Cisco shows switch that can connect quantum computers of different kinds

April 24, 2026 11:16 AM

Cisco shows switch that can connect quantum computers of different kinds

Cisco Systems on Thursday showed a switching chip that it says will be able to connect quantum computers of different types, another step in its effort to eventually connect an internet of quantum machines the way its gear connects the existing internet. Like other major tech firms such as Alphabet's Google and IBM, Cisco is developing technology for quantum computers, which can tackle problems that existing computers cannot. But rather than enter the fray of making its own computer, Cisco is ...

Microsoft creates chip it says shows quantum computers are ‘years, not decades’ away

February 20, 2025 10:34 AM

Microsoft creates chip it says shows quantum computers are ‘years, not decades’ away

Microsoft, on Wednesday unveiled a new chip that it said showed quantum computing is "years, not decades" away, joining Google and IBM in predicting that a fundamental change in computing technology is much closer than recently believed. Quantum computing holds the promise of carrying out calculations that would take today's systems millions of years and could unlock discoveries in medicine, chemistry and many other fields where near-infinite seas of possible combinations of molecules confound ...