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Nvidia has become the most important publicly traded company in the world for artificial intelligence. And now, they are building a new research facility to accelerate breakthroughs in quantum computing.
What’s happening:
- Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has announced they will build a new leading edge research facility for quantum computing in Boston, Massachusetts
Why it matters:
- The new facility is aiming to focus on major breakthroughs in quantum computing technology as well as integrating quantum computers with supercomputers built for artificial intelligence, which will be supported by Nvidia’s newest and highest performance computing hardware including Blackwell GPUs
Going deeper:
- Nvidia has already landed multiple notable partnerships for the new research facility, including with quantum computing startups such as Quantum Machines, Quantinuum and QuEra Computing
- Both Harvard University and MIT will also closely collaborate with Nvidia at the new research facility for new technology and hardware breakthroughs in quantum computing
The intrigue:
- There has been a race between some of the largest publicly traded technology giants to build the next breakthrough quantum computing chips lately, which has fuelled new launches from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN)
