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Because quantum computers and conventional computers can complement each other, packaging together one organisation of each for a RTO could make perfect sense. Please see this article extract from Seeking Alpha: "Will D-Wave Render Intel Obsolete? Mar. 27, 2013 3:44 PM ET ... My sense is quantum computers have a great deal to add to the world of technology. However, as you've read quantum computers are in their infancy. What they have the capacity to do is to optimize businesses. ... Dr. Williams: " ...So quantum computers and conventional computers are not necessarily in competition, as is often portrayed in the media. Rather they complement one another to enable new capabilities neither would achieve alone." " And the deal could perhaps involve a company that the Cambridge quantum computing researchers have already been working with. Which could help explain why TGL was so rapidly (i.e. within eight days) approached by a number of high growth technology companies after its April fundraising. Suffice to say I believe that we are looking at something massive here.

"Quantum computers will leave Moore’s Law far, far behind by Signe Brewster MAR. 19, 2014 - 1:16 PM PDT ... Classical computers are only as good as the number of transistors they have. According to Moore’s Law, that number doubles every two years. That pace may soon slow, but there’s an alternative: quantum computing, which relies not on transistors but on particles to perform calculations much more quickly. ... D-Wave is also continuously improving the speed of its computer. Brownell said it follows what the company likes to call “Rose’s Law,” after its founder: every two years, it will quadruple the number of qubits (particles coaxed into a specific quantum state) its computers run on, “more or less like clockwork.” Like transistors, more qubits equals more power. And D-Wave has already progressed from a computer with 128 qubits to an upcoming machine with 1,000. ..." D-Wave's progress in line with Rose's law, i.e. quadrupling the number of qubits (quantum bits) every two years, would be exponential: 2014: 1,152 qubits 2016: 4,608 qubits 2018: 18,432 qubits 2020: 73,728 qubits This sort of electrifying progress might have seemed fanciful only about a decade ago. For D-Wave, it should mean that it will be able to IPO in the next year or so with a multi-billion dollar market cap. And in the second half of this decade I believe that "quantum computing" will come to be the term on everyone's lips, as the implications of the quantum computing revolution sink home. More revolutionary indeed than the internet revolution, which is 'merely' the transfer of information, whereas quantum computing enables the creation of it ... at revolutionary new levels. If the internet boom was the apéritif, then quantum computing could be the main course.

St6phen, Interesting that TGL contacted IK to check his holding, and that there's been no notification of any acquisition or disposal. It seem the sort of thing they might do prior to some sort of corporate deal. Jc111 posted this on ADVFN earlier today: "jc111 11 Oct'14 - 10:42 - 1103 of 1113 1 0 Around this time, you will see Holdings often being swapped/ sold, agreed to back this company, look out for more announcements. Circa 50% of the Stock is in Safe Hands. Free Float of circa 20%. Wait for the News. It will be Big. A Tech Injection will massively Multiply the SP here. It will happen. Porshes all round ( nice line Bobby ! )"

Thanks Bampster. It's fantastic news that Trevor Wells, company secretary of both TGL and CQCL, appears to have indicated to you in a phone call yesterday that CQCL IS destined for TGL! This would be the first time that a company insider has been reported as doing that. The conversation also suggests that TGL is likely to deal with another tech company first, while CQCL raises funds. This confirms a couple of things I have said previously (at least on ADVFN): - TGL might be packaging together more than one business prior to the RTO. - A RTO is likely to come with funds, as in the case of Stanhill's last two (ZOL and MEN). This is looking like it will be absolutely huge.

The latest "INVESTORS CHRONICLE" (i.e. Friday 26th. September issue) has a useful article entitled "SUPER SMALL CAPS", featuring "10 companies with the potential to become world beaters". Interestingly, one of the ten companies selected is quantum dots company NANO. Here are some extracts: "Back in 1976, three men got together - Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne - and formed a company to sell hand-made computer kits. That kit was the Apple I computer and in its first year of operation Apple's sales reached a mere $174,000 (around £87,000 based on 1976 rates of exchange). At that stage - in the thoroughly pre-digital mid-1970s - it wasn't clear that there would even be a market for such a product and the company could easily have folded. But just four years later sales had risen to $117m and the Apple company had floated at $22 a share - the rest, of course, is history. ..." "So what characteristics should a company have to make it as big as an Apple or a Google? The answer, of course, will differ according to the sector. In technology or pharmaceuticals such companies will be touting an innovative idea with plenty of potential - so intellectual property really matters. Such companies may be generating no profits, or sales, and they may be burning through investors' cash at an appalling rate. In such circumstances, an excellent grasp of the market that their product is focused on is crucial - as well as something of a leap of faith. ..." "4. Nanoco Moving onto the tech-related sector and Manchester-based Nanoco (NANO) stands out. It makes so-called quantum dots, which are tiny particles of semi-conductor material with potentially huge implications for LCD TV displays, LED lighting and solar energy. Indeed, Nanoco's cadmium-free quantum dots offer better brightness, colour and power-efficiency than current similar LED-type technology. ..."

The FTSE sector "Software & Computer Services", I would think. (NANO is in the FTSE sector "Technology Hardware & Equipment", and the FTSE sub-sector "Semiconductors".)

Quantum dot producer NANO is the closest LSE comparable to CQC ltd. NANO's market cap. is currently £323.69M. ... and it featured in "The Times" today: "Nanoco and Dow tune in for sharpest picture yet Robert Lea Industrial Editor Published at 12:01AM, September 25 2014 Shares in one Britain’s great nanotechnology hopes soared by nearly 25 per cent yesterday after the announcement of a deal to make the pictures of Korean-made televisions even sharper. Nanoco, a spinout from the University of Manchester and based in Runcorn, Cheshire, is piggybacking the American industrial giant Dow Chemical into South Korea. Nanoco has licensed its quantum dot technology to Dow and yesterday the American group said that it would build a plant in the country to help to produce millions of cadmium-free televisions and other devices, such as tablets. ... " Compare and contrast NANO with TGL-CQCL (Cambridge Quantum Computing Ltd.): NANO: quantum dot technology. CQCL: quantum computing technology. NANO: a spinout from Manchester University. CQCL: a spinout from Cambridge University. NANO: a reverse takeover (into Evolutec (EVC), a failed biotech company). CQCL: believed to be planning a reverse takeover (into TGL, a repositioning gold mining explorer). NANO: market cap. £323.69M. TGL: market cap. £2.51M. If anything, CQCL should attract a higher rating than NANO, because it is more of a 'software' company, whereas NANO is more of a 'hardware' company: CQCL develops tools for the commercialisation of quantum computers. The focus of its activity is the development of algorithms and source code, concentrating on cryptography, financial services, and medicine and biotech (including DNA mapping). Quantum dots on the other hand are semiconductive crystals measured in nanometres that can be used in products such as televisions, lighting, medical imaging and solar panels.