Quebec-IBM Discovery Accelerator Launched and Will Receive an IBM System Quantum Processor in 2023

In a partnership between the Government of Quebec and IBM, they will set up the Quebec-IBM Discovery Accelerator to develop new projects, collaborations, and build skills, and investigate solutions to problems in critical areas of research such as energy, life sciences, and sustainability. The Discovery Accelerator will be working to research advanced in other advanced computing technologies including AI and High Performance Classical Computing (HPC), in addition to its activities in quantum computing. As part of this effort IBM will install a model of its IBM Q System One quantum processor in early 2023 at one of its facilities Bromont, Quebec alongside a new high-performance classical computing cluster for AI. This will be the fifth processor that IBM will be installing outside of its base in New York state and will follow other installations that have occurred or are being planned in Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Ohio's Cleveland Clinic. IBM has issued both a press release and a blog that provides additional information related to this announcement, and you can view them here and here.

February 5, 2022