Yonsei to Install IBM Nighthawk Quantum Processor for Research and Industry Applications

Insider Brief

• Yonsei University’s Quantum Initiative plans to install IBM’s Nighthawk quantum processor in November, making it the second reported Nighthawk-based quantum computing site after IBM Miami.
• The initiative will launch Q-Bridge, a platform designed to connect industrial users with quantum algorithms, data resources, and computing capabilities.
• Yonsei is expanding quantum research efforts through projects in drug discovery, hybrid quantum-classical computing, and collaborations with institutions including RIKEN and the University of Cambridge.

The Yonsei Quantum Initiative will replace its quantum processing unit with IBM’s next-generation Nighthawk processor in November, the Seoul Economic Daily reported. IBM Miami is currently the only site operating a Nighthawk-based quantum computer, making Yonsei expected to become the world’s second research institution to install one.

Yonsei is also the first institution in Korea to have installed…