News Summary

• IBM and Cisco to collaborate on groundwork for networked distributed quantum computing.
• Within five years, IBM and Cisco will aim to demonstrate the first proof-of-concept for a network that combines individual, large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers.
• This network would allow problems to be run with potentially trillions of quantum gates, the fundamental entangling operations required for transformative quantum applications.
• To scale beyond linking two quantum computers that are separate but physically close, the companies are planning to explore how to transmit qubits over longer distances, such as between buildings or data centers.