February 06, 2025 -- On February 3, 2025, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Intel Inc. to strengthen their collaboration towards the industrialization of quantum technology. By integrating and collaborating with the evaluation testbed and device manufacturing functions of the Quantum-AI Fusion Technology Business Development Global Research Center (G-QuAT) and Intel's cutting-edge semiconductor processes, the collaboration aims to realize a system with tens of thousands of quantum bits at an industrially usable level by the early 2030s. Specifically, they will collaborate on various technical aspects necessary for the systematization of silicon quantum computers, including the evaluation and optimization of component materials, development of implementation technologies, development of refrigeration technology for large-scale quantum computers, integration of quantum bits, and development of cryoelectronics for quantum bit control.

The strengthened cooperation between the two institutions is expected to accelerate the dissemination of large-scale, practical quantum computers and create new technological developments and markets.