智通财经网·2025-08-27 00:16Group 1 - IBM and AMD have reached a collaboration agreement to develop the next generation computing architecture centered around quantum computing and high-performance computing (HPC), referred to as "quantum-centric supercomputing" [1] - The collaboration aims to provide enterprises with cost-effective and high-performance solutions to efficiently scale AI workloads while leveraging IBM's secure hybrid cloud environment for dual protection of technological capabilities and data security [1] - Following the announcement, IBM and AMD's stock prices rose by 1.34% and 2% respectively, with year-to-date increases of 10% and 37% [1] Group 2 - IBM plans to create the world's first large-scale "fault-tolerant" quantum computer, named "IBM Starling," expected to have a computational power 20,000 times greater than current quantum computers by the end of this decade (before 2030) [2] - Google’s parent company, Alphabet, achieved a breakthrough last year with a quantum computing chip capable of performing calculations in under 5 minutes that would take current supercomputers 10^24 years [2] - Despite recent breakthroughs in quantum computing, practical quantum computers with real-world applications are still several years away, with NVIDIA's CEO suggesting it may take over 15 years to achieve "practically useful" quantum computers, although his outlook has become more optimistic [2]