By by Elodie Collins
Publication Date: 2025-11-24 12:21:00
IBM and Cisco are developing quantum hardware and software that can link large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers and address foundational challenges for a future quantum computing internet.
How Will the IBM-Cisco Partnership Advance Quantum Computing?
The companies said Thursday that by 2030 they plan to demonstrate a proof-of-concept network connecting multiple large-scale quantum computers to run computations over tens to hundreds of thousands of qubits.
As part of the effort, the companies will also develop microwave-optical transducers and build a quantum networking unit that converts stationary quantum information into transferable states.
“Getting quantum computing to useful scale is not just about building bigger individual machines, it is also about connecting them together,” commented Vijoy Pandey, general manager and senior vice president at Outshift by Cisco. “IBM is building quantum computers with aggressive roadmaps for scale-up, and we are bringing quantum…
