The Week Quantum Money Got Real — And Real Small — September 19, 2026
The weekly recap: PsiQuantum's CHIPS Act award goes final, a new benchmark humbles the whole industry, DOE launches a $215 million fault-tolerance prize, EPB fires up a trapped-ion computer in Chattanooga, and Diraq wires Dell's hardware straight into its Sydney lab.
Department of Commerce Announces Finalization of CHIPS R&D Award — NIST
New benchmark puts quantum computers to the test and reveals their limitations — Quantum Physics News
EPB Launches IonQ Forte Enterprise Quantum Computer — Chattanoogan.com
DOE Launches Quantum Genesis Q Competition — U.S. Department of Energy
Diraq and Dell…
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