Today, IBM has announced an agreement with RIKEN, a Japanese national research laboratory, to deploy IBM’s next-generation quantum computer architecture and best-performing quantum processor at the RIKEN Center for Computational Science in Kobe, Japan. It will be the only instance of a quantum computer co-located with the supercomputer Fugaku.

QuEra Computing, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing technology, today announced it has been awarded a 6.5 Billion JPY contract (~US$41 million) by Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) to deliver a state-of-the-art quantum computer, advancing quantum capabilities in Japan. This computer will be installed on-premises alongside the NVIDIA-powered ABCI-Q supercomputer.

Quantinuum, the world’s largest integrated quantum computing company, and RIKEN, Japan's largest comprehensive research institution and home to a world-leading high-performance computing (HPC) center, have announced an agreement in which Quantinuum will provide access to Quantinuum’s highest performing H1-Series ion-trap quantum computing technology to RIKEN. Under the agreement, Quantinuum will install the hardware at RIKEN’s campus in Wako, Saitama.

Kenneth Merz, PhD, of Cleveland Clinic's Center for Computational Life Sciences, and a research team are testing quantum computing’s abilities in chemistry through integrating machine learning and quantum circuits.

Quantum Machines (QM), a leading provider of advanced quantum control solutions, today announced its intention to work with NVIDIA at its newly established NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center (NVAQC), unveiled at the GTC global AI conference.

Lightmatter, the leader in photonic supercomputing, today announced it appointed Jason Zander to its board of directors. Zander joins as Lightmatter strengthens its foothold in powering the next generation of computing systems to accelerate AI innovation.

Using a novel type of quantum computer, Martin Ringbauer’s experimental team at the University of Innsbruck, and the theory group led by Christine Muschik at IQC at the University of Waterloo, Canada report in a publication in the journal Nature Physics how they have successfully simulated a complete quantum field theory in more than one spatial dimension.

Pasqal, a global leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced a new technical integration with NVIDIA. Through the integration, Pasqal’s neutral-atom quantum computing units and cloud platform seamlessly connect to CUDA-Q, NVIDIA’s open-source platform for hybrid quantum-classical computing. With this collaboration, Pasqal customers have access to an expanded set of tools for developing and optimizing quantum applications.

Jacobs was selected by PsiQuantum to deliver master planning, schematic design, and owner's engineer services for what is poised to be one of the world's first utility-scale, fault tolerant quantum computers in Brisbane, Australia.

QuEra Computing, the leader in neutral-atom quantum computing, today announced its role as a founding collaborator in the newly established NVIDIA Accelerated Quantum Research Center (NVAQC), located in Boston, MA. This center will bring together industry leaders, academic institutions, and quantum innovators to harness the power of NVIDIA’s cutting-edge GPU supercomputing technologies for the next generation of quantum computing research and development.