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“IonQ’s partnership with SDT represents a significant step in expanding access to world-class quantum computing and networking infrastructure across South Korea and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Together, we are creating a scalable path for organizations to harness the combined power of trapped-ion quantum processing and optical networking, ensuring regional enterprises stay at the leading edge of quantum innovation.” Reaffirming the operational significance for the regional ecosystem, Ji-Yong Yoon, CEO of SDT, added: “Combining IonQ’s industry-leading trapped-ion quantum computers with SDT’s expertise in quantum hardware and network integration allows us to build a comprehensive quantum ecosystem in Asia-Pacific. This partnership empowers regional industries and researchers to solve critical, complex challenges using secure, networked quantum solutions.” Overall, this collaboration not only increases the technological independence of the region but also prepares both firms for increased business opportunities within the global quantum economy.

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Through the launch of the system, commercial companies, research organizations, and national laboratories have been given access to a high-fidelity quantum computing platform natively connected to a quantum network made up of fiber optics. The creation of this link between QPUs and Quantum Memory/QKD infrastructure by EPB creates a framework that allows real-world testing of quantum algorithms and computation.

Unlocking High-Fidelity Computational Power for Commercial R&D

The IonQ Forte Enterprise utilizes the trapped ion quantum architecture, which is characterized by high fidelity gates, coherence and all-to-all connectivity among the qubits. With this architecture, companies are able to execute optimization programs, molecular simulations, and machine learning models beyond the reach of classic computers.

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Key operational capabilities of the deployment include:

Commercial Quantum Hardware Integration: Connects IonQ’s advanced trapped-ion QPU directly to EPB’s multi-node quantum network.

Low-Latency Quantum Networking: Facilitates real-time quantum state distribution and hybrid quantum-classical workflow execution.

Enterprise Security Standards: Incorporates advanced quantum encryption protocols to protect sensitive research datasets and communication channels.

Expanded Regional Quantum Hub: Provides regional and global developers with remote cloud access alongside physically collocated processing power.

Accelerating Regional Innovation and Workforce Growth

This installation will further reinforce Chattanooga’s place as a national hub of quantum technological advancements. By building quantum infrastructure that can be easily accessed, EPB and IonQ plan to encourage start-ups in the field of technology and develop talent within universities, as well as innovate in sectors such as logistics, materials science, finance, and energy grids.

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Help AG marked the debut of Quantum 360, launched in collaboration with e&, with an official ceremony at the company’s booth on Day 2 of GISEC Global, attended by senior leadership including Abdulla Ebrahim Al Ahmed, Chief Government & VVIP Relations Officer, e& UAE, and Dr Aleksandar Valjarevic, recently appointed CEO of Help AG, along with selected members of the media.

The launch comes as post-quantum readiness moves higher on the national cybersecurity agenda. The UAE’s National Encryption Policy calls on government entities to establish clear and approved transition plans from traditional encryption methods to post-quantum cryptography. Issued by the UAE Cybersecurity Council, the policy establishes national requirements for this transition. Dubai Electronic Security Center (DESC) has also introduced its Post-Quantum Cryptography Guideline to prepare Dubai’s digital infrastructure for emerging quantum threats.

Al Ahmed said: “The UAE has consistently demonstrated its ability to anticipate the technologies that will shape the future and establish the frameworks needed to adopt them securely and responsibly. As the quantum era approaches, strengthening cyber resilience and building post-quantum security will be critical to protecting sensitive data, critical infrastructure and the wider digital economy. The launch of Quantum 360 by Help AG is an important step in helping organizations understand their current exposure and take a structured, proactive approach to becoming quantum-safe.”

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Dr Valjarevic said: “The quantum conversation is moving from ‘when will it happen?’ to ‘are we ready when it does?’ Organizations need to understand where cryptographic assets exist today, what is most exposed and what needs to change first. Quantum 360 is designed to turn that complexity into a clear, practical journey towards quantum readiness.”

He added: “The UAE is already taking proactive steps towards post-quantum readiness. Our role is to help organizations translate that national direction into practical action, from understanding their cryptographic estate to building the roadmap and implementing the right level of protection for their environment.”

What is quantum computing and what cyber risks does it pose?

Quantum computing leverages ‘qubits’ to solve complex calculations and could solve certain complex problems far faster than classical computers. However, a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could break some of today’s widely used public-key encryption, exposing long-lived sensitive data – such as medical records, trade secrets, and national security intelligence – to significant cybersecurity risks. Threat actors may already be carrying out ‘harvest now, decrypt later’ attacks by collecting encrypted data today in the hope of decrypting once sufficiently powerful quantum capabilities become available. Therefore, to protect data that must remain confidential 10-20 years from now, organizations should begin preparing now by identifying vulnerable systems and migrating to post-quantum cryptographic standards.

Quantum 360: An end-to-end service offering

Against this backdrop, Help AG is positioning Quantum 360 as a practical journey from awareness to action.

Rather than treating post-quantum security as a single technology deployment, Quantum 360 addresses the broader transformation required across cryptographic assets, business risk, architecture, governance and implementation.

The portfolio is structured around three services:

Q-Lens – Assessment     
Provides organizations with visibility across their cryptographic estate, discovering certificates, keys, algorithms, libraries and dependencies across on-premises, hybrid and multi-cloud environments and establishing the Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) required to understand exposure.

Q-Path – Advisory
Takes the output of cryptographic discovery and translates it into actionable business insight. Q-Path assesses quantum exposure and readiness, identifies priorities, defines the target architecture and creates a phased migration roadmap aligned with organizational and regulatory requirements.

Q-Seal – Implementation
Provides quantum-safe implementation capabilities for highly sensitive and critical environments. This includes advanced key-distribution approaches such as QKD where organizations require the highest levels of assurance for critical communications.

Together, the three services create a structured journey:

Discover → Understand → Prioritize → Transition → Protect.

Help AG’s service offering emphasizes that there is no single post-quantum journey for every organization. The appropriate transition depends on factors including the sensitivity and lifetime of the data, existing cryptographic estate, business criticality, regulatory obligations and required level of assurance.

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Major full-scale industrial implementation still will require much higher processing capacity and error correction facilities. So, developing a quantum processor with one million qubits is an important engineering challenge for the industry at large. Mitsubishi Electric’s laser control system project focuses on the ability to deliver dense beams that are necessary for neutral-atom and ion-trap quantum architectures. Then again, their low-noise amplifier research has a goal of developing cryogenic control circuitry that will enable the expansion of superconducting quantum systems without thermal interference. By advancing high-precision control hardware and compact cryogenic components under the NEDO framework, Mitsubishi Electric aims to accelerate the technical transition from early noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices toward fault-tolerant, commercial-grade quantum computers capable of solving critical societal and enterprise challenges.

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Anchored by the planned installation of Switzerland’s first IBM Quantum System Two at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano by late 2026, the hub will feature IBM’s advanced Quantum Nighthawk processor. The initiative bridges academic research, industrial application, and national defense, providing Swiss researchers, startups, and enterprises with direct access to physical quantum hardware alongside IBM’s global cloud ecosystem.

The News: Co-Engineered Hardware, Quantum Sensing, and Advanced Metallurgy

The partnership combines physical quantum hardware hosting with targeted, real-world defense and industrial applications. In addition to providing quantum cloud resources across the Swiss ecosystem, IBM and Lockheed Martin are initiating joint development projects focused on two primary technical breakthroughs:

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Quantum Sensing for GPS-Denied Navigation: Exploring quantum sensors capable of delivering precise positioning and navigation without relying on vulnerable satellite-based GPS networks.

Quantum-Accelerated Additive Manufacturing: Simulating atomic-level behaviors to optimize metallic alloy formulas and 3D-printing processes for high-stress aerospace and defense components.

Workforce & Academic Integration: Leveraging ETH Zurich’s academic framework to build a 10-year pipeline for quantum algorithmic research, workforce training, hackathons, and certifications.

Transforming the Quantum Computing, Aerospace, and Defense Industry

The launch of the Swiss Quantum Innovation Hub reflects a structural shift across the Quantum Computing, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Aerospace, and Defense Technology vendor ecosystem.

The Shift from Experimental Cloud Services to On-Premise Sovereign Infrastructure
In the early era of quantum exploration, organizations relied almost exclusively on distant, cloud-hosted quantum processors located across international borders.

The installation of a dedicated IBM Quantum System Two within Switzerland’s national supercomputing center signals a transition toward sovereign quantum infrastructure. Sovereign states and defense institutions are increasingly demanding on-soil hardware deployments integrated directly into regional supercomputing grids to safeguard sensitive research, intellectual property, and defense-aligned algorithms from geopolitical volatility.

Bridging Quantum Computing with Defense Supply Chain Engineering
Historically, defense contractors viewed quantum computing as a theoretical long-term capability with distant timelines.

By explicitly linking Lockheed Martin‘s defense requirements with IBM’s quantum roadmap, the alliance demonstrates the shift toward practical, material-level quantum engineering. The defense industry is moving past high-level physics simulations to tackle acute operational pain points such as synthesizing high-temperature metallic alloys for hypersonic platforms and developing resilient navigation systems for electronic warfare environments.

Broad Operational Impact on Businesses in the Quantum Ecosystem

For enterprises in materials science, financial modeling, chemical engineering, and defense manufacturing, the creation of regional quantum hubs offers distinct commercial and operational advantages:

Accelerating R&D Cycles through Advanced Metallurgy and Chemistry
Creating advanced alloys and chemical substances usually takes years of experiments performed in labs with the help of trial-and-error methods. With the help of quantum computers for simulation of complicated quantum mechanics effects, companies from aerospace, automotive, and energy sectors are able to develop their next generation of products digitally, decreasing R&D investment costs.

Educating the Next Generation of Talent for Quantum Computing
As quantum computers become more advanced and fault-tolerant approaches are developed, companies suffer from an enormous lack of engineers who are aware of the classical domain issues and quantum computing programming language (for example, Qiskit). By giving direct access to physical devices from the region’s universities, it becomes possible to educate talent while performing everyday operations.

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“The White House’s June 2026 executive order pulls federal post-quantum deadlines forward to 2030 and extends them to contractors. Congruity360 is integrating IonQ’s quantum key distribution (QKD) on top of post-quantum cryptography to protect data that must stay confidential long after those deadlines pass. Congruity360 serves customers in finance, healthcare and insurance, legal services, manufacturing, defense, and higher education. These sectors face the strictest data-protection obligations and the longest data retention requirements.” Highlighting the strategic impact on data governance, Brian Davidson, CEO of Congruity360, added: “As the leader in unstructured data management, Congruity360 understands the threats CISOs face every day. Congruity360’s collaboration with IonQ brings security to the forefront of every data management decision and allows us to pioneer the next phase of Data Security Posture Management (DSPM).” Ultimately, this commercial deployment advances IonQ’s global quantum-safe infrastructure roadmap while equipping enterprise CISOs with a zero-trust architecture designed to defeat long-term decryption threats.

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“The diamond-spin approach we have applied in this prototype not only offers exceptional scalability in its own right, but also has the potential to be integrated with superconducting quantum computers to further extend their capabilities, enabling more complex and large-scale computations.” Reaffirming the long-term research partnership driving the achievement, Dr. Kees Eijkel, General Director of QuTech, added: “We are delighted to announce this prototype diamond spin quantum computer as a result of the collaborative research conducted since 2020 between Fujitsu, Delft University of Technology, and QuTech. It is a major milestone in our strong collaboration. Demonstrating the scalability expected of diamond spin quantum computing remains a long and challenging journey. However, by further strengthening our collaboration with Fujitsu, we are committed to tackling this ambitious and meaningful challenge and leading the development of next-generation quantum technologies.” Ultimately, Fujitsu plans to develop a multi-module diamond-spin prototype by 2027 as part of its broader roadmap to realize practical, fault-tolerant quantum computing by 2030.

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To dismantle this physical scale barrier and establish an expandable hardware architecture for fault-tolerant computing, IBM announced the successful connection and cooling of two modular cryogenic systems into a single, shared ultra-cold environment.

Cooled to below 15 millikelvin a temperature more than 180 times colder than deep space the rectangular, modular units enable low-latency, chip-to-chip communication across separate cryostats. For the High-Performance Computing (HPC), Supercomputing, and Quantum Hardware Engineering industry, this launch marks a defining milestone: shifting quantum hardware away from isolated, single-fridge prototypes and establishing modular, multi-chip cryogenic fabrics as the baseline for enterprise quantum systems.

Technical Performance: Connecting Modular Cryostats Below 15 Millikelvin

The primary technical breakthrough behind IBM’s demonstration is the ability to join separate cryogenic vacuum chambers into a single, seamless thermal environment without introducing heat leaks or decoherence. Standing over 8 feet tall and 8 feet wide combined, the joined modules cooled down to 4 Kelvin (-452.5°F) in under five days before reaching their final operating temperature of under 15 millikelvin.

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Key technical and architectural capabilities delivered by the milestone include:

12x Increased Wiring Capacity: Each module features a rectangular design providing up to 12 times more interior wiring space than previous IBM systems, removing the density bottlenecks that previously choked chip control lines.

L-Coupler Inter-Chip Communication: Modules connect in tight rows using IBM’s “L-coupler” technology—3.3-foot superconducting links that pass quantum information directly between processors in separate modules.

On-Track Roadmap to “IBM Quantum Starling”: Serves as the core physical foundation for IBM’s 2029 fault-tolerant quantum computer (Starling), designed to run 100 million quantum gate operations across 200 logical qubits.

Modular Field Assembly: The rectangular units can be manufactured and tested independently, separated for transport, and reassembled on client sites to build arbitrarily large quantum systems.

Later this year, IBM plans to install its next-generation Nighthawk processors into these connected modules to begin live performance testing, targeting systems with at least 1,000 programmable qubits by 2027.

Transforming the High-Performance Computing (HPC) & Supercomputing Industry

The validation of modular, multi-chip cryogenic architectures triggers major structural shifts across the broader high-performance computing landscape.

The Death of “Single-Chip” Quantum Benchmarks
For years, quantum hardware manufacturers competed on physical qubit counts packed onto a single die.

IBM’s successful modular connection demonstrates that single-chip scaling is an obsolete metric. As error-correction algorithms demand thousands of physical qubits to yield a single fault-tolerant logical qubit, no single chip can accommodate the required density. The supercomputing industry is entering a modular interconnect era, where quantum vendors will be evaluated on inter-chip coupler bandwidth, thermal isolation across modules, and modular cryostat expansion capacity.

Standardizing Hybrid Quantum-HPC Supercomputing Facilities
Historically, quantum fridges were treated as standalone laboratory novelties that sat apart from primary data center racks.

By adopting a rectangular, tileable form factor that can be built to arbitrary lengths, IBM aligns quantum hardware design with standard supercomputing data center layouts. National supercomputing laboratories and cloud providers can now integrate modular quantum processing units (QPUs) alongside classical CPU and GPU clusters, treating cryogenic modules as modular compute racks.

Broad Operational Impact on Enterprise Businesses

For enterprise organizations in pharmaceuticals, materials science, aerospace, and financial services looking to leverage quantum computing for complex industrial problems, modular cryogenics provides clear strategic and commercial advantages:

De-Risking Enterprise Investments in Quantum Software
Corporations have hesitated to invest heavily in quantum software development due to uncertainty over whether hardware could ever scale enough to run fault-tolerant, error-corrected algorithms. Proving that cryostats can be linked modularly reassures enterprise technology officers that fault-tolerant systems will arrive on schedule, justifying current capital allocations for quantum algorithm development.

Upgradable Architecture Protects Capital Expenditure
In classical data centers, servers are regularly swapped out without demolishing the building. Modular cryogenic architecture brings that same flexibility to quantum computing. Enterprise clients can start with a two-module setup and add additional cryogenic units as their computational needs grow, protecting initial capital investments and establishing a sustainable path toward fault-tolerant utility.

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Highlighting the collaborative goal of empowering the national research community, Gordon Harling, President and CEO of CMC Microsystems, stated: “Partnering with IonQ allows us to bring world-class trapped-ion quantum computing hardware directly to Canadian researchers, students, and businesses. By providing seamless cloud access through our established network, we are removing barriers to innovation and ensuring Canada remains at the forefront of quantum research and technology commercialization.” Reaffirming the commercial and educational impact of democratizing quantum hardware, Peter Chapman, CEO and President of IonQ, noted: “IonQ is committed to making enterprise-grade quantum computing accessible globally. This collaboration with CMC Microsystems opens new opportunities for Canada’s thriving scientific and industrial sectors to explore real-world applications and drive quantum innovation forward.” Ultimately, this partnership builds a critical bridge between commercial quantum systems and Canada’s growing quantum technology landscape, ensuring sustainable ecosystem growth and technical competitiveness.

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Contextualizing the strategic importance of building a scalable supply chain for quantum infrastructure, C.C. Leung, Vice Chairman and President of Quanta Computer, stated: “Quantum computing represents the next frontier of high-performance computing. Partnering with Quantinuum allows us to apply our expertise in large-scale hardware manufacturing to accelerate the deployment of fault-tolerant quantum systems for industries worldwide.” Reaffirming the shared vision to commercialize quantum capabilities at scale, Rajeeb Hazra, CEO of Quantinuum, added: “To realize the full potential of quantum computing, we must build a reliable, high-volume industrial supply chain. Our partnership with Quanta Computer is a pivotal step toward making fault-tolerant quantum hardware accessible and scalable for global enterprise adoption.” Ultimately, this cross-industry alliance sets a critical benchmark for transforming quantum technology from specialized laboratories into scalable, commercial infrastructure.

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