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Microsoft continues to expand its presence in the quantum computing (QC) community with a recent announcement of a growing partnership with neutral atom QC supplier Atom Computing. Public statements by Atom Computing officials reveal that sometime this year the two companies will begin offering an Atom Computing system, likely its 1000-plus physical qubit array supporting up to 50 error-corrected logical qubits, to be owned and installed at customer facilities. Atom Computing officials indicated that the company is focused on on-premises deployments as a way to support in-house QC ecosystem and workforce development. For its part, Microsoft will supply its Azure Quantum stack, qubit virtualization system, and cloud HPC and AI integration tools. This is the first such foray by Microsoft into the direct on-premises QC market.
