IBM and Cisco light up quantum networking collaboration | Computer Weekly

"Just weeks after the IT and networking giant revealed that it had developed software designed to make the new networking paradigm work through networking application demos for classical use cases, Cisco has announced a partnership with IBM to build a network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, laying the groundwork for networked distributed quantum computing, to be realised as soon as the early 2030s."

"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, enabling them to work together to run computations over tens to hundreds of thousands of qubits. They believe such a network could allow problems to be run with potentially trillions of quantum gates, the fundamental entangling operations required for transformative quantum applications such as massive optimisation problems, or the design of complex materials and medicines."

IBM and Cisco announced a partnership to build a network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers aimed at enabling distributed quantum computing and ultimately a quantum computing internet. The partnership targets a proof-of-concept within five years and an initial demonstration by the end of 2030 that entangles qubits across multiple separate quantum computers in distinct cryogenic environments. The effort will require inventions including microwave-optical transducers and a supporting software stack. The network aims to combine individual systems to run computations across tens to hundreds of thousands of qubits and potentially execute problems requiring trillions of quantum gates for optimisation and material/medicine design.

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