SEOUL, South Korea,
Jan. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/
-- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that LG Electronics
has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance the industry
applications of quantum computing.
By joining the IBM Quantum Network, IBM will provide LG
Electronics access to IBM's quantum computing systems, as well as
to IBM's quantum expertise and Qiskit, IBM's open-source quantum
information software development kit.
LG Electronics aims to explore applications of quantum computing
in industry to support big data, artificial intelligence, connected
cars, digital transformation, IoT, and robotics applications – all
of which require processing a large amount of data.
With IBM Quantum, LG can leverage quantum computing hardware and
software advances and applications as they emerge, in accordance
with IBM's quantum roadmap. By leveraging IBM Quantum technology,
LG will provide workforce training to its employees, permitting LG
to investigate how potential breakthroughs can be applied to its
industry.
"Based on our open innovation strategy, we plan to use IBM
Quantum to develop our competency in quantum computing," said
Byoung-Hoon Kim, CTO and Executive
Vice President of LG Electronics. "We aim to provide customers with
value that they have not experienced so far by leveraging quantum
computing technology in future businesses."
"We're happy to welcome LG Electronics to a growing quantum
computing ecosystem in Korea at an exciting time for the region,"
said Jay Gambetta, IBM Fellow and
VP, Quantum Computing at IBM. "The relationship between IBM and LG
Electronics will permit LG to explore new types of problems
associated with emerging technologies and will help strengthen the
quantum capabilities in Korea."
Quantum computing is an exciting evolution in
computation. While classical computers calculate in bits that
represent 0 and 1, quantum computers use qubits that harness
quantum mechanical phenomena such as interference and entanglement
in computation to solve problems that are fundamentally intractable
for classical computers. As a result, quantum computing is well
suited to help explore new approaches of solving problems like
those in LG Electronics' open innovation strategy including big
data, artificial intelligence, connected cars, digital
transformation, IoT, and robotics applications.
At the IBM Quantum Summit in November
2021, IBM recently unveiled its new 'Eagle' quantum
computing processor with 127 qubits, a major step forward in IBM's
roadmap to reach Quantum Advantage.
There are more than 170 clients, including LG Electronics,
Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, academic institutions and
research labs working with IBM Quantum technology to advance
quantum computing and explore practical applications. The IBM
Quantum team and clients are researching and exploring how quantum
computing will help a variety of industries and disciplines,
including finance, energy, chemistry, materials science,
optimization and machine learning, among many others.
About IBM Quantum
IBM Quantum is an industry-first initiative to build universal
quantum systems for business and science applications. For more
information about IBM's quantum computing efforts, please
visit www.ibm.com/quantum-computing/
Media Contacts:
IBM Quantum
Elizabeth Banta
Elizabeth.Banta@ibm.com
IBM Korea
SooNa Ryu/류수나 실장
snryu@kr.ibm.com
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