{"id":139412,"date":"2025-05-28T18:49:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/139412\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T18:49:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:49:06","slug":"quera-installs-quantum-system-in-japan-high-performance-computing-news-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/139412\/","title":{"rendered":"QuEra Installs Quantum System in Japan &#8211; High-Performance Computing News Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Tsukuba, Japan \u2013 May 28, 2025 \u2013 QuEra Computing, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, announced it has installed its first quantum computer outside of its own labs \u2013 at Japan\u2019s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Tsukuba.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">QuEra said the gate-based neutral-atom computer is a key step in Japan\u2019s national quantum strategy and supports the launch of the new G-QuAT quantum and AI research centre.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">QuEra was awarded a contract by AIST to supply the system, which is now deployed alongside the NVIDIA-powered ABCI-Q supercomputer. This positions QuEra at the heart of a cutting-edge hybrid quantum-classical computing platform and represents a foundational element of Japan\u2019s drive toward practical applications of quantum computing in areas such as drug discovery, logistics, and climate modelling.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The milestone also coincides with an endorsement from Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who visited the G-QuAT facility, declaring 2025 \u201cthe first year of quantum industrialisation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are honored to contribute to Japan\u2019s exciting quantum agenda\u201d, said Takuya Kitagawa, President, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QuEra<\/a>. \u201cThis is not only our first on-premises deployment globally, but also a symbol of the collaborative energy between government, academia, and industry. Together, we are laying the groundwork for impactful scientific breakthroughs through hybrid quantum computing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">QuEra\u2019s system is based on its scalable gate-based neutral-atom architecture \u2013 a promising modality that operates at room temperature and offers a practical path to large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computing. The installation in Japan follows the company\u2019s recent contracts with the UK\u2019s national quantum programme and a $230 million funding round by Google, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Valor Equity Partners, and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tsukuba, Japan \u2013 May 28, 2025 \u2013 QuEra Computing, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, announced it has installed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3164],"tags":[60559,3284,3591,3358,60560,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-139412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-aist","9":"tag-computing","10":"tag-quantum","11":"tag-quantum-computing","12":"tag-quera","13":"tag-technology","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114586960750214248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}