, is designed to improve computational speed and energy efficiency for sparse machine learning and high-performance computing workloads. The deployment marks a significant milestone for Sparxity as it e

The rapid growth of AI has attracted a wave of investment into photonics, as the industry looks for ways to overcome the power and data-transfer constraints facing next-generation computing. But with so many companies, funding announcements and ambitious claims, how can investors distinguish commercial potential from hype? Drawing on lessons from the fiber optics boom of 1999–2001, HPQC examines the risks shaping today’s photonics market. From demand and technology to custome

As AI systems scale to incorporate increasing numbers of GPUs, traditional copper connections face growing limitations in bandwidth, distance and system design. In this article, Mixx Technologies explores how its high-density SxC fibre connector and roadmap for near-packaged and co-packaged optics could help enable fully optical scale-up networks, supporting greater connectivity and more efficient communication between processors. The article outlines Mixx’s approach to addre

ICM HPQC Fund portfolio company Salience Labs has closed an oversubscribed US$125 million Series B funding round, led by Bullhound Capital, with strategic investment from AMD Ventures and Intel Capital. The funding will support the deployment of its silicon photonics-based optical switching technology, scale high-volume manufacturing and expand its US presence, advancing its ambition to address critical networking bottlenecks in AI data centres. Read the full announcement her

Diraq Founder and CEO Professor Andrew Dzurak has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society, one of the highest honours in the global physics community. The recognition celebrates his pioneering contributions to silicon-based quantum computing and the development of scalable, cost-effective quantum technologies. Read the full announcement here.

Diraq has advanced to the final stage of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, marking an important milestone in the company’s development of silicon-based quantum computing technology and its progress towards demonstrating a path to utility-scale quantum computing. Read the full announcement here: Four more teams enter Quantum Benchmarking Initiative’s final stage | DARPA

Vivek Raghuraman and Rebecca Schaevitz HPQC portfolio company Mixx Technologies has showcased its high-density SxC optical connector, designed to address the growing connectivity demands of AI infrastructure. Capable of terminating up to 24,576 optical fibres in a single rack unit, the technology aims to support higher-density, more scalable optical connectivity for next-generation data centres. Read the full article here.

HPQC portfolio company Salience Labs showcased its 64-port silicon photonics-based all-optical circuit switch at ECOC 2026, demonstrating technology designed to support the growing networking demands of AI infrastructure. Its approach aims to enable faster, more efficient data movement between computing resources as AI systems scale. Read the full announcement here.

Scaling quantum computing requires more than increasing qubit counts - it requires architectures capable of supporting reliable, error-corrected computation. Recent work by Diraq and Iceberg Quantum, using NVIDIA’s CUDA-Q Logical platform, provides further validation of Diraq’s Pinnacle architecture and the potential of silicon-based spin qubits for scalable quantum computing. For High Performance Computing & Quantum, the work highlights the importance of the underlying techn

Recognition for Diraq’s founder and CEO Diraq founder and CEO Professor Andrew Dzurak has been awarded the 2026 Walter Boas Medal by the Australian Institute of Physics, recognising his pioneering contribution to silicon-based quantum computing and the development of scalable, manufacturable quantum technology. Read the full announcement here.

Diraq takes quantum computing into the data centre Diraq is taking an important step towards commercial quantum computing, with plans to deploy its silicon spin quantum computer inside an Equinix data centre in Sydney. The deployment will demonstrate how quantum systems can integrate with existing data-centre infrastructure - bringing the technology closer to real-world applications. Read the full announcement here.

Mixx Technologies has launched its SxC™ Connector, designed to address the growing fibre-density demands of high-radix AI infrastructure. The technology can terminate up to 24,576 fibres in a single rack unit, helping enable the next generation of co-packaged optics and multi-petabit connectivity. Read the full announcement here.

Diraq has unveiled its roadmap towards utility-scale quantum computing, targeting millions of spin qubits on a single silicon chip. The milestone highlights the potential of Diraq’s silicon-based approach to overcome the scale and integration challenges facing quantum computing — bringing practical, large-scale quantum systems closer to reality. Read more from Diraq here.

Diraq is expanding its global footprint with the opening of a new U.S. technology hub in Los Angeles, strengthening its presence at the heart of the world’s leading technology ecosystem. The new hub will support Diraq’s continued development of silicon-based quantum computing technology and its engagement with customers, partners and the wider U.S. market. Read more from Diraq here.

Diraq has opened its first U.S. quantum laboratory in Chicago, expanding its R&D capabilities and strengthening its position within the growing U.S. quantum ecosystem. The new facility will support testing and development of Diraq’s silicon-based quantum technology as the company progresses towards utility-scale quantum computing. Read more about Diraq’s latest milestone and its expanding global R&D network here.

Mixx Technologies has acquired Bengaluru-based semiconductor IP specialist Sophic Silicon Technologies and announced a multi-year manufacturing collaboration with Kaynes Semicon. The moves strengthen Mixx’s end-to-end capabilities in co-packaged optics, bringing together advanced semiconductor design, optical IC packaging and manufacturing in India. The developments mark an important step towards scalable, lower-power interconnect solutions for next-generation AI infrastructu

Diraq continues to demonstrate meaningful progress on the path to utility-scale quantum computing, announcing the successful operation of a scaled silicon-based qubit array manufactured using industry-standard semiconductor processes. The achievement reinforces the potential of leveraging existing CMOS manufacturing infrastructure to accelerate the commercialisation of scalable quantum technologies. Read the full announcement here.