DESY’s Centre for Quantum Technologies and Applications CQTA to be a hub in the IBM Quantum Network
Cryostat of an IBM quantum computer. The cryostat, which is usually made of gold, houses the quantum bits, the central storage units of a quantum computer. Depending on the technology, they have to be cooled to cryogenic temperatures just above absolute zero. Credit: IBM DESY and IBM have entered an agreement on quantum computing that welcomes DESY as a member of the IBM Quantum Network to explore the opportunities of the new technology. DESY seeks to exploit opportunities for solving scientific problems much more efficiently in the future on quantum computers, and even potentially tackle challenges that are not accessible to classical computers. With this partnership IBM hopes that DESY will identify new and important fields of application for this nascent technology. IBM and DESY have signed an agreement under which DESY will become a hub in the IBM Quantum Network. IBM will grant the newly founded Centre for Quantum Technologies and Applications (CQTA) at DESY access to the compan
