IBM announced new collaborations across four U.S. Department of Energy National Quantum Information Science Research Centers to drive innovations indispensable to quantum-centric supercomputing, an advanced computing paradigm integrating CPUs, GPUs, and QPUs within a single architecture. Enabled by the National Quantum Initiative Act, which authorizes up to $625 million in quantum research, IBM’s involvement will look to scale quantum networking, nurture algorithm development, and pioneer real-world scientific applications. IBM will collaborate with SQMS at Fermilab on microwave-based quantum links.
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These links will connect cryogenically housed quantum computers. They will also work with Q-NEXT at Argonne to develop optical quantum networks for long-distance connectivity. Additionally, IBM will team up with the Quantum Science Center (QSC) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. They aim to build algorithms that demonstrate quantum utility. They also explore error-correction methods for fault-tolerant computing. The Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA) at Brookhaven National Lab works on transforming high-energy physics and materials science issues into quantum circuits. Through these efforts, IBM wants to help build a quantum computing internet. This will also strengthen U.S. leadership in next-generation quantum research and innovation.