The US-made IonQ quantum computer 'Tempo' being introduced at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) is currently being installed with the goal of beginning service in April 2027. The national supercomputer No. 6, 'Han River', will start service in the fourth quarter of this year. On the 3rd, at the "4th MSIT–NST Government-Funded Research Institutes Press Study" held in Gangnam, Seoul, KISTI Vice President Kim Kang-hoe presented KISTI's latest infrastructure build-out plans. As a national research and development (R&D) project to build a hybrid computing service system that integrates supercomputers and quantum computers, KISTI is introducing IonQ's 100-qubit quantum computer Tempo. A qubit is the unit of information processing in a quantum computer. Vice President Kim said, "The foundational construction work for installation on the first floor of KISTI's annex has now been completed," adding, "IonQ experts are stationed at KISTI and are proceeding with installation as components arrive." The service launch is expected around April 2027. He explained that the schedule could change due to variables such as component supply. The quantum computer will be made available to researchers, students, companies and others. Han River will officially begin service in the fourth quarter. Equipped with about 8,500 state-of-the-art graphics processing units (GPUs), it aims to achieve computing performance ranking in the global top 10. Resources will be allocated as 30% to national strategic areas, 55% to industry–academia–research R&D innovation programs, and 15% to industrial innovation. A new integrated data center that will serve as a national shared-use science and technology artificial intelligence (AI) and computing hub will also be built by 2031. The total project budget is 354.6 billion won, and the facility will have a capacity of around 40 megawatts (MW, a unit of power output), with construction expected to begin in 2028. Regarding the
IonQ <b>quantum computer</b> Tempo goes online at KISTI in April 2027, Han River ...
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