Xin Lang Cai Jing·2025-11-20 11:47Core Insights - IBM and Cisco announced a collaboration to conduct foundational research on distributed quantum computing, expected to be realized in the early 2030s [1] Group 1: Collaboration Details - The partnership aims to achieve the first proof-of-concept network within the next five years, integrating multiple independent large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computers [1] - The network will be capable of executing computational tasks involving tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of quantum bits [1] Group 2: Potential Applications - This type of network is anticipated to address complex problems involving trillions of quantum gates, which are crucial for transformative quantum applications such as large-scale optimization and the design of complex materials and drugs [1]