Description
According to a recent Japanese press release from the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), a research institute corporation under Japan’s National Institutes of Natural Sciences, a diverse group of Japanese commercial and academic quantum computing (QC) developers are forming a company, tentatively called the Commercialization Study Platform, to bring to market a next-generation high-speed quantum computer based on research developed at IMS’s Omori Laboratory. Ten companies, including the Development Bank of Japan, Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, and Hamamatsu Photonics, are participating along with a number of smaller Japanese QC software firms. Each participant is expected to invest in the new company as well as provide human resources and technology. The stated mission of the company is the development of neutral atom quantum computer with intentions of producing a prototype in 2026 and targeting a commercial QC system by 2030. The final company name and terms of investment from corporate backers are not yet finalized.
