Research and innovation news

Today, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) and IBM announced plans to deploy the latest 156-qubit IBM Heron* quantum processing unit (QPU), which will be operational in the IBM Quantum System One administered by UTokyo for the members of the Quantum Innovation Initiative (QII) Consortium. The IBM Heron QPU, which features a tunable-coupler architecture, delivers a significantly higher performance than the processor previously installed in 2023.

IBM announced the IBM z17, the next generation of the company's iconic mainframe, fully engineered with AI capabilities across hardware, software, and systems operations. Powered by the new IBM Telum® II processor, IBM z17 expands the system's capabilities beyond transactional AI capabilities to enable new workloads.

IBM and Tokyo Electron (TEL) announced an extension of their agreement for the joint research and development of advanced semiconductor technologies. The new 5-year agreement will focus on the continued advancement of technology for next-generation semiconductor nodes and architectures to power the age of generative AI.

The Basque Government, and IBM today announced plans to install Europe's first IBM Quantum System Two at the IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computational Center on Ikerbasque Foundation's main campus in San Sebastian, Spain (Gipuzkoa, Spain).

Vodafone and IBM announced a collaboration aimed at protecting customers and their data from future risks related to quantum computers when browsing the Internet on their smartphones.

Telefónica Tech, the digital business unit of the Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica, and IBM, a pioneer in quantum-safe cryptography, today announced a collaboration agreement to develop and deliver security solutions that address security challenges posed by future cryptographically relevant quantum computers.

IBM and L'Oréal, the world's leading beauty company, announced a collaboration to leverage IBM's generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technology and expertise to uncover new insights in cosmetic formulation data, facilitating L'Oréal's use of sustainable raw materials, for energy and material waste reductions.

CoreWeave, the AI Hyperscaler™, today announced its plans to deliver one of the first NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip-enabled AI supercomputers to IBM (NYSE: IBM), equipped with NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems, interconnected with NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking.