The first commercially used quantum computer is presented at IBM’s German headquarters in Ehningen, Germany. — dpa via AP
FRANKFURT: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday inaugurated Germany’s first quantum computer, built by US firm IBM, hailing it as a milestone at a time of “intense competition” with foreign rivals in harnessing the revolutionary technology.
The cutting-edge “Q System One”, located in Ehningen near Stuttgart, is the first of its kind outside the United States and will be operated by Germany’s Fraunhofer research institute.
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