IBM will deploy Korea's first IBM commercial quantum computer at Yonsei University’s Songdo campus in Incheon in the latter half of this year. Yesterday, The full-scale model of the IBM Quantum System One was displayed at the Quantum Korea 2024 event held in Goyang, South Korea. It is understood that Yonsei University and IBM announced their collaboration to build the "Yonsei-IBM Quantum Computing Center" in July last year, making South Korea the fifth country to deploy IBM's superconducting quantum computer locally.

The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) of Japan officially announced yesterday that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for research cooperation with IBM on May 10th to strengthen collaboration for the industrialization of quantum technology. AIST said that to stimulate the quantum hardware and component industry, it will work with IBM to promote the development of next-generation quantum computers and their supply chain.

IBM and Pasqal jointly announced yesterday that they plan to collaborate on developing a common approach to quantum-centric supercomputing and promoting application research in chemistry and materials science. They will work with leading institutions in high-performance computing to integrate quantum computers with advanced classical computers to create the next generation of supercomputers.