IBM partners with Japanese business, academia in quantum computing

IBM is targeting at least doubling the power of its quantum computers each year and hopes to see its system become a service powering corporations’ operations behind the scenes. — Reuters

TOKYO: US tech firm International Business Machines Corp on July 30 launched a research partnership with Japanese industry to accelerate advances in quantum computing, deepening ties between the two countries in an emerging and sensitive field.

Members of the new group, which includes Toshiba Corp and Hitachi Ltd, will gain cloud-based access to IBM’s US quantum computers. The group will also have access to a quantum computer, known as IBM Q System One, which IBM expects to set up in Japan in the first half of next year.