By PR Newswire
Publication Date: 2025-11-20 11:00:00
– New collaboration plans to unite strengths of both leaders to design a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, targeted by early 2030s
– Companies plan to deliver an initial demonstration of multiple networked quantum computers within five years
– Distributed quantum network could lay groundwork towards quantum computing internet defined by quantum computers, sensors, and communication in the late 2030s
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. and SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced an intention to collaborate on the groundwork for networked distributed quantum computing, to be realized as soon as the early 2030s. By combining IBM’s leadership in building useful quantum computers with Cisco’s quantum networking innovations, the companies plan to explore how to scale large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers beyond IBM’s ambitious roadmap. Additionally, they will work to solve fundamental…
